A mounted TV only looks finished when the cords disappear with it. These 11 setups show you exactly how people pulled it off, from fireplace walls to full built-ins to flat drywall with nothing but a soundbar below.
11 Mounted TV Setups Where You Can’t See a Single Cord Anywhere
Nothing kills a clean TV wall faster than a black cable snaking down to the outlet. You can spend money on a great mount, a slim profile TV, and a nice piece of furniture below it, and one visible cord will still be the first thing anyone notices.
The fix is almost always the same move: an in-wall power kit or recessed outlet behind the TV, plus a cord pass-through down to the equipment below. The eleven setups below each handle it a little differently, so you can see which one matches what you’ve already got on the wall.
The Clean Wall Look Without Ripping Out the Fireplace
A concrete shelf runs the full length of the wall, the soundbar sits on top, and everything cable-related is tucked inside the cabinets below. The TV goes straight onto the drywall with the cord fed behind it and down to a recessed outlet hidden by the shelf line. If you’ve got a fireplace on one side already, this layout is one of the easier ways to make the TV feel like it was always part of the plan. The living room setup here leans coastal, but the trick works in almost any style.
Three Pieces, Three Levels, One Clean Line
TV up top, soundbar in the middle, electric fireplace below, and not a cord in sight on any of them. Each piece gets its own recessed outlet behind it, and the power and HDMI runs happen inside the wall between the three. This is the kind of job that looks simple but is almost impossible to do yourself without opening up the drywall. Worth paying someone for if you want this exact stacked look.
The Trick for a TV Above a Traditional Mantel
A traditional white mantel with a stone fireplace below usually makes cord management a nightmare, since the mantel sits right where the TV cord wants to drop. The fix here is running the cable behind the mantel wall and dropping it down inside the chase to an outlet below the firebox. The TV ends up looking like it was built for the mantel, and the whole wall reads as one piece instead of a TV stuck on top of a fireplace.
Why Built-Ins Make the Cord Problem Disappear
Full-wall built-ins solve the wiring issue by hiding every cable inside the cabinetry itself. The TV mounts to a center back panel, the soundbar sits on the shelf below it, and all the equipment lives behind the louvered doors at the base. Lit shelves on either side pull your eye away from the screen, so even when the TV is off, the wall still has something to look at. Built-in storage ideas like this one are worth saving if you’re planning a bigger remodel.
The Built-In That Hides the TV Among the Books
A deep teal back panel behind white shelves pulls the whole wall together, and the TV almost disappears into the dark center cutout. Every cord runs behind the shelves and down into the base cabinets, so the TV just sits on its mount with nothing trailing from it. The books stacked around the opening keep the screen from being the loudest thing in the room, which is exactly what you want in a space you actually read in.
Low Shelf, High Impact, No Cords
A long white floating shelf runs under the TV, loaded with books, art, and a small lamp. The cord drops behind the TV, through the drywall, and comes out of a recessed outlet right behind the shelf, where it’s completely out of view. This is the setup to copy if you don’t want cabinetry but still want the TV wall to feel styled. Works especially well in older homes with original floors and simple white walls.
Floating Everything, Grounded by Nothing
TV, soundbar, and electric fireplace all mounted to the wall with daylight between them. No console, no shelf, nothing on the floor. The whole thing works because every piece has its own hidden outlet and the HDMI runs inside the wall between them. If you’ve got a two-story ceiling and want to use the vertical space, this layout fills the wall without crowding the room below it.
The Setup That Still Looks Clean With a Gaming Console On the Wall
A PS5 and controller mounted on the wall to the left of the TV, soundbar below, and an electric fireplace below that. The console cables run behind the wall-mounted bracket and into the same chase as the TV, so even with gaming gear visible, there’s not a single cord hanging anywhere. This is the move if you game and you’re tired of looking at HDMI cables draped behind a media console.
When You Have a Console But Still Want a Clean Wall
The TV mounts above a dark fireplace console, with the cord running behind the drywall down to a recessed outlet hidden behind the console itself. All the equipment lives inside the console, out of sight. If you already own the furniture and just want the TV wall to stop looking messy, this is the simplest version of the fix. One in-wall power kit and a cord pass-through is usually all it takes.
The Workaround for Mounting Over Brick
Mounting a TV over a brick fireplace means you can’t just run the cord behind the drywall, since there isn’t any. The trick here is running the cable up from behind the TV, into the wall above the brick, and over to the side where it drops down inside a stud bay to an outlet. The cord never crosses the brick, so the wall above the mantel stays as clean as the brick itself. Fireplace design ideas are a good place to start if you’re planning this kind of install.
The Corner Fireplace Fix That Actually Works
Corner installations are the hardest because the angles make cord-hiding a puzzle. The solution here uses the small cutout above the mantel as a service hatch: the outlet and HDMI ports sit inside that recessed opening, out of sight when the TV is on but easy to get to when you need to plug something in. Smart detail, and one worth stealing if you’ve got a corner fireplace you’ve been avoiding mounting over.
Which of these setups is closest to what you’re working with at home?
