Media Walls

Media walls sit at the point where architecture, technology and daily life meet. A well-resolved TV wall can hold storage, display, lighting and AV equipment in a single calm composition, anchoring a room without dominating it. At Make Bespoke Studio we design and deliver bespoke media walls and TV joinery for high-end homes, apartments and hospitality projects.

Why designers bring us in

Media walls are rarely just a place to hang a screen. They almost always need to conceal equipment, offer meaningful storage, balance sightlines and still feel beautifully proportioned within the room. Our role is to resolve the composition, detailing and coordination so that the final piece feels inevitable – as if it could not have been any other way.

We work from initial sketches, simple client references or fully formed concepts, translating them into detailed drawings and production information that sit comfortably within a wider package of

Residential Joinery or Hotel Guestroom Joinery.

Media walls in living spaces

In living rooms, open-plan spaces and family rooms, the media wall often becomes the quiet focal point – the place your eye lands once you have taken in the proportion of the room.

• Living rooms and open-plan spaces – We design media walls that align with existing architecture – windows, fireplaces, niches and doors – so that the screen feels naturally placed, with storage and display built around it.
• Family rooms and snug spaces – In more relaxed rooms we might prioritise softer storage, toy and game space, and more open shelving while still keeping cable routes, ventilation and access elegantly concealed.
• Apartments and compact spaces – In smaller footprints we work hard to integrate as much function as possible into a single elevation – media, storage, sometimes a desk or small bar – without the wall feeling overworked.

Where a client has a large book or object collection, media walls can blur into

Libraries & Bookcase Joinery, with the television becoming one quieter element within a larger composition.

Media walls in hospitality projects

In hospitality settings, media walls and TV joinery need to support a high turnover of guests and straightforward housekeeping while feeling generous and intuitive.

• Hotel guest rooms and suites – We integrate screens into coordinated elevations that might also include wardrobes, luggage benches, desks and minibars, as part of our wider Hotel Guestroom Joinery offer.
• Serviced apartments and extended stay – Media walls here often combine residential comfort with hotel-level robustness, sometimes incorporating open shelving, desks and extra storage.
• Amenity and club spaces – Screens in lounges, clubs and amenity areas are often treated more like part of the architecture – integrated into joinery pieces that frame art, books or bar elements.

These pieces typically sit within broader Hospitality Joinery scopes, alongside Reception Desks & Lobby Joinery, Amenity & Members’ Club Joinery and Hospitality Bars & Back Counters.

AV, lighting and services – fully integrated

The most successful media walls are the ones where the technology disappears into the background. We coordinate early with AV consultants, electricians and mechanical teams to make sure all services are accommodated.

• planned cable routes, access panels and ventilation for equipment, soundbars and consoles
• recessed or frameless screens set into panelwork with carefully considered reveals
• integrated lighting to shelves, niches and shadow gaps, coordinated with wider lighting schemes
• sound considerations where speakers or acoustic treatments are built into the joinery

These coordination steps are folded into our wider process for Bespoke Joinery and documented so everyone on the project understands how the media wall will be built and serviced over time.

Materials and finishes

Materiality has a huge impact on how a media wall feels in the room. We might treat it as a quiet extension of the walls, a warm timber element, or a more expressive composition with metal and stone.

We draw combinations from our Materials library – typically a mix of timber or veneer, lacquer, stone, metal and glass – and map them against the stylistic frameworks on Joinery Styles.

• painted or lacquered fronts that match or gently contrast wall colours
• timber or veneer fields that bring warmth and grain into living spaces
• stone or porcelain plinths and hearths, especially where media walls sit with fireplaces
• metal trims and handle details that pick up on hardware used elsewhere in the scheme

We usually prepare a focused set of samples for media walls so that clients can see the full composition – carcass, fronts, plinths, handles and lighting – together on the table before sign-off.

Where media walls end and home cinemas begin

Media walls and dedicated cinema rooms are closely related but serve slightly different purposes. Media walls tend to sit in everyday living spaces; cinema rooms are often more immersive, darker and more acoustically driven.

When a brief starts to lean towards full blackout, stepped seating and complete wall lining, we usually shift the conversation onto Home Cinemas & Screening Rooms, treating the cinema as its own scope. Media walls then continue to support family rooms, open-plan spaces and multi-use guest areas.

Our process for media wall joinery

The steps for a media wall project mirror our overall Bespoke Joinery process, but with additional emphasis on composition and AV coordination.

1. Brief & room review We begin by understanding how the room is used, where people sit, what they watch and which walls are available. We review plans, elevations and any AV schedules.
2. Layout and proportion studies We explore a small number of layout options, testing screen position, storage, shelving and openings in plan and elevation. Where helpful we develop simple 3D views for client presentations.
3. Technical design & coordination Once a direction is chosen, we produce detailed drawings showing carcass construction, panel divisions, service access, fixings and integrated lighting, coordinated with AV and other consultants.
4. Materials and samples We agree a materials palette drawn from our wider joinery scheme and prepare samples for client approval, aligning with decisions made across other scopes on Types of Joinery.
5. Production & installation The media wall is manufactured through our network of workshops and installed in coordination with the main contractor and AV teams, with careful setting out to ensure everything aligns as drawn.
6. Aftercare and future adjustments We remain available to adjust shelving, integrate new equipment or extend the scheme as clients’ needs evolve.

Connecting media walls to the wider scheme

Media walls are rarely isolated objects. They sit within a broader narrative of materials, style and function across the project.

Next steps

If you are developing a project that includes a media wall or TV joinery, share your drawings, AV information and any reference imagery with us. We can propose an outline approach, show how it might connect to other joinery scopes and give an indicative budget range and programme.

From there, we can fold the media wall into a wider package of Residential Joinery or Hospitality Joinery, using the structures set out on Types of Joinery and the stylistic language captured on Joinery Styles to keep everything aligned.