65" TV on a Tilt Mount on Shiplap Above a Marble Fireplace in Midtown

Quick facts

Job type

Fireplace TV Mounting

Location

Midtown, Nashville, TN

Scope

65" TV on a tilt mount on shiplap above a marble fireplace

Home

Home with marble fireplace and shiplap

TV size

65"

Wall surface

Horizontal wood shiplap above fireplace

Mount

Tilt mount

The problem

This Midtown homeowner wanted a 65-inch TV on the white shiplap wall above the marble fireplace so it could tilt down toward the seating instead of staring straight ahead.

What we did

Shiplap above a fireplace looks clean, but the planks sit on a real wall behind them, and the mount has to hit solid structure without crushing the face boards. Tilt is the right call when the screen sits high over a mantel -- a slight downward angle keeps the picture comfortable from the sofa.

I set a tilt mount on the horizontal wood panels and hung the 65-inch TV centered above the white mantel and gray-veined marble surround. Side to side, the panel lines up with the fireplace bay. Height-wise, it clears the mantel and leaves a clean run of shiplap above the screen.

Midtown sits between Music Row and Vanderbilt, with a lot of renovated living rooms that pair shiplap and stone surrounds. This wall already had the marble and the mantel; the tilt mount finishes the bay without changing the hearth or the flooring.

After the TV was up, I checked the tilt range from the seating and confirmed the panel sat level on the planks. Small nudges on a 65-inch screen show up fast against shiplap lines, so that last look matters before the tools go away.

The photo shows the finished shiplap wall with the 65-inch TV on the tilt mount above the marble fireplace. The homeowner's review is quoted below in their own words.

Fireplace installs around Midtown reward a careful level check and a mount that can tip toward the seating, especially when the face is wood planks over a mantel like this one. That last walk-around from the sofa is how you know the tilt and the centering both landed.

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