85" TV on a Full-Motion Mount in Germantown, Nashville

Quick facts

Job type

Full-Motion TV Mounting

Location

Germantown, Nashville, TN

Scope

85" TV on a full-motion mount, centered over a floating console

TV size

85"

Wall surface

Painted drywall

Mount

Full-motion mount

The problem

This Germantown homeowner wanted an 85-inch TV mounted on the living-room wall so it sat centered over the floating console and could swing on a full-motion mount when they needed a better angle from the seating.

What we did

An 85-inch TV is a big panel for a residential wall. The mount has to land in solid structure, sit level, and leave the screen centered over the furniture below so the wall reads finished instead of crowded to one side.

I set a full-motion mount on the painted drywall and hung the 85-inch TV so it lines up with the floating console underneath. Side to side, the screen sits over the middle of that console. Height-wise, it clears the top of the unit with a clean margin, so the pair reads as one layout on the wall.

A full-motion mount keeps the TV close to the wall when it is folded in, and lets the owner pull the screen out and angle it toward the seating when they want to. That is useful in open living rooms where the couch is not locked to one spot, and it is the whole point of choosing full-motion over a fixed bracket for a TV this size.

Germantown homes run from renovated older stock to newer rowhouses and condos near First Horizon Park. This living-room wall was a straightforward drywall install: find the framing, set the mount level, hang the 85-inch TV, and check that it centers over the console from across the room.

After the TV was up, I walked the room and confirmed the height and centering from the main seating. Small nudges on an 85-inch panel show up fast, so that last look matters before the tools go away.

The photo shows the finished wall with the 85-inch TV centered over the floating console. The homeowner's review is quoted below in their own words.