55" Outdoor TV and Porch String Lights in Bellevue, Nashville

Quick facts

Job type

Outdoor TV Mounting

Location

Bellevue, Nashville, TN

Scope

55" outdoor TV above French doors on lap siding; porch string lights

Home

Home with covered back porch

TV size

55"

Wall surface

Lap siding on covered porch

Mount

Wall mount

The problem

This Bellevue homeowner wanted a 55-inch outdoor TV on the covered back porch so it sat above the French doors on the lap-siding wall, plus porch string lights hung on the same visit so the outdoor seating felt finished.

What we did

A covered porch TV has to clear the door trim, sit level on lap siding, and stay readable from the seating without blocking the French doors below. On this Bellevue porch the 55-inch outdoor TV goes centered over those doors, between the two side windows, high enough that the walkway under the fan stays clear.

I mounted the 55-inch outdoor TV on the dark lap-siding wall above the white French-door trim. Side to side, the screen lines up with the door pair. Height-wise, it sits in the band of siding under the porch ceiling so the header and doors keep their own clear margin underneath.

On the same job I hung porch string lights across the covered ceiling area so the seating under the fan has warm light in the evening. The strands follow the porch volume without crowding the TV or the fan blades.

Bellevue sits on Nashville's west side with a mix of hillside homes and covered outdoor rooms. This porch already had the ceiling fan and furniture layout; the TV and string lights finish the wall and the overhead plane without changing the doors or windows.

After the TV was up and the lights were hung, I checked centering over the doors from the seating and walked the porch to confirm the strands cleared the fan. Small shifts on an outdoor wall show up fast against white trim, so that last look matters before the ladder comes down.

Outdoor TVs and porch lighting are a natural pair on a covered Bellevue patio: one job puts the screen where people sit and the lights where the evening gathering happens, without opening the house walls or changing the French doors.

The photos show the finished porch wall with the 55-inch outdoor TV above the French doors and the string lights across the covered ceiling. The homeowner's review is quoted below in their own words.