65" Samsung Frame Pro and Soundbar Above the Fireplace in Brentwood

Quick facts

Job type

Samsung Frame TV Mounting

Location

Brentwood, TN

Completed

September 2026

Duration

2 hours

Scope

65" Samsung Frame Pro on the paneled wood surround above the mantel, recessed power outlet behind the TV, HDMI run through the wall to the side bookshelf, Samsung soundbar mounted under it, Bluetooth subwoofer added

TV size

65"

Wall surface

White paneled wood built-in surround above the mantel

The problem

This Brentwood family has a living room built around the fireplace: a white paneled built-in surround that rises from the mantel to the crown molding, with bookshelves beside it. They wanted a 65-inch Samsung Frame Pro mounted on that surround, with their Samsung soundbar under it, and the new system working with the AV gear they already had.

What we did

An amazing system and a great family. The paneled surround above the mantel is the focal point of the room, so the Frame Pro had to look like it was designed into the millwork, not added to it.

I mounted the 65-inch Frame Pro on the wood paneling, centered in the surround above the mantel, with clean white margins on every side. A recessed power outlet sits behind the TV, so nothing shows around the screen. The Samsung soundbar sits directly under it, lined up with it, so the pair reads as one piece.

The family had an older AV setup in place. I ran the HDMI through the wall to the built-in bookshelf beside the fireplace, so the source gear lives on the shelf instead of on the mantel, and took the extra time to get the new Frame Pro and soundbar working with it. Then I added a Bluetooth subwoofer to round out the sound. A top-of-the-line Samsung Frame Pro setup, and a fantastic one.

In art mode the Frame Pro shows artwork, like the ocean piece in the photos; switch it over and it is a 65-inch TV for the big match. The job took two hours. There is no before photo for this one: the photos show the room during the install with the ladder still out, and the finished wall with the TV on and in art mode.