Inside a Custom TV Cabinet Transformation
By Grant Clauser
Installer mounts TV on armoire door, replacing CRT TV with HDTV and preserving valued piece of furniture.

Most people have already made the move from standard definition TV to HDTV, but what if that move requires you to change a valued piece of furniture?

That was the case with a client of Ben Marlow, who runs Booyah Technologies in Hatfield, PA. This client had an old Sony CRT TV in a large cabinet and armoire in their bedroom. While the rest of the house had already migrated to HDTVs, the homeowners had hesitated with the bedroom set because they knew they’d have to get rid of the cabinet, which they happened to like quite a bit, or go with a much smaller TV than they wanted.



Marlow took a look at the situation and proposed an interesting solution. Because replacing the cabinet was out of the question, and enlarging the TV alcove wouldn’t work, he suggested mounting a TV directly on the cabinet’s door. The couple loved the idea because it would allow them to fit a 40-inch Samsung LCD TV that was much nicer than what they were currently using.

To make this plan work, Marlow needed to do a little prep work. Because the cabinet door had a cutout for the original TV, he attached a piece of plywood on the inside of the door.

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