What’s Trending in TV Units: Contemporary Edition

Contemporary TV units have moved a long way from the plain black boxes that once sat beneath every television. The designs shaping UK living rooms now are lower, calmer and more tactile. Floating units lift the visual weight off the floor. Fluted and ribbed fronts add texture without adding clutter. Softened corners and gentle curves echo the rounded sofas and armchairs that have become so common. Stone and stone effect tops bring a sense of permanence, while warm woods and refined gloss finishes give each room its own character. Behind all of this sits a practical shift too: better cable management, quieter storage and units that treat the television as one part of the wall rather than the whole point of it. In this edition we look at each of these directions in turn, explain why it has taken hold, and suggest how to bring it into a real home without redecorating everything around it or chasing every passing idea....