[Nevermark]

That screen needs a thick traditional ornate picture frame around it.

It will completely change the whole vibe in a positive way.

As for the cable, all it needs is a punched hole in the wall, hidden behind the screen, and another directly beneath it by the floor.

For extra bang, frame the screen with passive dielectric mirrored glass. DM 30/70 lets the screen's light through, slightly dampened, which is good for use as an art display in the background. And when the screen is off it will look (and be!) an elegant mirror.

Put a plant under it on a nice (but cheap) pedestal and upgrade the bookshelf to something more library/furniture, less utilitarian press board.

I would suggest textured paint for the wall. Pick light and dark shades of the same color. Paint the light color first. Then paint the dark over it, and lightly use a sponge or crumpled paper to pull just enough off to leave the wall richly colored and textured. It is very classy and calming.

I can go on... and on.

[splitbrain]

Ah Americans... thinking everyone's walls are just plaster board on studs. I don't know what OP's situation is, but adding a cable to my walls would require machinery to cut a channel into the brickwork.

[brian-armstrong]

> As for the cable, all it needs is a punched hole in the wall, hidden behind the screen, and another directly beneath it by the floor.

Likely against code to do this. Power cables are not meant to go behind the wall. There are products that exist to do this, but please don't just run the actual power cable this way.

[Galanwe]

What code would forbid you to run power cables behind your walls? Where would power cables be if not behind walls? What country is that?

[loloquwowndueo]

It’s about power cords not properly installed electrical wiring.

Google for “power cords in walls” for tons of discussion about why not, and for national electrical code section 400.8 for the actual regulations. Probably US-centric but the general concerns apply.

[Nevermark]

If hiding TV power and video cables behind a few feet of walls is a code violating disease, the US has an out of control epidemic!

Note the practical difference between running fat insulated cables (so safe they are built to live bare in living spaces, often piled in knots behind furniture), from infrastructure wiring meant to be inaccessibly buried in home structures.

You may be right that technically it’s against code to tidily hide HDMI, USB-C or consumer power cables this way, but apparently there is no county in the US where city inspectors have been so unwise as to commit career seppuku for speaking up on that one!

[brian-armstrong]

It is not against code to hide low voltage signal cables behind the wall. It's only against code for mains voltage. And there are good reasons for it. Just because you showed up to this conversation not knowing what they are doesn't mean they don't exist.

[Nevermark]

1) I was the person who suggested hiding the cords.

2) Zooming into the picture of the hanging digital picture, those looks like fat highly insulated consumer cables to me.

[Galanwe]

I think he suggested hiding the power cable of the screen (so probably USB at 5v), not bringing a power cord up the wall.

[loloquwowndueo]

> the US has an out of control epidemic!

No argument on that one.

[tylerjrichards]

these are great ideas! I had thought about the picture frame one, but couldn't figure out a low cost way of adding a frame around the monitor. Best idea I had was fancy looking tape/stickers around the front of the monitor. Definitely going to do the plant + new bookshelf below, already scouring Facebook marketplace.