Corner Entertainment Center With Hutch

A corner hutch entertainment center can command the interest of an entire room without blocking anyone sitting on the sidelines or causing them to have to sit at an awkward angle. At the same time, it leaves the floor open for the junior members of a household to spread sleeping bags and bean bags, making it a super popular spot for slumber party guests of all ages. A corner provides a secure place to anchor flat-screen TVs. The flat-screen TV, while a huge space saver compared to the old console televisions with cathode ray tubes, still has considerable heft and is far less stable on its base than its bulky predecessor.

Units that include a lower space for a faux fireplace with heater and flame display screen can maintain interest even when the flat-screen is not active. A selection of screensaver options could allow the flat-screen to act as a “window” or piece of artwork. Shelving and cabinets on either side can provide options for storage of things associated with the flat-screen TV, such as game consoles, electronic accessories, even digital “albums” of your many digital pictures.

Your selection of materials for the corner hutch will certainly depend upon availability and your budget. You can create a simple set up by using a corner cabinet that hosts a faux fireplace as the base. Add premade cabinets from your local hardware/lumber/home furnishing store to create a top hutch or buy an entertainment hutch that is preset up for the corner.

Although it is heavy and not super durable, composition board with an attractive veneer can do well in this capacity. More lasting cabinets involve plywood which, while it is a constructed board, is more durable than particle board. If you can afford it or you have someone in your family who is good at carpentry, a sturdy unit build of real wood, even if it is common pine, is preferable because of its lasting power.

It doesn’t take much to change the “feel” of any cabinetry with a little paint and perhaps some wood “gingerbread” decorations. Stay with the basics, and use simple flat paint, and you can easily go modern. Use shabby chic distressing techniques, and, well, there’s your shabby chic corner hutch. An antiquing technique that is recently popular is salt oak, a painting style that makes any unfinished wood look as if it was washed up out of the ocean. Add some lathe turned supports and fancy decorations at the corners, as well as some lathe-turned finials, and your corner entertainment center with hutch will be right at home in a Victorian décor – especially if you use displays of knot gardens as your TV screen saver.