How to Make an Easel TV Stand

Building an easel stand for a television and additional media components is an interesting and creative way to store your flat-screen television in an open method. Open storage such as this shows off high-quality equipment and helps make smaller spaces appear more open. This job requires a high familiarity with furniture construction and an appreciation of the angles involved to create a solid base for the television to rest against. Only minimal tools and equipment are required for the project. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

1

Set a 1-by-9 1/2-by-54-inch board down with its largest surface against the working surface. Position two 42-inch 2-by-4 boards on top of and parallel to it, with one end flush with the same end of the larger board, and one long side parallel to a different long side of the larger board. Viewed from the end, the arrangement should look like a wide, flat U.

2

Position a 3-inch heavy-duty hinge between the large board and each of the smaller boards, right at the end of the boards. Mark the location of the hinge attachment screw holes, lifting the boards if necessary to access the hinge holes. Drill holes in each marking, then attach the hinges to the boards with 1 1/2-inch wood screws. Stand the boards up on their other ends with the large board in the rear and the smaller boards in the front.

3

Position a 36-inch 2-by-4 at the desired height of the bottom of the flat-screen TV with its thin edge against the two long boards, which are the small legs of the easel. Position a 1-inch metal L-bracket underneath the 36-inch board, which is the TV support board, and drill 1 1/2-inch screws into each of the bracket holes to secure the board in place. Drill two holes through the back of each small easel leg and into the TV support board as well, and attach them in place with 3-inch wood screws.

4

Adjust the easel legs so that the TV-supporting legs are nearly vertical and the longer leg is at a steeper angle. Position a 1-by-18-by-24-inch plywood board within the legs at the most convenient position where the sides of the board touch all three legs and the board separates the legs by 18 inches. Set 1-inch metal L-brackets underneath the plywood board and against each leg, with three on the rear leg. Attach them in place using 1-inch wood screws drilled through each hole. Repeat to add a 1-by-24-by-24-inch plywood board beneath the first one.