Picture House launches slimline Richmond 'TV Fireplace'

How do you avoid the TV overpowering your living room? The answer is the new slimline Richmond 'TV Fireplace' from Picture House TV Furniture (picturehouse.eu). The TV is hidden inside an elegant, fully working fireplace, which emits 2kW of heat. Press the remote and the TV automatically lifts to viewing height; press it again and it magically disappears. The TV switches off automatically to save power.

It's the ideal choice if you're tight on space, as it has a small footprint. What's more, there are no more messy wires and cables, as they are all hidden from view. It will accept TVs up to 52in.

Award-winning inventor and furniture designer David Free, who runs Picture House TV Furniture and presents "The Great British Woodshop" on Discovery Shed says: "My living room looked soulless with this big black box on the wall - so I came up with this idea of concealing the TV inside a working fireplace - which creates one focal point for the room."

Picture House's 'TV Fireplaces' are environmentally-friendly as the TV is turned off when it is not in use and automatically turns on when it is raised up. This means the TV is not on standby and does not consume any power unless it is being watched, thereby reducing the household power consumption.

Other new designs in the Picture House portfolio include the Corvado, the Havana and the Valenza. A range of different electric flame effect fires are available so the fireplace can be fitted with the fire of your choice. Prices start from £3,000.

For further information, visit picturehouse.eu.