Three Decorating Ideas For Back Porch TVs. Yet Another Reason To Love The Ozarks!

Back Porch TV Decorating Idea #1This option has larger TVs and a smaller fridge. The big console TV is a nice touch in this idea. It provides space for small decorative touches. Some think the fridge needs to be on top the console TV for ease in obtaining cold beverages. The homeowner has chosen to go with the smaller TV on top of the larger TV, providing the opportunity to watch wrestling and NASCAR at the same time and eliminates the need for a TV stand. In a nice Ozarkian touch, both the console TV and the beer fridge are elevated off the concrete slab with concrete blocks, thus avoiding the unsightly wet particle board flaky mess. The rain coat over the top TV is used on rainy days and nights when the roof leaks. (The storm window is there so it will be easy to find next winter when the homeowner takes down the screens and puts up the storm windows, usually the first week in December.)

Back Porch TV Decorating Idea #2This option has smaller TVs, a larger fridge, built in storage and the ever so nice styrofoam cup dispenser. Nothing says outdoor fun like cold beer drinken out of a styrofoam cup. Even Cook's beer tastes good out of a styrofoam cup. The shower curtain on top of the TV is held down by objects day art, like a naked lady with wings and no hands, but she's got a space for a candle in her back. The shower curtain serves the same purpose as the rain coat in idea #1.

Back Porch TV Decorating Idea #3This idea, which only has one TV, incorporates back porch shrubbery and functionality into the design. Note the obsolete but still working rotary dial telephone on the industrial designed stainless steel cart. The operational bar-be-que grill also adds utility to the design. The beer fridge had been relegated to the basement in this plan, a feature pleasing to some of the residents of the residence. Thus the origin of the phrase, "There's beer in the fridge in the basement, if you want some". Barely seen in this photo is the black plastic trash bag used to put over the TV in case of rain. While some may use shower curtains or rain coats to protect the TVs from inclement weather, this homeowner, who is eco-friendly, uses recycled black plastic trash bags, after he washes them.

Some have asked, "Why have two TVs?"

Because.

Though not shown in the accompanying pictures, all of the back porch TVs treatments shown also incorporate picnic tables and comfortable chairs from which to view the TVs. Contrary to a popular myth, couches are not deemed appropriate to use in back porch TVs designs. Couches are, however, entirely appropriate for front porch TV usage, city ordinances notwithstanding.

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