Hertford Oak Slatted TV Wall Panel London

The Hertford is the television wall for a room that has been painted dark: a pale oak slat panel in the middle of the wall carries the screen, a floating oak shelf runs beneath it, and the charcoal wall either side frames both.

Slats are 24mm wide and 18mm deep at 12mm gaps on a black felt backer, so the pale oak reads as lines of light against the dark wall, with or without the television on.

How it works: the wall is battened at 400mm centres to give a true plane, and the slats are fixed to an 18mm backer board in the workshop in panels up to 1.2 metres wide, so the spacing is identical across the wall and the joins fall behind a slat. The slats stop 10mm short of the ceiling and the corners with a shadow gap, so the panel is never scribed to a wall that is not straight.

Designed for a room that watches television

A screen on a dark painted wall disappears when it is off and glares when it is on; a screen on a pale slatted panel is part of a surface either way. The Hertford gives the television a place, hides every cable, and puts the soundbar and the plants on a shelf with no legs, so the floor runs under it.

• Pale oak slats floor to ceiling, set into a dark wall
• Slats 24mm wide, 18mm deep, 12mm gaps on black felt
• Hidden TV plate with a 50mm cable void behind
• Floating oak shelf on a concealed rail
• Battened at 400mm centres; the plaster is untouched
• Panels made in the workshop, joins hidden behind a slat
• Shadow gap at the ceiling
• Optional LED wash from the top rail

Designed for the room: the panel can be wider or run corner to corner, the shelf can be a drawer unit, and the slats can be walnut, black oak or a painted colour on a felt of the same tone.

Built for everyday use: the slats are veneered on a stable core so they do not cup, the felt behind is fire-rated, and the panels are fixed through the backer into the battens, so a shelf, a screen plate or a picture rail can be fixed anywhere along the wall.

Manufactured in our Wembley workshop

The Hertford is made as numbered panels in our HA9 Wembley factory: the slats are cut and spaced on the CNC, glued and pinned to the backer, and the panels are labelled to a drawing of your wall, so the fitters hang them in order and the joins disappear.

The wall, the ceiling, the corners, the sockets and the switches are measured at your design visit, and the panels are drawn around them so a socket sits in a gap, not behind a slat.

Quality you can rely on: your Metro fitted furniture comes with a 10-year guarantee covering parts and labour.