[Advice] A very narrow TV setup

Install/Placement

With the quarantine situation as it is I've been thinking about setting up a TV at the base of my bed. I was negligent with measurements while bedframe shopping so I have a 13.5 inch gap between the base of my bed and the wall, as moving the bed closer to the wall blocks the doorframe

Roughly 13.5 inches between the bedframe and the wall. Do note the wall outlet right next to the suitcase.

This presents a problem for setting up a TV as most TV bases are around 15.5 inches wide. Pushing the bed back a little more is suboptimal as I have a little table at the front of the bed which I hypothetically use for reading. The table is flush between the bedframe and the (not shown) wall; I can rotate it 90 degrees so the bedframe can be pushed back another 2 inches but then there would not really be any space left to sit down on this side.

Not much room to spare on the other side...

So the question then becomes whether I can find a TV stand that can squeeze into those 13.5 inches provided. I found an impressively thin TV stand that takes up 12.3 inches at the base but it costs 400 dollars and does not appear to have any place I can place speakers.

So I am asking the experts at r/hometheater to see if anyone has any viable alternatives to suggest. Preferably, the TV would be suspended around 4.5-5 feet high and there would be a place to hook up a Switch and speakers. Would love to hear any suggestions!

Posted Apr 1, 2020, 12:27 AM UTC · edited

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knoxknifebroker•

Just mount it and put the switch on a shelf?

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eric_heOP•

Think thats a good idea! Do you think I should have the shelf be drilled in the wall too?

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knoxknifebroker•

Couldn’t hurt

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