A media wall in Castle Bromwich

This Castle Bromwich project brought the television and the fire together into one built-in feature. A British Fires New Forest 1600 Deluxe electric fire sits below a recessed television, with the full wall painted in a deep navy finish that frames both parts of the installation.

It is a strong proof point for customers looking at electric fires in Birmingham, especially where the room needs a wide electric fire and a television arranged as one planned wall rather than separate pieces of furniture.

The local setting

Castle Bromwich sits within Birmingham, and this project shows a route that suits many modernised living rooms: the fireplace becomes a built feature rather than a traditional surround inside a chimney breast. The room did not need a flue because the chosen fire runs entirely on electricity.

For Birmingham customers comparing options, this project sits alongside the Kings Heath marble fireplace. One keeps a traditional surround shape with an electric fire, while this Castle Bromwich job uses a wider media wall.

The difference matters because the wall is doing more than holding a fire. In a media wall, the fire, screen and wall finish have to sit together visually. If one element is treated separately, the finished room can feel uneven. This project kept the arrangement simple: wide fire below, recessed television above, deep colour behind both.

The brief

The customer wanted a clean, modern media wall with a wide fire below a recessed television. They also wanted a strong wall colour behind it for some drama in the evening, so the fire and screen would stand out when the room was in use.

The key requirement was that the result looked built in. The television could not look like it had simply been hung over a fire, and the fire opening had to sit at the right height for the room.

The build

The chimney breast was built out so the television sits recessed and flush, with the fire opening below set at the right level. The customer chose a British Fires New Forest 1600 Deluxe electric fire. Its three-sided panoramic design creates a wide, wraparound flame effect, while running entirely on electricity with no flue required.

Because the fire, television and wall colour were all part of the same feature, the design had to be considered as a whole. The wide fire gives the base of the wall weight, while the recessed television keeps the upper section tidy.

The finish

Painted in deep navy, the finished wall frames the fire and screen and pulls the room together. It gives the customer a modern, low-maintenance centrepiece that looks intentional whether the fire is lit or switched off.

For a similar route, start with the electric fires range and the Birmingham area page. The Shirley media wall is a related project where the electric suite and matching marble benches created a different type of built-in feature.