

FRAMEBYFRAME ON NETFLIX TV
When you turn it on, it can either go into TV mode or art mode. I didn’t know if the picture would be that great, but it’s actually really nice and clear (although I’ll admit, I don’t know much about that stuff!). We also have it set up to our cable so we can watch any channel, just like we would on our living room TV. It’s also a “smart TV” (as most are these days) and it connects to all of our streaming services (Netflix, Apple TV, etc.) through wifi. You can find the entire step-by-step tutorial for hiding the cords in this blog post.
FRAMEBYFRAME ON NETFLIX INSTALL
Update: We added a Frame TV to our bedroom and documented the entire install process. You just drop them behind the wall (if you have drywall) and pull them out in a hole behind the console.

Somehow this worked! If you just want to hide your cords and plug into a box inside a console, it will be a heck of a lot easier. Then, Finn drilled a hole into the ceiling from the basement to pull the wires through. I don’t have a tutorial on how we did this because, honestly, we were just figuring it out as we went! Essentially, we drilled a hole in the wall behind the TV and dropped the cord behind the wall, in between two studs, until it hit the floor in the wall. We tested it out and realized that the box would still work even on a different level of the house. Luckily, Finn came up with a plan to hide the box in our storage room directly beneath the TV. Since ours was on a big blank wall, we didn’t have anywhere to place this box. Most people place the box in a console underneath the TV and then it’s totally fine. The TV comes with a box that needs to be connected to the TV in order for it to function. Once it arrived, we realized that we had a problem. I would have done a wood frame (love that one the best), but with our beige kitchen and wood floors, it just seemed like a lot of wood going on! This store also carries more ornate frames if you don’t like the basic options from Samsung. We bought the 55″ television with a black frame. If you’re interested, I would keep an eye on it, as it goes on sale every now and again. We hemmed and hawed over buying it and finally pulled the trigger on Black Friday! We ended up getting a good deal on Amazon. At least with the Samsung Frame TV, it would look like a nice piece of art when not in use.

I figured this was the best solution for our kitchen because we had a big blank wall and putting a honking TV on it was going to be an eyesore. It solves the problem of having a huge black box in an otherwise nicely-designed room. I have seen the Samsung Frame TV all over the place, and my brother, Harry, has one, so I have always loved this genius product. It’s also flush to the wall, unlike a typical television.

But when it’s turned off, instead of being a big black box on the wall, it turns into art! It comes with a frame (hence the name) so it looks like a real piece of art on the wall. If you’re wondering what the heck that is, it’s essentially a normal television when it’s turned on.
FRAMEBYFRAME ON NETFLIX FULL
I’ve just gotten so many questions about the TV on Instagram stories and figured I would share more in a full blog post. And just so you know from the start, this is in no way sponsored (Samsung has no clue who I am. Instead of putting a huge flat screen in the kitchen, we settled on a Samsung Frame TV. He tried to get into his Sunday routine but he was constantly running back and forth from the kitchen to the family room to catch big moments in the game. During those first few months of living here, he really didn’t cook very much. That’s totally fine for normal TV watching, but not ideal for Finn’s love of cooking and watching sports at the same time. Well, in our new house the television in the family room is far from the kitchen. He would turn on the TV in the family room so he could watch football while preparing food for hours. In our condo, he would spend all day Sunday prepping food for the week and then make a delicious Sunday night dinner. I’m not the best cook and he really enjoys spending time in the kitchen. As you probably know by now, Finn is the main chef in our household.
