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Islington · London
TV and media units in Canonbury, Islington
Few London rooms are perfectly square, and we scribe the furniture to follow the walls. Our work on TV and media units in Canonbury starts with a design visit, and everything is made in our workshop.
- Standard units leaving gaps
- Empty alcoves beside the TV
- A screen at the wrong height
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About our TV and media units in Canonbury
Built-in TV and media units bring the screen, set-top boxes, speakers and cables together in one piece of furniture. Instead of a stand, a tangle of wires and a few odd shelves, the whole wall is designed at once. For a living room in Canonbury, the first step is a design visit to measure up and look at your equipment. If you’re living with speakers muffled behind doors and standard units leaving gaps, that’s what TV and media units are for, made from birch plywood and moisture-resistant MDF with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish.
In a flat, one room often does the work of a living room, dining room and study. Around Canonbury, where most households live in purpose-built flats, TV and media units that use the height of the room help keep the floor clear. A shallow run on one wall can hold a lot without taking much floor.
The quote names the materials: moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, each used where it suits the job. It also says how the furniture will be finished: spray painted or hand painted.
- Where
- Canonbury (N1, N1P, E8)
- Area
- Islington
- Prices
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Where it is made
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- Working days
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Contact
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and lettings
Landlords furnishing a let use fitted furniture too, often to make the most of a small or tricky room. It’s made from the same moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood as any of our work, finished by spray or by hand.
Some blocks ask for notice before trades arrive, often through a building manager or concierge. If there’s a lift, it may need booking, and its size matters when we plan the sections. Let us know about it when you contact us.
What prompts TV and media units in Canonbury
Others are tired of furniture that does not fit. Standard TV stands rarely suit an awkward wall, and that’s where a bespoke unit helps.
These come up often when people first get in touch:
- Alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste
- Boxes and consoles on the floor
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
- Nowhere good for speakers
The wider area includes historic houses such as Sutton House, about 1.7 miles east. If your own home is a period one, walls that bow and floors that slope are why TV and media units are scribed to fit rather than pushed into place.
What to check before you book
- Whether the route into your home has been checked
- Who does any electrics, plumbing or gas work
- Will they visit to measure before quoting?
- Have they thought about parking near you?
What it is made from
Birch plywood
Long shelves under a screen need to stay straight. Birch plywood, sized for the span, keeps it flat.
Moisture-resistant MDF
MDF in a moisture-resistant grade is stable and paints evenly, so we use it for panels, doors and the faces you see.
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What else we make in Canonbury
How fitting works for TV and media units
When we arrive on fitting day, the first job is covering the floors and protecting the way in from the front door. Next, we carry in the sections made in our workshop. How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Loading near a block of flats can take some planning, so tell us about bays, permits or any loading area at the design visit. The sections are assembled in the flat and fixed to suit the walls. Saturdays can be arranged.
- You get in touch with details of the room and where it is in your home.
- We visit to plan the unit and check the way in. Let us know about parking too, since a van may need a visitor permit or a paid bay.
- A written quote follows, setting out the design, materials and finish.
- The unit is built in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, in sections that fit the route in.
- We bring the sections in, join them on the wall and scribe them to fit. The finish is sprayed beforehand or painted by hand on site.
Before fitting day
- Let us know where the boiler and meters are
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Move anything in the hall or on the stairs out of the way
Getting a quote
Pictures help us understand the room before we visit. A few pictures showing the walls, the corners and where the ceiling meets them tell us a lot about the space. To send them over, drop us a line using the contact form, and we’ll arrange a design visit.
Related advice
When you need someone else
It is useful to know what’s outside our work before you plan:
- Structural changes to the wall
- Any electrical work (your electrician handles that, and Part P covers some of it)
- Setting up and tuning the TV, boxes and speakers
If you’re not sure what’s possible in your room, you can message us from the contact page and we’ll give you a straight answer. How it works.
Materials and parts
- Moisture-resistant MDF
- Spray-painted finish
- Cable routes
- Hand-painted finish
- Birch plywood
- Ventilated cabinets
Questions we’re often asked
Do you cover homes near Canonbury station?
Yes, homes across Islington and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can message us from the contact page to arrange a design visit, and let us know about parking and access at the same time.
How do you fit TV and media units in a flat in Canonbury?
At the design visit, we measure the way in along with the room itself. TV and media units are made at our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. If your building has rules on lift booking or working hours, or your lease needs consent for alterations, it’s worth checking those early.
Do I need planning permission for fitted furniture?
Not normally. Conservation area controls are mainly about the outside of buildings, and furniture inside a house doesn’t normally need it. In a listed building, check with the council’s conservation officer before any work.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
Someone needs to be there to let us in. You don’t need to watch us work.
Can you build a TV unit for a wall-mounted TV?
If the TV is wall-mounted, we design the unit around the bracket position, with a route for the cables. The wall needs to be sound for the bracket so we check the wall at the design visit.
What happens at the measuring visit?
We take full measurements, look at the walls and floors and work through the design together. Access and parking are worth talking about too, and afterwards we send a quote in writing.
Built-in living-room furniture in Canonbury
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Canonbury were built before 1919 (about 36%) and between 1945 and 1972 (about 24%), going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. Knowing roughly when a home was built helps, because walls and fixings change from one era to the next. Within a mile of the centre of Canonbury, 12 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mainly about the outside of buildings. On TfL’s red routes, the rules on stopping and loading are strict. If your street in Canonbury joins a main road, it is worth telling us at the measuring visit. It lets us plan the stop before fitting day.
If you live near Shoreditch Park, TV and media units can be planned to frame a window with a view rather than block it. For a flat near Canonbury station, the lift, the stair turns and the front door all set the largest piece that can come in.
Canonbury is about 1 mile north-west of Highbury, part of the London Borough of Islington. Canonbury is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. Across Islington, we cover Canonbury.
In N1, N1P and E8, the process is the same as anywhere else in London. If your home is on a street like Dove Road, Essex Road and Clare Lane, or close by, we can visit to measure up for TV and media units. Main roads around Canonbury include the A1199 and A1200. If your home is on one of them, tell us at the design visit, as some main roads have strict stopping rules. Nearby, we also make TV and media units in De Beauvoir Town (1 mile east), Mildmay (1 mile north-east), Kingsland (1 mile east), Newington Green (1 mile north) and Highbury (1 mile north-west). Elsewhere in Islington, we also cover Farringdon (2 miles south-west), Holloway (2 miles north-west), Upper Holloway (2 miles north-west), Nag's Head (2 miles north-west) and Tufnell Park (2 miles north-west).
What’s near Canonbury
Around Canonbury, we cover homes near Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives, City of London Academy Highbury Grove and New Crown pub. Canonbury has its own railway station: Canonbury station. Well-known places in the area include Hackney Walk (1.6 miles east) and Clowns Gallery-Museum (0.7 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Barnsbury Wood.