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Camden · London
St Giles TV and Media Units
Built-in TV walls and media cabinets, for homes in St Giles. We measure, design and quote first, then make it in our workshop and fit it.
- Speakers muffled behind doors
- A cabinet that traps heat
- Somewhere to keep games tidy
TV and media units for your home in St Giles
How we make TV and media units for St Giles
In many period living rooms, the chimney breast and its two alcoves shape the whole wall. The alcoves can take cupboards for equipment and shelves above leaving the TV in an alcove or on the breast. Any chimney vent is kept clear. We make TV and media units from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed, and people most often get in touch about boxes and consoles on the floor and alcoves either side of the chimney breast going to waste.
Victorian and Edwardian houses were built with solid brick outside walls, and internal walls may be brick or lath and plaster. With so many homes around St Giles built before 1919, we check which you have before deciding how TV and media units are fixed. Lath and plaster needs a lighter touch and the right fixings, particularly behind loaded shelves.
The furniture is made at our workshop after you’ve had the quote and decided to go ahead. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Where
- St Giles (W1F, W1D, W1T)
- Area
- Camden
- Cost
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- A design visit: we measure and talk it through
- Making
- Made in our workshop and fitted on site
- Made from
- MDF and birch plywood, painted
- Fitting days
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- Our contact form
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Why bespoke in St Giles?
Bought media units are made in set widths, so gaps are common. Ours are scribed to the walls and can run up to the ceiling with shelves and cupboards around the screen. Standard furniture is drawn for modern rooms, so its proportions can look odd in a tall period room, whereas fitted pieces can pick up the room’s height and mouldings.
Awkward rooms take more time: uneven walls, sloping floors and angled ceilings all add scribing and cutting on site. The quote allows for it, which we write after seeing the room.
Why choose Bespoke Carpentry in St Giles
- Saturday work by arrangement
- Made in moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- Over 300 projects completed
- We work across all London boroughs
Take a look at how bespoke compares with ready-made and what a quote should include.
Could you do it yourself?
Flat-pack and off-the-shelf furniture has its place. If the walls are straight and the space suits standard sizes, it often does the job.
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: off-the-shelf furniture usually costs less up front. Bespoke makes more sense where the room is awkward, the space is valuable or you want the furniture to look built in.
TV and media units in St Giles: local notes
Homes built before 1919 make up about 49% of the housing in the area around St Giles, with about 21% built since 2000, going by the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax figures. That matters for TV and media units, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. There are 872 entries on the National Heritage List within half a mile of the centre of St Giles. Older homes nearby may have original joinery, shutters or panelling worth keeping, and the furniture can be designed around them rather than over them. Purpose-built flats are home to about 78% of households in the streets around St Giles, going by Census 2021 figures from the ONS. In a block, each section is sized to get up the stairs or into the lift and through the door. Building management rules on lifts, deliveries and working hours are worth checking early.
Benjamin Franklin House, about 0.5 miles south, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, the alcoves beside a chimney breast are the natural place for TV and media units. If you live near St Anne's Churchyard, TV and media units can be planned to frame a window with a view rather than block it. If your home is as old as some of the listed buildings nearby, such as Church of St Giles in the Fields, original features like shutters, panelling and fireplaces are worth designing around. For a listed home, fixing into original features can require listed building consent.
St Giles is part of the London Borough of Camden, about 1 mile north-east of St Pancras. We can visit homes in St Giles on weekdays, or on a Saturday by prior arrangement. We cover places right across Camden.
Design visits and fitting in W1F, W1D and W1T work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Duck Lane, Drury Lane and Bridle Lane, and we cover homes on all of them for TV and media units. St Giles sits close to the A301 and A400, and we plan where the van can stop before fitting day. Neighbouring places we cover for TV and media units include Seven Dials (1 mile south), West End (1 mile south-west), Soho (1 mile south-west), Covent Garden (1 mile south-east) and Chinatown (1 mile south-west). Other parts of Camden we cover include Hampstead (4 miles north-west), West Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Agar Town (2 miles north), Kentish Town (2 miles north), Greenhill (3 miles north-west) and Chalk Farm (2 miles north-west). St Giles is among the bigger places we cover in Camden.
Around St Giles
Around St Giles, we cover homes near London Nautical School, The Crown pub and Mercers' School. St Giles has its own railway station: Tottenham Court Road station. Other landmarks nearby include Kingly Court (0.5 miles west) and Montfichet's Tower (1.1 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Ludgate Hill and St. James's Park Lake.
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Your questions about TV and media units in St Giles
My home in St Giles is a period house with walls that are not straight. Is that a problem?
Yes, that’s normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Fixings are chosen for the wall, whether solid brick or lath and plaster.
My home in St Giles is a flat. How do you get the furniture in?
At the design visit, we measure the way in not just the room. TV and media units are built in our workshop in sections sized to fit that route, then assembled in your flat. It helps to check any building rules and your lease before fitting day.
What if I buy a larger TV?
We can size the opening for the screen you might buy next. It helps to know the size you’re thinking of.
Does someone need to be home during the fitting?
We need access, so someone has to let us in. You do not need to watch us work.
How long are you in the house for fitting?
How long the fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and how many cupboards and shelves it has, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. We’ll talk you through what to expect beforehand.
Do TV units need ventilation?
Equipment gives off heat, so it needs air around it. We design open backs, gaps or vents where it sits, rather than sealing it in a cupboard. Keep the vents clear once it’s in use.
Materials and finishes
Spray-painted finish
Spray painting is done in the workshop, for a smooth, factory-like finish.
Doors and drawer fronts
Drawers keep controllers and games tidy close to hand. They’re painted in the same colour as the rest.
How fitting works for TV and media units
You’re welcome to ask questions while we work. The design, materials and finish were settled before anything was made, so the day itself is about careful fitting and leaving everything tidy. How long fitting takes depends on the size of the unit and the cable routes planned into it, and your quote sets out the fitting days. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- You send us a note about the room and the unit you’d like.
- We visit to measure and go through the design and how the unit should look in the room.
- A written quote follows, with the finish set out.
- We build the unit in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood; a spray-painted finish is applied there for a smooth, even surface.
- The unit is fitted and scribed to the walls, and any hand painting is done in the room.
How to prepare
- Clear the walls of pictures and shelves
- Get any new sockets or wiring done by your electrician before fitting day
- Keep pets out of the room and the hallway
Starting with a design visit
Getting a quote starts with some details: which room it is, rough sizes and a couple of pictures if you can take them. To send them, send us a few details through our contact form. After that, we arrange a visit to measure and discuss the design, then send a quote in writing.
Related advice
Pricing TV and media units in St Giles
Several things affect the price:
- Parking near your home
- Doors and drawers, and how many
- Tricky walls, sloping ceilings and uneven floors
- How big the furniture is
The price comes in a written quote, worked out from the measurements and the design you choose. The price depends mainly on the size of the piece, how many doors and drawers it has and what goes inside.
What we need to know
There is no need for exact sizes or plans. Just send what you can:
- Examples of the look you’re after
- Pictures showing the full wall, from floor to ceiling
- Your postcode and the borough
- What kind of home it is, and which floor the room is on
To get a quote for TV and media units in St Giles, use our contact form. Let us know the room and the rough idea, plus any rough measurements. Next comes a design visit, followed by a written quote.