So for the last "quite awhile" over here in Galley & Greatroom, I'm been placing a lot of emphasis on DW's area, the galley. No, she's not barefoot (well sometimes), not pregnant (actually we have been), no I'm not repressive - she just likes her kitchen work. And boy does it show! We eat really well, and healthy to boot! She knows her stuff.
But me? Well, I'm a little bit more of a computer and TV guy. And we like our routines. After we've been out traveling for awhile, seeing this and seeing that, we.... well... we get a little homesick :(
I've found a little return to routine while out on the road gets another few days to a couple weeks out of me. And often, while getting to that far away place, you overnight a few times in this place and that, often getting a little visit in to the local Walmart if you know what I mean. I don't want to run a generator out there in the parking lot. I don't want to get a $35-65 nightly place. I just want to relax a little in front of the TV in my underwear, beer in hand, shotgun within reach. (Insert Dueling Banjos theme here).
I picked up this little jewel on Amazon, $20!
Detachable wall mount for the little TV.
It goes here, high enough to miss your head sitting at the dinette, and while back at the ranch, the unit lives in DW's sewing room.
It's the smallest "smart" TV I could find. That means we don't need On-Star or some such subscription service. Whenever we get into trouble we can clap our hands and say out loud, "NSA I need you" and they'll send in the Marines!" Now, come on! That's not political! It's funny. Let yourself go!
But anyway it pulls in the programming we watch, generally Netflix and Amazon Prime. We like documentaries. Have you seen Ken Burns America? Oh man, you should. And the Roosevelts? Wow!. Prohibition? Okay, okay I got side-tracked.
I soon discovered that installing the bracket as designed would place it too low, and hit DW's head (that's her side of the dinette). What to do? The release raises it about 3.75". By mounting it sideways, it could be mounted right almost touching the ceiling (that is to say the TV) and still hold the unit securely.
Because of the way the connections are made on the back, the stand doesn't need to be removed, that clearance is necessary. And anyway, it's screw on, not snap on. And this way we can take it down and use it outside on one of those nice summer nights and I don't need to buy another wall mount for DW's sewing room. If it sticks out too far from the wall visually, I'll rectify it in one beautiful way or another.
I made some spacers out of plastic tubing and assembled my fasteners, made my plans.
Located the position and drilled into the freshly refinished wood (Ouch).
And it was up.
But I didn't like how the stand rubbed on the wall, both while taking the TV on and off, and bouncing while underway. I tried it without the stand and didn't like the wobble.
So I decided to place some of my extra cream colored trim along that section as a rub bar. But my longest extra piece was an inch too short. What to do? I spied this lovely piece, all hidden nicely behind the eventual dinette seat back and stripped it out.
Then I located it's position and trimmed the end to fit the joint, and cut it to shape with the utility knife. By the end of the install I had touched it up nice on the bench sander.
Then I picked my retainer pieces and stapled them up on the wall.
Fine tuned the end joint... (and incidentally I have since cleaned up that gimp better with my little curved scraper tool.)
And there ya go! Resolution.
Then I finished up this area with fresh butt joint cuts using three lengths.
From leaning back on the lounge area (made out of the dinette placed into bed status) and using the seat backs in a planned way (future job), we'll have a love-seat width recliner style seating to kick back on and watch a little TV.
