HDB Interior Design Singapore: Pasir Ris TV Feature Wall The Essentials

HDB interior design Singapore owners in Pasir Ris treat the TV feature wall as the face of the living room. In a 4-room flat of about 90 sqm, that wall carries the screen, the console and often the bulk of the flat's visible storage. Get the essentials right and the room reads calm and planned. This guide covers what matters before the contractor measures the wall.

Plan the wall around the screen

Fix the TV size first. A 55 inch screen needs a console about 1.8 metres wide so the proportions sit right. Mount the screen at eye height when seated, roughly 1.0 to 1.1 metres from the floor to the centre. Pasir Ris BTO living rooms often share the wall with the HDB open concept kitchen pass, so keep the console shallow at 400mm to protect the walkway.

Hide the cables in a built-in chase rather than surface trunking. The chase is non-structural carpentry and clears the HDB renovation permit quickly. Ask your HDB Licensed Renovation Contractor to route power and HDMI through it during the roughly two week permit window so you avoid a second hack later.

Essentials of the build

Use laminate carpentry for the console and full height side columns. Laminate is HDB approved and cheaper than solid wood, and it wipes clean of coastal dust that Pasir Ris sees more than inland towns. Top the console with quartz or solid-surface if you place a sound bar or decor there, since both surfaces resist heat from electronics.

• Console: 400mm deep, 1.8m wide, soft-close doors.
• Side columns: full height for display and speaker hide.
• Back panel: a feature laminate, not painted brick.
• Lighting: a warm LED strip behind the screen.

Choose vinyl or laminate flooring in front so the wall zone feels continuous with the rest of the home. Keep the build free of structural walls and never box the window grille if the wall has a window.

Storage and the bomb shelter door

Many Pasir Ris flats place the household shelter door on or near the living wall. You cannot renovate the shelter, but you can build a laminate panel that frames the door so it disappears into the feature wall. The door must stay operable, so the panel uses a hinge or a slide clear of the swing.

This framing is light carpentry and supports HDB flat space saving because the area around the shelter becomes useful display rather than a dead door. Confirm the framing is non-structural on the permit form so it clears without delay.

Step by step to build the wall

1. Mark the TV centre height and console width on the wall.
2. Decide laminate colour to match kitchen and wardrobe.
3. Plan the cable chase with the contractor before hacking.
4. Frame the shelter door as a hinged laminate panel.
5. List console, columns and panel as non-structural.
6. Book noisy works on weekdays 9am to 6pm only.
7. Test the screen mount and soft-close before final payment.

The TV feature wall sets the tone for the whole living room. When you design the console, columns and shelter framing as one whole-house customization, the Pasir Ris flat feels coherent from the door, and the screen becomes part of the room instead of bolted onto it.