The living room is the central anchor of every Chennai home. It sets the visual tone when guests enter, serves as the family gathering point, and often shares open floor space with the dining area in modern 2BHK and 3BHK builder apartments.
Designing an impactful living room requires balancing two core joinery elements: an elegant TV entertainment wall unit and a smart semi-open partition that delineates spaces without blocking natural cross-ventilation. At Interiors by DeX, we design living spaces that feel uncluttered, architectural, and durable for everyday living.
Key Takeaways
Floating TV Units: Wall-mounted consoles with concealed cable routing make compact living rooms feel larger and allow effortless robot vacuum cleaning.
Fluted Panels & Louvers: Charcoal and warm woodgrain louvers add textural depth while acoustically absorbing television audio reflections.
Functional Partitions: Fluted glass, wooden vertical slats, and dual-sided crockery dividers define living and dining zones without cutting off light.
Designing for Modern Chennai Apartment Floor Plans
In contemporary Chennai townships (such as Casagrand Utopia in Porur or Prestige Courtyards in Sholinganallur), living and dining halls are typically designed as single open rectangular or L-shaped layouts. The challenge is creating distinct functional zones while maintaining a sense of openness.
1. Wall-Mounted Floating TV Consoles
Heavy floor-standing TV cabinets take up valuable floor area and trap dust. Floating TV consoles mounted 10 to 12 inches above the finished floor level create visual lightness and simplify floor mopping. Behind the console, we integrate concealed PVC conduit raceways so power cords, set-top box cables, soundbar connections, and gaming HDMI cables remain 100% invisible.
2. Feature Wall Panelling: Fluted Louvers & Stone Accents
A television mounted on a plain painted wall often feels stark. We create visual anchor walls using a combination of vertical fluted louvers, matte anti-fingerprint laminates, and subtle Italian marble or quartz backsplashes. Concealed warm-white (3000K) LED strip lighting behind the panel perimeter casts a gentle ambient glow, reducing eye strain during evening viewing.
3. Living-to-Dining Partition Designs
Rather than constructing heavy solid drywall that makes apartments feel dark and boxed in, we utilize architectural semi-open dividers: vertical wooden rafters with brass accents, frosted or fluted glass in slim aluminium framing, and multi-functional dual-sided crockery consoles that provide dining storage on one side while presenting a stylish display surface to the living room.
4. Concealed Foyer & Shoe Storage Integration
In Indian households, shoe management at the entrance is a daily practical requirement. We integrate concealed, ventilated shoe cabinets directly into the foyer panelling, complete with cushioned seating benches for wearing footwear, hidden key niches, and concealed ambient sensor lighting that activates automatically upon opening the main door.
5. Materials & The DeX Standard
All living room panelling, partition frames, and TV consoles engineered by Interiors by DeX are constructed from factory-calibrated moisture-resistant boards and 100% IS 710 BWP marine plywood, finished with German PUR edge banding. This ensures that wall units never warp or separate due to seasonal humidity shifts in Chennai.
Conclusion
Living room TV units, foyer storage, and false ceilings are fully included within our turnkey apartment interior packages starting from ₹9L + GST (2BHK) and ₹12L + GST (3BHK). Explore our apartment interior designers in Chennai page, review our 3BHK interior design cost guide, or visit our Perungudi Experience Centre on OMR to explore live living room wall displays.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best height to mount a TV unit in a flat?
The center of the TV screen should ideally align with seated eye level, typically 42 inches from the finished floor to the center of the display for comfortable viewing from a standard sofa.
How do you hide messy TV wires inside wall panels?
We install concealed 2-inch to 3-inch PVC internal conduit pipes inside the back panelling, allowing all HDMI, power, and audio cables to pass invisibly down to the lower console.
Which partition design is best between living and dining?
Vertical wooden rafters or fluted glass in slim metal frames are ideal because they provide visual separation while allowing natural light and airflow to pass through unimpeded.
Are TV units and living partitions included in DeX packages?
Yes. Custom TV entertainment units and entrance storage solutions are fully integrated within our standard 2BHK (from ₹9L + GST) and 3BHK (from ₹12L + GST) turnkey scopes.