Design Mistake: Your Media Cabinet Is Too Small. Here’s How to *Actually* Get It Right.
Emily Henderson | 23.02.2026 16:00
If you Google “what size should my media cabinet be?” or something of that nature, you’re likely going to keep seeing the same response echoed throughout other publishers or manufacturers: Your entertainment console should be 3 to 6 inches larger on each side than the TV in the center, though ideally, that televsion would be roughly 2/3 the size of the cabinet beneath it. The average flat panel sold today is 55 inches (though my research says 65 is quickly becoming more common), which means the smallest sized cabinet you should be pairing with your TV is about 82 inches.
