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paris
france
There is much talk lately about the reducing time people spent on TV, focusing instead on their smartphones if not tablets. However, when one considers the TV is quite often the biggest screen through which one is connected to the world, and still offers the best viewing experience of all, it is still bound to be an important piece of equipment at home for the foreseeable future.
With the TV getting thinner and thinner we are witnessing many innovative ways in which the TV is hung or set up. We even helped one of our clients create a solid wood cabinet with burl wood panels at the end of their bed to store away the TV when not in use. The TV can be raised to viewing height, or stored back into the cabinet, all through a remote control.
Shown here is an example in which we helped another client in Paris merge the TV and other audio visual equipment space with a library. Having a wall long enough, this is a good way to reduce clutter, and disguises the TV among the books.
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法国巴黎
这几年有很多评论说人们看电视的时间已大为减少，转而花时间在手机或平板电脑等的个人化电子器材。无论如何，电视机往往是家居中最大而通往世界的屏幕，并且提供最佳的视听效果，所以电视机在可见的将来仍然是家居内一件重要的器具。
随着电视机的厚度越变越薄，挂或放置电视机的新颖方法推陈出新。我们甚至帮助一个客人把电视机收藏在主人房床尾的薄柜内。电视机可以升起至舒适观看高度，或完全隐藏，全靠一个遥控器来控制。
而在这法国巴黎的项目，我们帮助客人将电视机与影音器材融入至大型图书馆式柜内。如起居空间有一面广阔的墙壁，这是一个减少杂乱的好方法，众多的书本让电视机没有那么明显。
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We cannot emphasize enough the importance of the structure for a piece of furniture. This is even more true for a massive piece of heavy furniture, bound to be shipped and installed on the other side of the globe. And more so with the need to adequately support the combined weight of all the books and the TV set. Any insufficient structure will either sag, deform or even break apart.
Observe how we build the concealed frames for the library, broken down into three units. Our thorough finishing goes to the back of the piece, with the surfaces there having wood pores sealed and sanded multiple times before final lacquering.
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我们无时无刻都强调家具结构的重要。对于一件体积庞大的家具，甚至是运往地球另一端安装并使用的家具来说，更是不容有失。更何况是需要承担无数书本与电视机重量的家具。结构不足或造工不良的话，家具很快会层板下坠，整体变形甚至解体。
这图书馆式的组合柜分为三个部分，细看我们怎样配置隐蔽的矩阵木方组织来增强结构。即使柜背也施以精细涂漆，木材表面的气孔都经过多重批灰，打磨，上漆等的工序来达至平滑。
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