But this past year, TVs came out of the armoire. The rock-star homeowners on MTV’s “Cribs” were the first to show off their screens, and the latest issue of HB shows two of them. The new flat-screen and flat-panel TVs–which have been marketed as art for the wall–are simply better looking than your old tube and can even add a graphic element to the room, say designers. But there are still some details best left in the closet. “You won’t see toilets in House Beautiful for a long, long time!” says Mayfield.
