Awkward layout. Please help!

claire1985

9 years ago

We're completely redoing the living room but the layout is proving challenging! We are replacing the fire with a new white marble fireplace but the issue we have is knowing where to have the TV. All the aerial points and sockets are in the corner of the room but I don't want the TV right in the corner, it just seems too far away from the seating area and would leave a big gap between the fireplace and the TV and I wouldn't know what to put in between. I don't like TVs hung over fireplaces either.

Any ideas would be really really appreciated!

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86 Baily
9 years ago
Hi there

You could extend the wires and hide the behind a side board so no one will hardly notice them
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claire1985
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9 years ago
Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Would you have a long low sideboard? Then the TV central to the sideboard or more towards the fireplace and a lamp or shelves to the right of the TV (in the corner of the room)? Or maybe shelves above the TV? Just don't want everything to be in a long line across the bottom of the room!
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86 Baily
9 years ago
You could have a build-in L shaped bookcase and have the tv above the fire surround or have a medium hight side board along the fire place wall and have the tv at one end eg near the fire and have a light or a sculpture at the other end
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minnie101
9 years ago
Hi Claire. This does look tricky! I can't see from the pics how much space you have as you come in through the door on the left. Could you have your tv there and add an l shaped sofa to the right of the fireplace? Maybe then a long cabinet in front of the radiator and a separate sofa or chaise in front of the window. You would need to use rugs, coffee tables etc to try and get some furniture in the middle of the room though. Maybe have a rug in front of the fire with either 2 small chairs or stools or a bench style seat.
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True Colours Interiors
9 years ago
How about something like this on the right side of the fire?
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