POLL: Wall-mounted TV above fireplace - yay or nay?

8 years ago

Many design dilemmas on Houzz are about what to put above the fireplace. Apart from mirrors and artworks, TVs are a popular choice, but it does divide opinion.

What do you think? Are TVs above the fireplace hot or not?

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Space Alchemy Interior Design

8 years ago

Definitely Nay! Far too high and become the focus of the space.

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embzop
8 years ago
It is just such an uncomfortable viewing angle when the tv is above the fireplace.
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Michael Rivas
8 years ago
You would have to think about smoke and heat emitted from fire place may damage tv
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Wall Morris Design
8 years ago
If TV needs to be mounted above a fireplace, it looks better to build out the wall and create a recess. Also to protect from heat.
Sophie Spence
8 years ago
Way too high for a little'un like me :)
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Amber Jeavons Ltd
8 years ago
Hello Emmeline,

For me the very idea of television becoming the focus of said living room is outrageous! (ha! and my grandfather was one of the first to have one in the home - knowing one of the fathers of television John Logie Baird.. BUT tv above a fireplace is an absolute no! To me it's absolutely ghastly! I would however like an old projector and a pull down screen fitted to the ceiling somewhere- this would be lovely as long as it's hidden when not in use.... : ))
Juliet Docherty
8 years ago
Never ever ever....
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Customised
8 years ago
A Mirror TV is probably the only acceptable way of mounting a TV above a fireplace. Here is one we did on Thursday.
Sherbert Barnes
8 years ago
Don't like at all, sorry!
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M.E.G.A. AV Installations Ltd
8 years ago
It can be "masked" or built in, but whatever is done to it - it is just to high. And, if fireplace is working, flame can be quite distracting (light & movement) too. It is one of the cliches that gets repeated on and on
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Customised
8 years ago
Height is the biggest factor. It is always too high for comfortable viewing from your seating.
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PictureFrame.TV
8 years ago
The majority of votes against this are due to the fact that it's a TV above the fireplace. When we do this, the TV doesn't look like a TV. And it's often in a room where it's not the primary TV. Most of our customers choose to have their MirrorTVs above fireplaces as they would happily place a mirror there.
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Alexander Sedgley ltd
8 years ago
A room focal point should never be a screen!
Emmanuelle
8 years ago
Big nay!
drpepe101
8 years ago
Even a mirror TV is just too high to be comfortable (unless you like to stand whilst watching).
User
8 years ago
I am opposed.
Ketan V. Hirani
8 years ago
Most of the clients I work with have them above fireplaces as they're not primary TVs, but my own at home is set behind black glass which is fitted into shelving.
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Bio Fires
8 years ago
The T.V is perhaps a little too high for comfortable viewing. As the fireplace is already a great focal point a grand mirror or great art work could enhance the focus of attention further.
Steve Challenger
8 years ago
in the photo, there are no visible cables, presumably these are chased into the wall - quite a big job.
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Kalkwarf Architects
8 years ago
It would be better if the television is recessed above the fireplace.
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Videotree
8 years ago
A mirror television would like great above the fireplace.
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Paul Case Furniture
8 years ago
Ideally no - I'm tall and the screen is still too high! But if the tv has to go there then it's got to be recessed.
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Alexander Sedgley ltd
8 years ago
The wall position is too high - you are advised that a PC screen should really be horizontal to eye level. I agree its a shame to make the screen the focal point of the room.
Trisha Goodwin
8 years ago
OK for holiday rental cottages and bachelor boys! Not in real homes.
Sue Fendt
8 years ago
Feels like being in a pub!
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Meadows Lamp Gallery
8 years ago
Not a comfortable viewing angle!
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Your Hubb
7 years ago
If you're going to have a fireplace, it's best to make it a feature!
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Bathroom + Kitchen Eleven
7 years ago
I think it is strange having a TV so high up on a wall. I have mine on a wall but it is sofa sitting height, I think watching with your neck at an angle would give you skeletal problems down the line!

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Elizabeth Jones
6 years ago
It's not comfortable to view at that angle. Especially as we get older with stiffening joints!
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Bath Bespoke
6 years ago
It definitely distracts from the beautiful fireplace
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Immersive Cinema Rooms
6 years ago
The picture shown shows us a example of a badly installed TV where no thought has been put into the interior design of that element in the room. I can almost guarantee a Technology Advisor was not involved in the project as they would have found a better solution for the finish. Sometime the area above the fireplace is the only space in the room the TV can go, and when its property thought out it can work.
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POLL: Wall-mounted TV above fireplace - yay or nay?

Space Alchemy Interior Design

Comments (31)

embzop

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