Advice on Living Room Lay-out
Hi all! Very new to this whole house decorating thing (as you can probably tell from these photos!)
I have a real dilemma that I just can't decide on so was hoping to get some advice. As you can see we've had some lovely alcove shelving and cabinets fitted in our new flat. Now, the original plan with this was to have the TV slot neatly on top of the right-hand cabinet (we would have removed the bottom shelf on this side to fit it in). We would have then fitted a fireplace (alas purely decorative as we are a ground-floor flat) against the chimney breast and above it a circular mirror.
However, we then inherited a 45 inch TV, which my partner is IN LOVE with! It's simply too big and heavy to fit on that right-hand cabinet (even if it was put on an arm!) and he prefers it in the centre, against the chimney breast. This leaves me with a dilemma about how to enjoy the TV without it dominating the room! I know of course it always will to an extent because it is so big but I've had a few ideas below about how to make it a bit more conspicuous...
1) Leave the arrangement as it is in the photos and place a circular mirror above it to fill up the large space above.
2)Mount the TV on the chimney breast and put a fake fireplace below it? (I've heard lots of things online saying that this is not a good idea but I just don't know how to fill the space and detract from the TV dominating the room otherwise!)
3) Leave it as it is but get a new TV cabinet to put the TV on (I think one of the reasons it stands out so much is that the TV cabinet it is on top of is slightly mismatched to it?) Perhaps if I got a more purpose-built TV stand it might be a bit more conspicuous. I could then put a mirror above it as with the first option!
Anyway these are just some ideas but I was hoping that some of you might have some/let me know what you think of the solutions I've outlined? Thank you very much in advance!
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PAL
5 years agoHi, Attached are some points that may help. Firstly it depends how far back your sofa is to get the right viewing height and angle for the TV. I personally like the wall mounted option but it may be trickier as your TV looks same width as the wall. I would not opt to put a mirror above the TV. I would think it would look a bit too top heavy. Perhaps the centre wall could be a different colour from the alcoves too to create a feature.
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honeypoppet
5 years agoIf it's a purely decorative fireplace then I see no reason why not to mount the tv above it other than viewing height. If you/your partner are happy to have it at the higher level, I would install a false fireplace as you have suggested, and then wall mount the TV within a cabinet above it (or if the chimney breast is hollow you could recess it). This means that you can shut the doors on it when it's not in use and therefore it won't take over the room. Some ideas below of how others have done it:
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoJonathan
5 years agoConsider moving the TV to another wall in the room as it doesn’t fit comfortably on the chimney breast
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