How to center my new TV if the fireplace not in the middle?
Hello,
in my flat in London I have a ”fireplace“ non perfectly in the middle. should I center my TV based on the fireplace or on the wall? The TV will be big, a 65 inches. I drew two pics to give you an idea.. Any hints? 1 or 2?
(please ignore the TV bench, there only temporaril)
1) using the fireplace as point of reference
2) using the wall
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Comments (5)Great comments thanks. Interesting to consider breaking the area up. So far we'd been focussed on as open plan as possible with quite a contemporary 'free hanging' type woodburner Fire. But maybe we could utilise the old timber chimney to create a separation between The dining and living areas open on all four sides. I've attached a picture of it (actually there are two there right now, bit tricky to see in the photo but hope you get the idea. This 'barn level' is what will become the floor of the plan you're considering). I like this idea of using this, could make a great centrepiece and use some of the existing traditional building materials which we'd like to maximise but probably it makes my layout dilemma even harder as when facing the fireplace (which would have to be further left than on the plan I guess) we'd be facing completely away from the view and probably TV. Mmm more thinking needed but nice idea. Maybe the 'mobile' TV stand idea could help this. The other slight consideration is that one day the place may be rented to a chalet holiday company so the dining and sitting spaces have to have enough room to seat 12-14. Meaning we can't break it up too much. All views very welcome. Would love to hear your thoughts. Many thanks. Richard....See MoreNeed advice how to place my sofa and tv set in the living room
Comments (4)I think I'd put the T.V in corner A. It's the one least likely to get glare from the Windows. If your Sofa is along the line B /C ( don't know where the door is ), Then you will not be to close to the T.V. If the Sofa is in the middle then at a rough guess you're going to be well over 10-12 Feet away from corner A................See MoreUser
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHi. Thanks a lot for all your precious feedback, I found all hints very useful. This is mine to yours:
1) Sitting down on my sofa I would be 3.5/4 meters far from the TV, so the experience would not be immersive like I wish (I like watching movies in the evening when not out). There is a return policy I can use if too big so I can eventually scale down to 55. The living room is small but not too much and the TV is one of the modern thin ones with nice frames that become a paintings when not in use... let’s see!😂
2) I like the fireplace as decoration, I have a nice plant there.. I would be sorry to loose it, furthermore if I move the TV there then it would cover partially the wall and the mirror. I decided to move the mirror to hang the TV instead and create more space and have a rid of the TV bench.
3) The alcove on the right is too small unfortunately, it would be my favourite place🙈 I would not be able to add neither a 20 inches...so it’s like not having it because not functional.
Despite almost all voted to align using the wall (2) I think that, when looking at the wall, what catches the eye more is the dark/black area of the TV and the fireplace, therefore I think these two elements should be align. I was thinking of compensating the left side with a falling plant (or something else) from a new shelf at the top like the two pictures above.What do you think?
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