Living room layout - TV location

2 years ago

I'm attaching a rough floorplan of the living room in our new house. It has a corner fireplace which we like and would like to keep and also lots of doors. My main question is where would you put the TV as there is only one long wall but this would mean sofa facing the TV would have your backs to the fireplace.

I'm not massively keen on TVs over fireplaces but is that our only option (is it safe and does it feel too high?!)?

Room is square roughly 4m x 4m.

I suppose another option is to block up either the single door to the hallway or the double doors to the kitchen which I'm very keen to keep as kitchen is going to be narrow. We are mostly only going to have an L shaped sofa and one or two armchairs, some kind of unit for holding the sky/dvd box etc.

Any thoughts much appreciated

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Tara O Reilly
2 years ago
I’m having the same problem. I want to be able to see the garden, fire & TV. Have you tried this layout. I searched corner fireplace and it came up. You could have a modular sofa with a footstool instead of L shaped then it could be also used as a table/chair and footrest.
move435 thanked Tara O Reilly
move435
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2 years ago
That does look nice but unfortunately our fireplace is between 2 walls with doors. It's quite frustrating! Not sure there is space to fit a TV in that area.
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Gazelle Interiors
2 years ago
If possible block the doors to the hallway have your TV there L shape sofa on the long wall and arm chairs facing the sofa or the TV just in front of patio doors.

Otherwise above the fireplace but it should be eye level, you don't want it to high as that's not great for your back or neck over time.

I do consultations, I could draw up some floorplans for you if you wanted and some elevations so you can see how it would all look etc.

There are lots of doors coming off this room so perhaps closing one is best option if it still works for the flow of the house. Or you move your kitchen door along or have a single door and have the TV between fireplace and new kitchen door.

Good luck!
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