Floating shelf in front of gas inset fire
hapssandhu
last month
First time posting on here and need some advice. We have built a floating shelf that runs across our gas inset fire. See pic and the inspiration of what i envisaged. Its made of MDF 60. I wanted to paint same colour as our wall but i've been advised that, even with a intumescent paint, it will crack. So, now i'm thinking of microcement. But i'm now worried that creating this was a bad and unsafe idea!! Any advice? How has this been achieved on pinterest?? Any advice/guidance much appreciated!!
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Comments (19)The unfortunate truth is the TV and fireplace are both competing for the same space and any solution is a compromise. Regardless of your desire for a fire it is bad anatomically to hang a TV too high. There is plenty of information online about the best viewing height and viewing distances for different sizes of TV. All this advice is ignored by many people - including professional interior designers. Looking at the design of fireplace you supplied perhaps you could bring a TV into the room and place it on the raised hearth when you want to watch it? My bet is that is the arrangement you would normally live with and then you would remove the TV from your room when you have guests? Or you could put a TV on a mobile stand that you can place in position when you want to watch it? You can get stands that would also take a SKY box or similar. The problem is trailing cables - and where the stand is positioned when not in front of the fire! You can even get devices that enable TVs to rise from the floor but they’re very expensive. Or you could project onto a screen that unfolds from the ceiling. Also very expensive. In my case, I opted to forgoe the fireplace, knowing the TV played a more important part in my everyday life. The room was then designed accordingly. Am I happy with the result? Yes and no but as I said at the beginning any solution - other than a separate TV room - is a matter of compromise....See MoreArea around new inset stove - I could do with some advice!
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