The media room is in the basement. The level is open when you come down the stairs. The column separates the space into a 21' by 15' area with the fireplace (our media room) and a 22'by 12' area on the other side of the column. The only windows in this space are the small basement well windows. There are four other/adjoining rooms. Only one affects the media space...you enter it at the back of the media space.

srg215, I say go for it! I like what you created, and I agree with some of the posters that some of the negative comments may be bc you put in the disclaimer that you made these. If you worked these out onto a larger canvas, they could look wonderful. Who knows until you try it. This entire thread is interesting bc it begs the question, what is art? And what makes one person more worthy/qualified in turning it out than somebody else? There are definitely some things on etsy that people are selling that I think look amateurish, and that I think I could do a better job at creating. It's all subjective. I think it's more difficult when the art is abstract art. I'm in the same boat as you, in that I don't want to spend a ton of cash on art, yet I want to fill my walls. I don't see why making something is any worse of a solution than buying a bunch of inexpensive prints/fabric/tapestery, etc. that you may not love, to act as a place filler. Anything that you don't love becomes a place filler. So, while prints or tapestries/fabric might be a good long term solution for one person, it may be just as temporary a solution for you as these homemade paintings. Your post is timely, bc I just finished making my own painting to fill up a space in my house. This is the 2d one I've done, and I'm pretty happy with it despite the fact that I know that some people will think it's not professional, and despite the fact that I had no idea what I was doing. It was fun to do, and it makes me happy to see it, and I think it's a lot better than some impersonal art that I may have randomly picked up at some store or on some website. Btw, you can put together your own canvases rather cheaply and frame them. My paintings have all been large, like 4 ft x 5.5 ft., and I just put together the frame with 2" x 2" and stapled a canvas around it that I bought at Michael's. When I was done the with the painting, I took some pre-primed 1" x 2" and painted them black and nailed them to my finished painting. I still haven't framed the last one I did, but you can see the frame on the first one (the barn painting). Here is the barn one I did, which was my first (the blue isn't as bright as in the photo. I think it's the flash that made it look bright): And here is the one I just finished (I may still tweak some things. I haven't decided yet if I'm completely done. The photo is a bit dark):

You might consider switching to actual recessed (can) lights, if there is enough space above your ceiling -- then you can use LED bulbs and replace just the bulbs when needed.

Can you return it and get a smaller one? (I admit I think your fireplace wall is lovely and I personally wouldn't ruin it with a television. But I am a tiny minority who has lived without television for almost 30 years.) Is there another room in which to put it, or do you prefer to use this room for watching it?