Love that room. I wonder when I'll start making Good Oil Painting money instead of Yard Sale Oil Painting money ;) They certainly provide a nice distraction from the TV and it totally works because they're so dark.

I couldn't even find it at first! While I can admire the restraint (and the room is lovely), I am apparently too much of an "Amurrican" and unapologetically accustomed to my vast-in-comparison screens. ;-)

It works because the tv is way smaller than anyone gets now.

Including me. :-)

Love the room: that is a carpet. And I couldn't see the TV either!

Yes-- "amused and impressed" sums it up perfectly!

Wow, all I can think is, ouch, sore neck!

If you're prone on the couch your neck would be fine....

Your right Pal - The larger TV actually blends better !

Works only if you're laying on the couch.

amused, yes, but I don't actually like it at all. One poster mentioned the TV as a distraction - to me, it's the art that's a distraction!!

It's funny because my SO said "The neighbors have this piece of artwork that seems to glow and it looks different from different angles" not realizing it was a TV on the wall for some reason. We've just always had it on a table, but do hang art around it. I only watch TV I can mostly listen to.

I love the room......but not the carpet! I think it's a great idea to *camolflage* the to amongst the artwork :) Ours is on an antique cabinet, but like Pal we have art around it......

It works if you lay on the sofa. Or maybe from the chair, if it's mounted on a pull-out swivel. I think the camouflage is equal parts art and placing the TV where it's unexpected -- not facing any of the furniture.

It's so itty bitty!

Probably 80% of the time I just watch Netflix on my tablet anyway. I think it's funny that we have all these big screens but end up watching on the 8 to 10 incher.

You can watch from two seated positions on the right and lying on the sofa. That's not bad.

I had a 30" square for many years, up until this summer when I bought a 37" to fit in my tv armoire. Yes, it is much better. Awesome!

I have a laptop but do not like watching anything that small. So also, no phone/tablet videos going on here.

I guess you can only watch the TV lying on the sofa,the TV is so small and the painting so huge. I am thinking maybe the owner want to hide the TV and let everyone know that he love art more than watch TV.

Although not a fan of hiding Tvs, in that particular situation I'd commission a witty artwork that Incorporates a television in the painting and somehow hang it in front of the TV.

amused too. tho, I think the wall would look better with a larger tv!

I just really want to take a nap on that sofa. It looks scrumptious.

(And I like artwork around TVs.)

Just discovered it's Jeffrey Bilhuber's vacation hse w/redecoration

What do you suppose a fellow like Jeffrey Bilhuber does with the old furniture and art?

I really prefer the afters. Goodbye beige. But how do you feel about those two blue lampshades completely obscuring the paintings behind them? I know it's deliberate. To me it seems jarring.

This is a case in which I love the before and after looks equally. I wonder if I could lure him to Texas .....

That's funny MizGG, because this is a case where I dislike the before and after looks equally!