I would recommend foregoing the full entertainment center, as you will start getting competing focal points in your room. The fireplace and brick arches are already the stars of the space. You want your TV to be part of the background. Aesthetically I think you also need some wall space left open to provide some relief from the other elements in the room, and another matching built in will start to make this feel like a library or home office. I would instead do a low console (either built in or furniture) to house all of your electronics with a wall hung TV above, and intentionally do something different from the bookcases. If they get painted white, maybe the console is dark natural wood, or a color.

I would remove the shelves that are on the sides of the FP. And use a wide console for the TV on the beige wall

I agree with jck910

@jck910 @decoenthusiaste, I have thought about this as well. They look a little dinky. Would you consider upgrading the trim around them so they look nicer, maybe convert the lower shelves into cabinets, along with a coat of paint, or seriously just get rid of them?

They are quite shallow; therefore a bit useless, IMO. Not really deep enough for any decor, or any books thicker than a paperback. I would remove them.

Something SIMPLE

Agree the shelves don't have enough depth except for clutter collection. Adding top trim will just make them look top heavy

So, the tile floor does not extend underneath the shelves, so if I removed them, the floor would be missing there. I would LOVE to remove them, but not sure how I would make that work. Thoughts?? Thank you all for your input!

BeverlyFLADeziner I LOVE the idea of a short, long entertainment center table. Thank you!

I like Beverly's first picture. So glad she got rid of those weird yellow walls, because they were really bugging me! I like the look of having the natural wood bookcases as part of the main focal point, and some natural wood in the TV console also. If those bookcases are too shallow, perhaps they could be replaced with something slightly deeper. There seems to be room. Once they have some things in them they will look much better.

A Fox +1.

Although several here will disagree, put the TV above the fireplace and build an appropriately sized bar on that wall instead.

These things are best decided at design stage.