I think they’re a little long for the space they’re in. Also would you be worried you’d hit your head on them when standing up?

I’d probably do the two but be very selective when putting items on it to not crowd them. I think it’ll be a very fine line between looks good and looks messy

No ledges above a sofa. . One piece of large art. You're headed for CLUTTER.

One and be careful how you accessorize, so it flows vs bring just too busy

As usual, Maureen nails it with great examples! I really like the look of the single shelf. Be sure to use artwork of a large enough scale, as in her photo. Very cool look!

^^^ I agree — with your ceiling height, I’d do one ledge, and arranged like Maureen’s inspo picture. I think it’d look great in your room.

You did an awesome job on those! Please update us with what you decide. :)

(ETA: If you decide to do two, I’d cut them to less width like in Maureen’s second picture. Jmo, but I think two long ones with decor would look a bit heavy over your sofa.)

Do what Maureen posted, it makes an amazing presentation.

Only one

Have you considered using a photo collage instead?

I put picture ledges in my hall....they just looked cluttered so after about 6 months, I gave them to my granddaughter for her stuffed animals in her bedroom. I vote for no shelves above your sofa....just a nice piece of art.

Love it with 1 shelf!

I really like the look of just one shelf too. great job. imo you will need several larger frames to add and feasibly remove some of the smallest size frames. see maureen's pic above to see proportions with size of wall.

Looks great!

Great job! Thanks for updating us. :)

I have the same question, one or two shelves? I have 12 foot ceilings and my sofa is about 11.5 feet long (wall is a couple inches short of 12 feet). It's a pretty large space. Thank you!!

I love what you went for, I’m planning on one shelf above my sofa with a mixture of coloured frames. With art/family photos. Can I ask how you made yours and with what wood please?

also should I make one the whole length of my sofa? It’s 270cm.

This Is what I‘d quite like, possibly with a very large stand out piece. ? Then see photo below for my area.

many thanks

this is the opposite side. Will it be too busy?

Whatever you hang over the sofa should be no wider than 75% of the sofa's width for visual balance. Is that a real log storage recess or just a mural? It looks too bright at the top to be an actual recess. If it is a mural, you might put it right of the FP. It looks crowded in there, matches the door color too closely and is tipping the visual weight of the room this direction.

Yes it’s a real recess wall, it has lights at the back of it and the logs at the top are a bit sparse 😂 I need to find a couple smaller ones to pop in there.

so unfortunately I can’t move it.

I have added another plant to the fireplace. I can’t seem to get the right balance of colour and I think it’s definitely got too many photo frames.

Thant’s a good point about the door and wood, I was actually thinking of a tan leather chair to the left of the sofa and lots of tan photo frames above the sofa with a tan wood picture ledge.

and if it helps to balance it I Have now got a wood tan coloured keyboard in the very far part of the room and I am thinking of adding some kind of brown/cream wall decor??? like the feathered macrame??? So the brown shoul hopefully balance out a little. 🤷‍♀️

since the fireplace is not real and for design only, wondering if adding the wood to it like you did the left side would look good or fill it with books? or another idea is to fill the fireplace with wood but fill the left side with books, same concept as what you have, but with books instead