Mount TV on wall of LR

last year

I need your advice. Should I mount my tv on the wall? If so, do I get rid of the artwork currently on top, or move it higher. Thanks for your comments.

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Chris
last year
I think I’d remove the picture either way since it looks bigger than the tv and use it somewhere it’ll be appreciated.
chispa
last year
Get a Samsung "The Frame" TV. Hang it on the wall with a low profile articulating mount. Move the painting to another wall. Maybe find some smaller pieces to do a display with "The Frame" TV.

https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/the-frame/55-class-the-frame-qled-4k-smart-tv-2022-qn55ls03bafxza/#benefits
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Chris
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Those TVs are amazing! Wish I’d known about them before we invested in too many others🤷‍♀️
Susy Rojas
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last year
Thanks Chris! I have not thought about that option.
Susy Rojas
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last year
Thanks Chispa!
BW_TX
last year
Only difficulty I see there with putting the TV on the wall is the light switch. It might just be the perspective in the photo, but it looks like if you mount the TV in the center of the wall, it would either be right against the light switch (difficult to turn light on and off without hitting the tv and putting finger prints on it), or it might overlap the light switch.
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The frame TVs are awesome. for us it solved the art vs tv above the fireplace debate. Tvs are so much less expensive than even a few years ago. I am debating getting the add on wood frame.

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