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Advice on TV wall please- new entertainment center, or console, etc?

2 years ago

Hello!

I would love some advice on what to do with the wall the TV is hung. The room is about 11.5 ft x 19 ft. Has leather couch and love seat, electric fireplace (I’ve grown very tired of), and sliding glass door to patio that takes up a full wall. I’ve included pictures of room and a picture of more modern electric fireplace we put in when we finished basement.

I fell in love with white wood built in shelves but I’m sure hiring someone would be out of budget (very low budget of $1-2k). We are not handy at all so finagling IKEA shelves, etc, into built ins wouldn’t work. I’m not against a large entertainment center (not sure of color- white or dark wood). Some I’ve priced are almost as long as the wall (about 9ft) so it would be close to built in look. I also thought about a long console and floating selves on either side of TV.

Most neighbors keep their couches on the wall to the right of TV, and the back wall opposite the TV. I disliked having to walk through the room to get to sliding door, so I moved the opposite couch up and put a runner behind it to 1) make the room more square and 2) offer a direct route to backyard without walking in front of guests.

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tracefloyd

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

I like the layout you have. One can stretch out on the wall sofa to watch. Just move everything back a bit.

It looks like the sofa facing the TV could be moved back a foot. Move the wall sofa almost to the floor vent. The armchair in the corner can be in front of the stationary side of the slider and at an angle facing the TV.

I agree, lower the TV. Only the upper two thirds of a TV should be above eye level when seated.

Get a TV stand at proper viewing height. There a lots of choices but a wide one would be nice.

P.S. I took a while to post and just saw the diagram but I prefer my TV a little higher than that-- with the eye level not in the middle of the screen but 2/3's down from the top. These photos are concepts and not meant to determine your viewing height.

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Elaine Doremus Resumes Written
2 years ago
An entertainment center is good if you need storage, but it may make your room look smaller. If you don't need the storage, a console is fine. In any case, measure twice - buy once.
jackowskib
2 years ago
I like the console idea so it’s lower, something a little wider than TV. And lower the TV. Not sure you’ll have room for that chair.
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jck910
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Definitely remove the FP. Console should be at least 25% wider than the TV. Not white console with the very dark sofas it would be too much of a contrast. Look for a medium wood tone. TV needs to at eye level it is too high

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Rose S
Original Author
2 years ago
Thank you everyone!! You’ve saved me thousands with your console suggestions, as opposed to built ins/shelves. Now I’m excited to be on a mission for the perfect darker wood console, that is longer than about 60 inches (length of 65 inch Tv)!!

We will probably hang TV over console. Does anyone have any suggestions for what to put on the walls either side of TV?

(When I originally posted, it seemed like it didn’t go through. I posted again and now I don’t know how to delete one. So I have two identical posts going, sorry for confusion!)
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Rose S
Original Author
2 years ago
Any thoughts in the consoles with electric fireplace? They could definitely be a fad but I still like the one we have in basement and wouldn’t mind having one in den. Gives off good heat. We just couldn’t do a full built in one for $2,000, but I may be able to find a console one.
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tracefloyd
2 years ago
Okay I guess there are two threads the same.
jackowskib
2 years ago
Move fireplace to wall on right of sliding doors. Move loveseat and sofa toward runner about a foot and have arms touching so it’s not a pass through point.

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