Seeking help with TV wall
We have new furniture in our family room and I would love ideas for how to make the TV wall more interesting and integrated. I love the 2 consoles we bought, but the long wall is bisected with 2 rectangular ' blocks' of furniture with nothing to pull it together. Maybe floating shelving which extends beyond the shorter table or an architectural treatment but can't figure out how to position it. There are a lot of textures/patterns within the neutral palette: Stone fireplace, rug pattern, marble in coffee table, leather embossed doors on TV console. We have a narrow slat wall on the fireplace wall (the oak is getting stained or painted gray, the honey oak was miscommunication with contractor). Should we continue those slats to wrap a foot or 2 behind the TV? I'm including pix of the other furniture for context. (Please ignore the paintings on the console. They're going elsewhere and the chairs around glass table will be recovered). Thanks so much in advance!
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Susan L
5 months agoOriginal photo was missing the slats. Also, here's a photo that shows slats partially behind TV. Thoughts on wrapping what we currently have around corner?
housegal200
5 months agoYou may love your two consoles, but you only need one. Is there somewhere else you can put the second one--dining room, sofa table? The two look odd side by side. Side note: why isn't rug centered on fireplace?
Is this what you're thinking about doing, adding wood feature on that wall? It could work.
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Consider an accent wall in dark gray to minimize the contrast between huge black TV screen and wall. Everything else in the space is much softer.Mix of gray and wood finishes with light furnishings in your palette.
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Comments (27)It's a lovely room with lots of potential. I would paint the TV wall in a calm, deep accent color. Like a subtle taupe gray to compliment the fireplace and the couch. Add a long console table under the tv in a warm wood tone. (Tall enough to hide wires and give a focal point and wide enough to add thin accent lamps or tall candle sticks or vases.) Move the plant to the left corner. Center the wine rack on its current wall on the section away from the cut out. Find a unique mirror to hang over the wine rack to add depth to the room. (Like a window would.) Find matching pieces of large artwork and hang on either side of the TV - spaced just a few inches past the corners of the large console.. You can place the lamp to the left of the wine rack for added light in that space. A warm wood tone mantle will also add warmth to your room. Good luck! I hope you show us what you did when you're done!...See MoreDesign help in tv wall building for living room
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Comments (25)I have a question. How would you arrange this room if you didn't have a tv in it? The sectional will always be off center because of the walkway. The way you have it now looks good in photos, but does it feel closed off to you in real life? Right now you have to walk to the end of the room to get into the room. Unless you mostly enter it from the dining room. How often do you watch tv? If the tv were on the wall, would people always be walking in front of it during normal viewing hours? As I said, I generally do not like tv's placed in a walkway, but it might not be an issue in this case. When off, it would look like art. Then you can decorate over the sofa wall and keep the fireplace as the focal point. Either way, I think side tables with lamps would cozy the place up....See MoreSusan L
5 months agoKendrah
5 months agoSusan L
5 months agohousegal200
5 months agolast modified: 5 months agoThis is why you should always show all four walls even if asking about only one part of a room. To have a harmonious room, every feature should relate to other features. Is there a reason you've boxed in your fireplace with what looks like plywood? Sorry, but it looks odd. Can you remove all the wood add-ons and just have a wood mantel? Consider a medium gray accent wall and add a painting to the left of the TV console or add floating shelves in a finish that matches the floors like so:
P.S. If you're determined to have a wood add-on then remove the wood slats where they are, and the weird wood around the fireplace and and have a wall or partial wall of wood slats behind the TV.. But that could overwhelm what's a very soft looking room. otherwise. Wood slats like that are most often seen in MCM houses, which isn't the style of your room. Other problem is that you want to link wood slats to your flooring, but you have a totally different wood finish on your TV console. It's a bit of a muddle of finishes and not as clean looking and harmonious as it should be.
Susan L
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