Hello Matt, I can tell you, 'Do it!'. It is reasonable idea to your layout and to what look you want to achieve. I would advice two things to consider: first, make sure you get sofa with low back, at least up to 1000 mm. To watch TV comfortable it should be placed 1100-1200mm from floor level to the bottom line of your TV. Second thing is single TV on a such long wall will look a bit odd, consider to add decorative panel or place narrow long side board or console table at the wall under TV.

I hope it will help :)

Good luck!

Alena

Set the tv on the wall. An alternative furniture arrangement is to swing one lounge to face the fireplace so both lounges are in an L.

I had a similar challenge but with a much smaller room. The pics arranged by other commenters look lovely but I always thinks it ends up feeling wrong to have a TV in a different space to the fireplace, -have you considered keeping the tv where it is and going for an l shaped modular sofa with one side on the left hand wall? I realise it would jut across the entry space but not as much as a sofa and I think it would look fine. It would be fantastic for tv watching, and if you want to rearrange when you have visitors you could split it out and place the pieces as you'd suggested so you don't all feel grouped round the tv. I got my modular sofa from Highly Sprung on Tottenham Court Road. Good luck!!

My TV is on a different wall than the fireplace. For us it is no problem at all.

I wouldn't be worried whether something is weird or not, you have to do whatever works for you. However, I would advise you to mock up the TV on the wall using a paper template to find out whether it will be in a good viewing position.

Hi Matt,

We have the same layout in our living room - two sofas facing each other with the TV to the northeast of the room, minus the fireplace.

I assume you've already tried some shuffling around with the sofas to create an L-shape, either with the back of one sofa against the fireplace (which would avoid creating a wall discouraging people to sit), or the back of one sofa to the open area.

I don't know how new your sofas are, but would you consider investing in a new sofa? If you were to get a corner/modular sofa, you would maintain the same amount of sofa space, be able to angle the entire sofa toward the TV, and avoid cordoning off areas/creating an unwelcoming feel. For example:

or:

Of course these are based on the TV being in its proposed place rather than its existing place. If you're set on keeping your current sofas and having them face each other, creating a floor-to-ceiling bookcase, with a sliding door and the TV as the focal point, as others have suggested, would work too.

Just a few ideas!

Just keep an eye out for sun glare from the window if applicable.

I would keep one sofa facing the tv. Place an end table on one edge on the left arm of the sofa. Place the second sofa facing the fireplace. Both the tv and fireplace can be enjoyed. The end table that is next to the first sofa would also serve as an end table for the second sofa facing the fireplace.

Only 7 years late @Natalie

I’m sorry that I didn’t see the date. I hope everything worked out for you.

Matt! What did you go for in the end? I’m in the same dilemma! Instead of two couches we have two armchairs and one 3 seater. Curious to know and see!

In the end I put one sofa facing the TV and two chairs facing the sofa and a coffee table in between, so that there wasn't too much of a feeling of anything obstructing the view of the TV, but there was still a good setup for face to face conversation. I put a bench next to the fireplace for occasional seating but mostly the cat sat there. I did not put anything facing the fireplace, as the back would have been towards the entrance of the living space and that would have made it feel uninviting.

Below is a photo of the view from the sofa. So to the right outside the frame is a low bench and behind that is the fireplace. There is a window behind the camera and the room is entered from the left side, hence why we didn't put a sofa there facing the fireplace.

I appreciate this was a long time ago and I've since moved, but the occasional replies made me think maybe this could be helpful to someone. Thanks to everyone who replied.

Oh fantastic this looks great!! Thanks for sharing and congratulations! Such a relief lol

This is actually exactly our layouts and the idea of a bench near the fireplace is soo good!

The key to this setup is whether the viewing angle for the TV works. For us this resulted in a slightly higher than normal viewing height, but one which was acceptable. This depends on:

1. Eye height of whoever will be sitting on your sofa facing the TV

2. Height of the back of the seating facing your sofa

3. Distances between viewer and chair and between chair and TV

4. Size of your TV

The above will determine what height to set your TV so that the bottom of the TV is visible past the chair. There's a lot to think about actually. E.g.

(a) chairbacks too tall will lead to the TV placement being too high, which would make it uncomfortable to see the top of the screen. So don't choose high wingback chesterfields.

(b) Assuming your viewing height is above the chairback height, then the greater the distance from the chairback to the TV, the lower the TV can go, which usually would be closer to the ideal viewing height

(c) shorter people will have different viewing heights, so what works for you might not work for others, or might result in the TV not being fully visible if laying down, for example

So you need to think carefully what works for your room and your furniture plus TV