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need some design help!

7 years ago
Looking for some help with TV placement. I don’t want it above the fireplace. I was thinking about a furniture piece to put it in, but the symmetry of the sliding doors has me baffled.

Comments (22)

  • 7 years ago

    well isnt that a pickle! whats behind the love seat?

  • 7 years ago
    Symmetry is not that important. If your family watches daytime tv shows (sports, etc.), the glare of light through the windows behind it is a big issue. If you only watch after dark, it isn’t an issue. You could add a light filtering roll-up window shade to reduce the light coming from the windows and bring it down only when watching tv during the day. I commented on those shades in another post about windows and window coverings just today. It may give you an idea or two.
  • 7 years ago
    Now
  • 7 years ago
    Is this a model home and not your own? (A sign outside the window plus the decor lead me to ask that.) Did you buy the same model?
  • 7 years ago
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    Please post a picture of the other side of the room. Right now building out the island seems to be your only option.






  • 7 years ago

    Put the TV over the fireplace. Is there some reason you don’t want to do that? It’s being done in lots of new design plans.... Definitely get it out of the window!

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    how many sliders do you need? This looks like a sunroom.

    post pictures from the other angle. your two pics are almost the same. stand at the tv and shoot a picture that way.

    can you remove the slider in back of the tv and make it a wall? Maybe with a smaller window?

  • 7 years ago
    This is a beach condo I recently purchased, not a model. Behind the loveseat is a walkway to the entry door. The setup is how the prior owners had it, which is why I posted for your advice. I’d rather not put it above the mantle as it’s too high. One option is to rearrange the couches so the TV is against the wall (to the right of the slider), but the couch would “cut off” the openness of the room with its back to the counter.
  • 7 years ago
    Opposite view.
  • 7 years ago

    Yep as I suspected, move the tv to the wall the sofa is on. The sofa is already so far removed from the fireplace and because of the FP location it kind of has to stand a lone.

    flip the sofa to float eventually replace the love seat with two chair but for now move it to left side of sofa. This will also open up the windows, and the tv will no longer be something you look at right when you walk in. I would wall mount it professionally and have a very slender cabinet.



  • 7 years ago

    I would move the TV as RL suggests above with one small alteration: I'd leave the loveseat where it is to form an entry from the front door and to keep the windows open. (Though I assume this maybe isn't your furniture?)

  • 7 years ago

    following

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    @grover, I wonder would it be to "boxy" that way?

  • 7 years ago

    Another vote to put the TV on the sofa wall. Were the owners trying to use the TV to block the view of something??

  • 7 years ago
    open house layouts are so crazy sometimes! what's on the wall on the right side of the tv?
  • 7 years ago

    @RL, why would it be any more boxy than the way you drew it? It would be exactly the same except with the loveseat on the other end.

  • 7 years ago
    Just change the mantle, drop it down and put the tv over the fireplace!
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Please no TV above a fireplace when you have a perfect wall to put it on. BTW replace those awnings with solar shades and you will be able to watch TV any time of the day and still keep your view.

  • 7 years ago

    I just thought maybe a little more breathing room by the front door? Im actually hoping for 2 chairs instead of love seat lol.

  • 7 years ago

    Tv over the FP solves nothing as the space does not allow for furniture in front of the fireplace.

  • 7 years ago

    I think groveraxle has come up with a good plan. Not crazy about walking into the back of a sofa from the front door.