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Please help with advice on how to center canvas on this wall

6 years ago

As you can see, our sectional is off center so I can’t really center it over the couch. Do we center on the wall? Or between the wall speakers? As you can see, the speakers are off due to thermostat location. Please help!!



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  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Duplicate post.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Try centering it between the speakers and see how it looks. You can always adjust it if needed.

    Good luck ...

  • 6 years ago

    Is there a reason why the couch isn’t centered on the wall?

  • 6 years ago

    This is the way the room is configured. If we center the sectional on that wall there is no longer room for an end table and it reduces the room size by s foot.


  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Hi. I'd like to see more angles of the room. I might be able to suggest a better furniture arrangement. One example: you might try a console table with lamps and eliminate the end tables and use C tables. Or, you might be able to remove one seat from the sectional. Or, there might be a better furniture arrangement altogether.


    If, for some reason, there are not other options, I would recommend an asymmetric decor over the sectional. For example, some African baskets.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Hard to say based on photos but I almost want to suggest rotating the sectional so that it goes where the arm chair/animal print bench are located with the L going onto the current wall.


    Regardless, center the photo on the speakers.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    The best bet would be in between the speakers like said above.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Kat I that your dog? Adorable!

  • 6 years ago

    No, actually this is my dog, that one is a silly poster I thought was funny


  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Such a pretty coat!


    Overall, there is too much large, dark furniture in your space. If you could show photos of the other 3 walls, perhaps we could fix this.


    Do you need all of the seats in the sectional, plus the large chair?

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Haha, Jan, about the leather upholstery.

  • 6 years ago

    More photos will help.

  • 6 years ago

    That side of the chunky dark sectional is not centered on the wall, so it looks lopsided. Above the sectional are two upstairs openings with heavy molding. And then there are the two speakers.
    Because the speakers are almost wall-colored and the two moldings upstairs are so so so big, I suggest you try centering your art under the right-hand molding and see how it looks. Centering a large canvas between the speakers may simply accentuate the heavy moldings. Then hang a somewhat smaller painting centered under the left-hand molding. A horizontal canvas may be easier to place than a vertical canvas.

  • 6 years ago

    I agree , center the couch and forget the end tables . Get a glass table that everyone can reach ..and center the painting on the wall ..move whatever is on the wall that could prevent centering the painting and move those switches lower so that noting interfere with you painting ...and enjoy !

  • 6 years ago

    P.s. Move the speakers higher and the thermostat lower ..

  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Moving a thermostat is not so easy. Just move the darn couch and center the dang pic. The wall speaker is absurd, who wants it blaring iN an ear? Ditch it, or suffer. or move it way up. MY GAWD,

    Honestly, I cant help but wonder when "we" began confusing comfortable/attractive/cozy family tv rooms, with MAN CAVE BASEMENT deserving decor and sound. Beat me, but I just can't stand it, I miss Sophie.........lol She could have been beaten senseless for the identical sentiment.

  • 6 years ago

    Well, I’m not a pro but I have an opinion ;). I think your couch looks very comfy. I think your end tables take up too much space and it lookalike the narrow the flow-space/walking paths into the room. I’d agree with the pros that said using a coffee table would be fine, maybe a longer one in a lighter colour. As for your question about art, I think you could do either center or off-center and just ‘own it’! If it was my house, I’d probably go off -Center and cover one of the speakers. That said, if removing the end tables allows you to center the couch, then go for centered art.