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Advice on this wall

7 years ago

Ive received varying professional advice on what to do with this wall.

1. Grasscloth

2. Stacked stone

3. Shiplap (sleek/finished white, not rustic)


Would love any and all thoughts on what would make this focal wall look more finished!



Comments (29)

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    first thing that i'd do is lower that TV (and it's rather small for that huge console) that size tv should be 60-65" from floor to the middle of the screen

    While I like the artwork, I think they are overpowering and too large for those spots. If they were 1/3rd smaller, it would look better.

    I wouldn't do a stack stone. A shiplap, maybe, but not sure how it would work w/your decor.


    see where this tv is placed? lower yours to this.



    you could do something like this



    if you want stacked stone, then nothing else can go on that wall


  • 7 years ago

    Yes I have been told that about the TV. It will be lower during this process

  • 7 years ago

    Also, in retrospect I do wish I had done a built in wall u it but now that I have the console and art work, I’m already invested in this direction

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Unless you're doing farmhouse style, I think shiplap is soon to be out of trend. Stone will be a real booger to keep clean, and grasscloth may not be much easier. I'm all for easy and care free surfaces. Agree, TV is too high and too small for the wide furniture under it. I would like to see TV on another wall, one of the art pieces centered 5" above this credenza, and the other one elsewhere.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    I like the grasscloth idea or a patterned wallpaper. Not feeling stone or shiplap for this wall. Stone can be really tricky & sort of an obstacle.

  • 7 years ago

    It’s the only wall I have in the family room so there is no other option for the tv placement

  • 7 years ago

    Bigger tv and move the art up. I might just keep it at that. I like the console and the furniture.

  • 7 years ago

    I like everything except the TV being so high on the wall. Very nice.

  • 7 years ago

    Lower the tv , art work is pretty but seems too large, might look better with the tv lower.

    love the console - I have the same one different color

  • 7 years ago

    Thanks everyone. Besides lowering the tv, which is a consistent theme, I still want to do something on this wall. This is the grass cloth (which looks a bit darker in the picture).

  • 7 years ago

    I do think the grasscloth would look good but the tv is still small in proportion to the art and console. Normally I don't think it would be as noticeable but since the tv is flanked by the art it is. Paint might do the trick as above.

  • 7 years ago

    With the right size TV, art won't be necessary.

  • 7 years ago

    I got on the TV!
    I do think this might need to seen in person - the photo might distort the scale of everything. I have never had anyone comment on the size of the tv- only the placement. So again, duly noted!
    I would never paint this wall a dark gray. It wouldn’t fit with anything else and the console would blend right in.
    I’m really trying to take it up a notch with another layer/texture.
    Thanks for all the input

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Maybe a different wall color but IMO you have enough going on on that wall without adding anything else.

  • 7 years ago

    That’s probably true Patricia. The paint in this house was a huge miss. We are on a lake and the reflection/lighting made the paint do funny things when we picked it out.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    I would go rather with painting rather than grass cloth.


  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Gold tones would world too


  • 7 years ago

    Adding some bulk and height on either side of the (soon-to-be-lowered) TV would help anchor this space. The art appears much too large, and shifts the focal point from the center of the wall more to either end.


    The chairs pull the space wide (which is fine, to my eye), but the large artwork over-emphasizes this. I think all this wall needs is some texture and scale, in the form of accessories around the (lowered) TV, to make it look finished and cohesive.

  • 7 years ago

    Can you describe a little more on ideas for accessories. Do u mean things on the console?
    And by the way, when we lower the TV, we plan to raise and move in the art slightly so it all feels more connected.

  • 7 years ago

    @Kristy Robinson Yes, I mean adding some items with heft, while layering heights, to help give more weight to the center of the room. Basically, anything to pull the eye into the center a bit.









  • 7 years ago

    I would simply center each piece of art between the TV and wall and lower the TV a few inches. The art is too close to the wall. I'd try that before investing in a wall treatment.

  • 7 years ago
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md>I am simple - can’t see doing all those accessories but that’s just my style. Some say I’m minimalist
  • 7 years ago

    No expert but here’s a thought. Paint the wall in a flat charcoal to make the TV disappear. Lower the TV. Your art could then be centred between the TV and the end walls. Pull the chairs in closer to ottoman.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    I think charcoal would be too dark

  • 7 years ago

    Bring the TV down to @6” above the console, move the art up some. Add an accent color.