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No where to put flatscreen tv

last year

We don't watch tv often but occasionally like to plug in the laptop to the flatscreen but have no where to put it in this small condo living room. Ideally, it would go above the mantle but I don't want to do that as it hurts my neck to look up at it. We know we have too much furniture for such a small space but at the moment don't want to get rid of any of it and can't afford to buy 'condo-sized' furniture. Any suggestions as to how to reposition the furniture so that we watch something on the flatscreen (which is about 39" wide). We are thinking we might just have to move it to a spot every time we want to watch it rather than have a designated spot in the living room. The condo does not have a den or somewhere else to watch it unless we watch it in the bedroom but not ideal if company is over and we want to watch something with visitors. Thanks!









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  • last year
    last modified: last year

    Where are you that has snow already? Or are those old pictures?

    Can you switch the blue chair and the TV stand?

  • last year

    Actually that might work - at least when we want to watch the tv by switching the big blue chair.


    We live in Yukon, Canada (next to Alaska) and yes we have snow already!


    Thanks for the suggestion!

  • last year

    No, I haven't. What a great idea! I wonder if I can get something like that up here in Canada - I will check it out! Thank you!

  • last year

    Sometimes items will not ship to the Yukon or the other 2 Canadian Territories.

  • PRO
    last year
    last modified: last year

    Amazon apparently has added those ares to shipping so I guess start there and I see they have quire a few to choose from

  • last year

    Just be careful if you are blasting the fireplace and wanting to watch TV too.

    softbrez thanked chispa
  • last year

    Yes, I saw that Amazon.ca has quite a few different tv wall mounts that move up and down and that will ship to the Territories in Canada. It really was a great suggestion!

  • PRO
    last year

    What about mounting it on the wall where it is and putting it on a swivel?



    Is that the only way to arrange the furniture?

    Can you do this?


    Maybe move the big chair elsewhere? Just a thought

  • last year

    That's a good idea too! I would like to get rid of that big blue chair but my husband loves it! Thank you!

  • PRO
    last year

    It easy to try it and see if it works. Don't worry about moving the tv yet, just move the furniture around.

    softbrez thanked Debbi Washburn
  • last year

    There's a lot of seating in that room! I would lose the white sofa and flip the sectional so it's back is to the window. That leaves the wall across from the fireplace a great place for TV. I also would forego the haughty idea of floating it and push it back to the window, so you have room to walk in that room.

  • last year

    We did have the sectional with its back to the window but it blocked a lot of light.

  • last year

    We have the same issue. We put wheels on the TV cabinet, attached the TV firmly to the cabinet, and just wheel it over when we want to watch it.

  • last year

    Great idea!

  • last year

    I have the same problem. I put the tv behind something similar to your loveseat and lift it up and place it on the front of the loveseat to watch. I saved a large piece of cardboard from the shipping box to set it on, so the feet don't dig into the upholstery and I stash that behind the furniture, too. They aren't heavy and are easy to lift.

    softbrez thanked Olychick
  • last year

    Olychick and partim have great ideas. I also have my tv stand on wheels. I love it. Most of the time I leave it and basically "listen" to tv and watch it at an angle but sometimes when I want to watch a movie I'll roll it out so I can watch it face on.

    softbrez thanked nelliebean
  • PRO
    11 months ago

    It looks like the best place for a TV will either be above the mantle, on an articulating arm so you can pull it down, or where the plant is beside the fireplace.

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    softbrez thanked Douglah Designs
  • 11 months ago

    You could move the TV in front of the fireplace for occasional use, or you could put it on the wall where the gray couch is (at a decent height), and rearrange the furniture so that the couches face each other with the fireplace and TV on the open ends -- maybe the sectional in front of the window and the white one across from it, with arm chairs flanking the TV or at either end.

    softbrez thanked acm
  • 11 months ago

    A floor plan to scale would help, but can you move the sectional so the back is to the dining area, and the blue chair over by the window. Mount the TV on the long wall facing the fireplace. Remove the white sofa., perhaps there is room in a bedroom or condo storage area if you don’t want to get rid of it.

    softbrez thanked Valinta
  • 11 months ago

    Group your plants together in the corner where they get the most light. I’m impressed you can get indoor plants to grow given the reduced daylight in the Yukon! If you come across a console you can use behind the sofa it it’s new location that will help define the living area.

    softbrez thanked Valinta
  • PRO
    11 months ago

    My recommendations


    softbrez thanked BeverlyFLADeziner