3 options we are thinking of tv placement.
Where to place tv in room with fireplace.
This living room layout for your fireplace and tv fits well in square rooms.
Project a balanced and peaceful look in your living room by having a tv over fireplace set up with a symmetrical arrangement of furniture for an easy flow of traffic.
Without the right furniture arrangement a long living room can feel like a hallway.
Depending on your room shape or preference you can then position your sofa opposite either the fireplace or the tv or both if you have the space to create two seating areas.
Having this set up makes the fireplace and tv the focal point of the room and this also makes it easily accessible for everyone.
The eye skims over the tv and fireplace instead focusing on the wood stone and cubbies.
Even if your fireplace is front and center you can camouflage it by using the same neutral colors for the firebox as the surrounding stone.
We are in the process of designing our living room.
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Mount the tv above the fireplace.
For this you place your tv and fireplace on perpendicular walls.
The extra texture actually makes the components subtler.
From here how you position your living room furniture around a fireplace and tv will depend upon the shape of your room.
The space feels super open and welcoming because the windows and ledge break up the solid wall.
Symmetrical living room layout fireplace and tv.
This split of attention can make a multi functional room family room vs.
The eyesight is directed either to the tv wall or the fireplace wall depending on your needs.
Living room fireplace arrangements by shape.
Mounting the tv above the fireplace is the classic way to handle this situation and keep the tv front and center.
Place the sofa or sectional facing toward the fireplace for the optimal tv.
The seating is a formal arrangement it s not versatile as the sofas are large and stationary but it s a lovely set up for sophisticated entertaining.
Here s some layout help for living rooms of all shapes.
Layouts with tv by the fireplace.
We decided to place artwork above the fireplace.
The fireplace and art are the main focus of the room without the distraction of tv.
You want to make your tv the focal point of the room but a fireplace takes up the available wall.
There are two big plusses that the tv above fireplace arrangement has going for it.
The problem we have is where to place the 65 inch tv in the room.
It kept the focal points of the room the fireplace and tv next to each other and the tv could be placed at optimal viewing height with the center of the tv at seated eye height other special features.
We used the wall opposite the windows to frame a tv inside a built in bookcase.
Pardon the mess right now.