How do you lay out this room with a TV and a fireplace?

[LDNRennovation]

Hi all, we are renovating and can’t seem to agree on this room. 
 

It has a fireplace which we would like to keep, and doors on three sides. Obviously the tv does not go above the fireplace… right?

 

I don’t want to watch tv with my head at an angle, so what else can you do? Is it just impossible? Partner says he just wants a tv room, then what’s the point of the living room? Any ideas?

[Tony L]

8 minutes ago, LDNRennovation said:

Obviously the tv does not go above the fireplace… right?

Of course that's right.  & neither does it go within a few inches of the ceiling (another current fashion).

 

I'd be putting it to the right of the fire place, with the sofa directly opposite.  The rad isn't ideally positioned, but that wouldn't stop me optimising the TV.

[LDNRennovation]

Yes I could shuffle it all down there, maybe get another sofa so it doesn’t make the room look unbalanced? I thought it was an ok room but once you think about furniture it’s a daft room with too many doors.

[-rick-]

14 minutes ago, LDNRennovation said:

It has a fireplace which we would like to keep, and doors on three sides. Obviously the tv does not go above the fireplace… right?

 

I don’t want to watch tv with my head at an angle, so what else can you do?

 

As a last resort there are some pull down TV wall mounts that allow you to mount the TV above a fireplace but pull it forward and down for when you want to use it. Not personally keen on the option but wanted to make sure you know it exists.

 

2 minutes ago, Tony L said:

I'd be putting it to the right of the fire place, with the sofa directly opposite.  The rad isn't ideally positioned, but that wouldn't stop me optimising the TV.

 

I was thinking that (with a small sofa). If you put a single rotatable chair to the fire side of that and then other chairs (or another sofa) in the other parts of the room you could effectively divide the room into a smaller TV snug and a somewhat larger social space, though the dimensions are a little tight for this.

 

14 minutes ago, LDNRennovation said:

Partner says he just wants a tv room, then what’s the point of the living room? Any ideas?

 

He wants this room as mainly for TV or he wants this room as a living space and to use another room as a dedicated TV space?

 

How much TV do you watch?