Interior Decorating Quandry

[Busa Jules]

Okay ladies... I am trying to re-arrange my furniture... and add a place for a recliner I hope Santa is bringing me...

I have been looking through a bunch of magazines... problem is.. none of the magazines have living rooms with TVs in them!! I have a very nice fireplace but it is too tall to put the TV over the mantle (I would have a permemnant crick in my neck)... I'd like the furniture to face both the fireplace and the TV... but out living room is also a really OPEN room..we share the space with the dining room and the entrance to the kitchen.

Any of y'all wanna post pics of your living areas.. with TVs.... or if any of y'all have ideas....

I can post pics of my space later when I get home... I was just wondering if y'all had any suggestions.

[MrsGrumpy]

We have a sectional so I'm no help with this one......one part faces the fireplace and the other faces the tv.

[Mrs.Rubber2Burn]

Jules I wish that I could help. I NEED an interior decorator myself! I have absolutely NO decorating, flower arranging, or any of that other stuff abilities. God knows I wish I did. My mom has come and hung curtains at my houses everytime the Navy has moved us (a lot!). Most of the time she picked the curtains out and bought them...LoL!

[Busa Jules]

We are looking at a possible sectional... and that poses problems too....

[Commuta_Busa]

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[Busa Jules]

sorry.... misspelling.... it is supposed to be quandary.... not quandry... as corrected by Scar. Thank you scar

[MrsGrumpy]

Originally Posted by Busa Jules

We are looking at a possible sectional... and that poses problems too....

Why does this pose a problem? It sounds like it would be a nice divider for the rooms.......

[Busa Jules]

because if we put it one way, it will cause a pedestrian to walk the WHOLE way around the room to get to the other side... or we would have to put it in the middle of the room so it has access from both sides....

Dividing the room isn't a big problem... my current furniture handles that pretty well.. I'm just tired of it.

[runeight]

I can relate to this quandary. Jailbait and I had the same problem in just about every room. Glad it's over.

Is your TV a flat screen? If so a wall mount would be nice.

Also some great sales on LCD televisions at this time. Goes with the recliner.

r8

[runeight]

[quote=Busa Jules;1772843] it will cause a pedestrian to walk the WHOLE way around the room to get to the other side... or we would have to put it in the middle of the room so it has access from both sides.... QUOTE]


Unless you have a lot of company why not?

Make yourself comfortable first.

r8

[MrsGrumpy]

[quote=runeight;1772860]

Originally Posted by Busa Jules

it will cause a pedestrian to walk the WHOLE way around the room to get to the other side... or we would have to put it in the middle of the room so it has access from both sides.... QUOTE]


Unless you have a lot of company why not?

Make yourself comfortable first.

r8

I agree with this.....you guys should be comfortable first.

[HRHDi]

Do you have enough furniture and space to make 2 seating areas?

When we built our house we specifically asked for no fireplace. We didn't want to lose a whole wall for the 3 days we could use it in Dallas and our living room isn't set up to have 2 seating areas.

[Busa Jules]

here are some pics... Sorry for you non-photobucket types....

[Busa Jules]

one more....



Please ignore the concrete floors.... THANKS KATRINA! (and USAA insurance) We're hopefully getting them redone this summer.

[runeight]

Hang a flat panel above the fireplace and put the dog on a diet.

r8

[Busa Jules]

haahaa... I would have a crick in my neck from watching tv!! That thing is like 7 ft above the ground!!

and lay off my little chocolate sausage....

[runeight]

Originally Posted by Busa Jules

haahaa... I would have a crick in my neck from watching tv!! That thing is like 7 ft above the ground!!

and lay off my little chocolate sausage....

Wall mounts tilt.

Nice puppy ya got there.

r8

[Busa Jules]

my inlaws have theirs mounted way up with the tilt wall mount... I'm not all that crazy about it... but I do want a flat screen eventually....

I actually have 4 puppies... I think 3 are in the pictures (Titus-the little white one, Nelly-the LARGE brown one, and Apollo-the English Bulldog by the coffee table)... Daisy was probably outside.

[runeight]

Can you seperate an area in front of the fireplace with two sitting chairs and go the other way? Looks like a huge room.

r8

(and for those asking why I am posting in here I'm wearing a dress and heels today)

[runeight]

r8