Need desperate help for rec room TV placement
We recently bought our first house which has a rec room in the basement and are putting together a project plan including removing popcorn, new carpet, and possible built-ins on the far wall.
Here's our issue: We want to use this space for our TV room and keep the TV out of our more formal living areas upstairs. However, we have NO idea where to put the TV! We don't want to mount it over the fireplace, but the room is so narrow, I'm afraid the TV will dominate the far small wall. Any ideas!?!? If so, thank you so much in advance!
I've included the picture from the listing so please note this is NOT our furniture! The pieces missing from the photo for more context:
- To the right of where the photographer is standing is a long sliding glass door
- To the left of where the photographer is standing is the entry into the room from the basement stairs.
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PROBeverlyFLADeziner
8 years agoMaybe something like this where you can take advantage of the fireplace and the TV opposite it mounted under the window.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI find that the only way to arrange the room with your large sectional is to have it against the windows and the TV next to the FP. That will limit anyone viewing the TV from anywhere else in the room. It also makes it impossible to have the TV on the far end (short wall) as the sofa facing it will restrict access into the area.
How many people will be using the room for TV watching? I couldn't find the sofa on Ikea website so is the chaise on rt or left?
I also have no measurements from the FP to the end wall, this is the best I could see keeping your chaise sofa and really a smaller one would not do much better.
TV in corner on console and you see the rest. That is 50" TV in plan.
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