My mrs and I have had an offer on a house accepted and all being well with the chain, we should be moving in around March time. The living room is a nice size, but due to an extension which was put in about 20 years ago, it's ended up as a fat L shape so that it doesn't block access to the garage which sits at a slight angle. Pic below to show:
The plan is to use it as a dining/living room as it is currently until we've saved enough money to extend the kitchen along the back of the house and then have it living room only with a storage/games area.
We are both struggling a little with how we would have the living room set up.
Here's the floor plan:
And here's some pictures that I've taken:
My current setup consists of Monitor Audio Gold 5.1 speakers and they are quite large to say the least. The TV is a 65" OLED. Since my TV is quite large I don't think it'll fit properly where the current one is.
My initial idea is to have the TV on the wall which is currently wallpapered and a corner sofa in front of it with the long back where the current foot stool is, but a bit further back. Thus having a cozy TV/film watching area and maintaining the dining room space. My only issue with this is where the hell do I put the surround speakers? And I think it's going to encroach too much on the dining area and look a bit silly, plus not pass the woman test.
Another idea is to have the home cinema set up in a spare bedroom upstairs which would double up as a home gym. And then just buy a smaller TV for the living room and use a Sonos Arc, sub and no rears downstairs. Or sell the MA rear speakers and sub and replace them with a Sonos Arc, sub and surrounds (some of which I already own) and keep the floorstanders for my office which is going to be the dining room as shown on the floor plan. Then once the extension is complete for the kitchen (along the back of the house) move the floorstanders there. I think the MA Gold's are simply too big for the room which would be a shame.
Any ideas? Beyond find another house.
We've been looking for ages and this is the house we both love so I'm determined to make it work. But I'm struggling as I said above.
The plan is to use it as a dining/living room as it is currently until we've saved enough money to extend the kitchen along the back of the house and then have it living room only with a storage/games area.
We are both struggling a little with how we would have the living room set up.
Here's the floor plan:
And here's some pictures that I've taken:
My current setup consists of Monitor Audio Gold 5.1 speakers and they are quite large to say the least. The TV is a 65" OLED. Since my TV is quite large I don't think it'll fit properly where the current one is.
My initial idea is to have the TV on the wall which is currently wallpapered and a corner sofa in front of it with the long back where the current foot stool is, but a bit further back. Thus having a cozy TV/film watching area and maintaining the dining room space. My only issue with this is where the hell do I put the surround speakers? And I think it's going to encroach too much on the dining area and look a bit silly, plus not pass the woman test.
Another idea is to have the home cinema set up in a spare bedroom upstairs which would double up as a home gym. And then just buy a smaller TV for the living room and use a Sonos Arc, sub and no rears downstairs. Or sell the MA rear speakers and sub and replace them with a Sonos Arc, sub and surrounds (some of which I already own) and keep the floorstanders for my office which is going to be the dining room as shown on the floor plan. Then once the extension is complete for the kitchen (along the back of the house) move the floorstanders there. I think the MA Gold's are simply too big for the room which would be a shame.
Any ideas? Beyond find another house.
We've been looking for ages and this is the house we both love so I'm determined to make it work. But I'm struggling as I said above.
