TV Placement ideas in living room.

Metalface Mark · 17 Apr 2019 at 14:46

After moving ive been left with a corner sofa, not ideal, above is my living room and the only logical place for the TV at the moment is sitting in the corner due to the poor placement of the living room door which is about 1.45m from the wall.

Considering moving the door to the other end to make the living room more usable. Im just wondering if im missing something with a better TV placement, as im considering swapping out the corner sofa for a 3 seater and a couple of chairs. Any ideas from anyone with a similar setup would be much appreciated!

I tried moving the corner sofa to the other side of the door where theres more space but it looks stupid there.

Metalface Mark · 17 Apr 2019 at 15:42

the shadow said:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/going-pj.18852576/

Thanks, wouldnt really solve anything with a projector though, really cant see a way past having an ideal setup without having to move that door...

Metalface Mark · 18 Apr 2019 at 11:15

No fireplace, its just a flat wall that side.

Hmm, consideration on bricking up the dining room, dont really need access to it from there - good idea

Metalface Mark · 23 Apr 2019 at 08:31

a1ex2001 said:
Move the living room door that room needs gutting anyway and it’s not a big job i’d Also knock down the wall between the kitchen and dinning room and block off the doors from the dinning room into the living room.

Looking at the decor you have loads more to worry about than the perfect tv setup!

Lol.

Metalface Mark · 23 Apr 2019 at 10:45

Psycho Sonny said:
I think you may want to google the location. That should be his biggest worry. Drug capital of Scotland and every fifth male has a knife scar on their face.

Double lol. Paisley is a great town with great people. Also, Glasgow, Inverclyde and Dundee are all far worse for drugs than Paisley is.

Metalface Mark · 23 Apr 2019 at 12:11

Psycho Sonny said:
it was kind of said in jest. i know full well there are good and bad parts of paisley. i went to school there in Gallowhill. Played football at ferguslie park for the best part of a decade. My family also own several properties there.

it's mainly a dump though. the high street is completely dead thanks to braehead and silverburn.

All scottish high streets are dead

Metalface Mark · 23 Apr 2019 at 12:53

Psycho Sonny said:
a lot of them are but it depends on the area.

west end is thriving, jordanhill, broomhill, bearsden and also kirkintilloch is okay. paisley is ghost town.

byres road is booming. paisley has been desolated due to the nearby shopping centres with free parking. it's a double whammy. better shops, plenty of car spaces for free.

even cumbernauld town centre has more going for it than paisley which is shocking.

I meant regular high street towns, Falkirk, Paisley, Greenock etc, west end isnt really a high street. That being said, Paisley benefits from Braehead as its under the catchment of renfrewshire so while its taken a lot of business from Paisley, Paisley itself still benefits from it. Anyway a bit off topic

Metalface Mark · 24 Apr 2019 at 08:58

Stelly said:
*** Please keep this on topic - leave personal comments about Mark's terrible taste in furniture and the state of Scotland alone - Stelly ***

I inherited that sofa

Metalface Mark · 24 Apr 2019 at 09:28

MrRockliffe said:
~~It's not the sofa you need to worry about, it's the carpet~~

l think overall, it's a decent location - the only reason you'd probably want to change it is to perhaps reduce glare and add speakers, but if you move the door further up, it won't be an issue It'll also stop people walking through the viewing area if you move the TV towards the dining room

I only just got that carpet put in

Metalface Mark · 24 Apr 2019 at 14:10

jpaul said:
I'd probably have the tv in the left window corner @30degrees to the window, to reduce reflections, and break the corner sofa into two units, placed opposite
then you don't have the door, annoyingly in the viewing field watching tv, and can watch from dining room.

That's a thought... Corner sofa wont break but im looking at replacing it shortly anyway.

Metalface Mark · 24 Apr 2019 at 14:48

Dont watch much tv during the day really so not a huge issue.

Metalface Mark · 30 Apr 2019 at 08:57

Jamauk said:
Hilarious comment here, if this is only a ban on commenting on his furniture and Scotland can I talk about letterboxes!?

Would it be feasible to have the TV at the other end of the room next to the dining room? This would then allow placement of the corner sofa actually in the corner which would be much easier/neater and would free up the rest of the room between the dining room and the sofa - currently that looks like a pointless space and presumably you would want to allow a route from the hall, into the living room to the dining room. If the concern is watching TV from the dining room, just use recording/catch up services.

I tried it there but it didnt fit with my current couch. I think i need to take the plunge and get the door moved.