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maggie_matijevich

Shelves, empty space, or what?

Maggie Matijevich
hace 6 años
This room needs....help. I'm considering floating shelves on either side of the fireplace, but I don't want it to feel too....full....cluttered. Thoughts?
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  • groveraxle
    hace 6 años

    That's funny, Maggie. I usually recommend wives send their husbands fishing so they can paint the woodwork, another thing that men have issues about. Just be sure you get a TV stand that's long enough, at least 25% wider than the TV.

    Comentarios (34)

    • erinsean
      hace 6 años


      Doesn't the light behind the TV bother you? I would find another place for your TV if possible. Otherwise, no floating shelves (too much clutter) but add some white sheer curtains to your windows.

    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      The light is supposed to be there, it's supposed to help with how the tv looks when on.
    • PRO
      Sina Sadeddin Architectural Design
      hace 6 años

      The biggest problem for me is how high that TV is. It needs a new spot.

    • Denita
      hace 6 años

      Agree with the others, TV is over whelming that whole area. Find a better place for the TV on a console somewhere else in the room. It ruins your fireplace look.

    • PRO
      PPF.
      hace 6 años

      I'd remove all the white trim / wainscot on the wall. Put the TV elsewhere and find some nice art to take its place.

    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      Ok! Thanks!
    • CLC
      hace 6 años

      Leave the walls empty, and find a new place for the tv

    • PRO
      Get Decorated
      hace 6 años

      Hi there! If you'd like to keep your TV where it is because it's the only space that works in the room (although agreed with others that it's a bit too high), you can explore the idea of adding built in bookshelves to the right and left side. There are a lot of great DIY videos for doing it yourself or they can be custom built of course. This will help you to keep the mantle and the hearth clear and to put toys and trinkets in baskets. Also, definitely would recommend adding white sheers to the windows to help ground that wall space. If the built-in's are too pricey, maybe just adding a lower cabinet on each side would work. Good luck!

    • PRO
      VRA Interiors, LLC
      hace 6 años

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    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      The only problem is the room is pretty long/skinny so it would be really hard to put the TV somewhere else.....?
    • PRO
      Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
      hace 6 años

      Hang on drapes above the windows ,and no problem with an empty place.

    • katinparadise
      hace 6 años

      If you can post pictures of the whole space, showing each wall, I'm sure we can come up with some suggestions for you. It's such a pretty fireplace and those eyeball spots would do so well illuminating a beautiful piece of art.

    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      If that is truly the only place for a TV in this room, I would move this one to the bedroom and get a smaller one (or none) for this room.

    • felizlady
      hace 6 años
      Maggie...your TV is too high for comfortable viewing, plus it looks like a big black rectangle over another black rectangle.
      Put it on the wall over a low console cabinet, using one of those TV wall racks which can be pulled out and angled for viewing. It will look so much better. Put a large piece of art over the fireplace.
    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      Here are some other angles of the room. Please excuse the mess.
    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      You could mitigate this somewhat by replacing the sound bar with speakers and lowering the TV. I'd remove all the stuff from the mantel if the TV must stay there and find a way to hide the cords. You don't need anything on the sides of the fireplace.


    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      Oh wow, that looks awesome!!! Wow!!! THANK YOU!!
    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      If that's a sectional, pull it up to where it's even with the fireplace and put the TV on the wall where you currently have the big chair and ottoman. Then pull the chair up closer to the fireplace so it can be part of the conversation with people on the sofa.


      Remove everything currently hanging on the walls and consider grouping them as a gallery. It looks like you just hung stuff on nails that were already there. ;-)

    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      Maggie, it will be more awesome to put the TV on the far wall. Your neck will thank us, too.

    • acm
      hace 6 años

      I'd put it down at one end (probably the left) and arrange furniture to encompass the TV and the fireplace. If the room is really long, it should be divided into more than one zone anyway -- put a reading chair with a bookcase and a floor lamp at the other end, or a small table for games and puzzles.

    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      The room is 21 ft. X 13 ft....I don't think the sectional will fit on the short wall....unfortunately. I wanted to originally set it up in sections but I couldn't figure out how to do it with the fireplace right in the middle.
    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      I like the idea so far of a smaller tv and removing the sound bar (not really necessary anyway). Maybe down the road buying new furniture to better fit putting a tv on the "short" wall.
    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      Ooh look, now you can keep your sound bar AND your furry buddy can watch Animal Planet:


    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      Ha! NICE!!!! I do like that!!! Convincing my husband.....you don't think the tv will be too far away?
    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      With the arrangement above, you shouldn't have to move the sectional. Just pull the chair forward. Prepare for Hubby to pitch a fit about moving the TV. For some reason, men think TVs belong over fireplaces as if it gives it pride of place. Your fireplace will look much better with art above and putting it over a console solves the problem of the cords.

    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      Pull the sectional forward to the edge of the fireplace and I think the viewing distance will be fine. That also leaves the area behind for the kids to play and store some toys.

    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      He's going out of town in a few weeks. Perfect time to make changes. A lot easier to ask forgiveness....seriously, thank you so much. This has been a disaster since we moved in over a year ago. I'm really excited now!!!
    • katinparadise
      hace 6 años

      Moving the TV will give the area a much more finished look and will take better advantage of the space in the room. I think you'll be very happy with it.

      Maggie Matijevich agradeció a katinparadise
    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años
      Though I still haven't one the battle of the tv (it's still ongoing) I did hang some curtains and I'm MUCH happier with how finished it is all looking.
    • groveraxle
      hace 6 años

      It definitely looks better and the curtains help. But you're both gonna have arthritis in your necks in a few years. ;-)

      Maggie Matijevich agradeció a groveraxle
    • my1gmail
      hace 6 años
      Coming along nicely! If you have some left over wall paint, just brush a little bit on that tv cord above the mantle (mantel?) it will make the cord disappear!
      Maggie Matijevich agradeció a my1gmail
    • Maggie Matijevich
      Autor original
      hace 6 años

      I'm working on moving it! ;) Yes!! I do have a nice little inch or so in the paint can, I'll brush a little on tomorrow!! THANKS!!!

    • Melissa Gallagher
      hace 6 años
      Do you not have another room for the tv?
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