We have a TV in the kitchen (computer/TV)...we have a TV in the office (computer/TV)...we have a TV and movie screen in the basement...and we will soon have a TV in the living room. After MUCH deliberation, we decided that the TV will go to the right of the dining room french doors, above a console (probably not this console, I dragged this console out of the foyer for demonstration purposes)
A TV IN YOUR LIVING ROOM???? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!!!!!!!! Am I crazy? Let me explain, because its simple: this is the largest room in the house and it is essentially unused. We could have built a family room (instead of the deck), I guess...too late for that. I just think its a waste to abandon a room of this size....pretty, yes! but there is no life in here! Will a TV change things?
Actually, I feel like this is a controversial thing...or design disaster...or whatever. That's probably why I am writing about it before we pull the trigger, instead of just showing it off after the fact. Please tell me,
is it wrong to set the living room up like a family room? I know that some decisions, even if its right for your family, sometimes it can be wrong for design...but am I completely killing things here by mounting a big black box onto the wall?
ps. the encaustic painting will likely go on the other side of the dining room doors....hung at the same level as the TV...I may have to lose the
chairs (Email me if you are interested...I bought them for around $25 each)
Please tell me, what do you think? Do you have a TV in the living room? Would you hesitate to add one into this room?
