I have a living room that is difficult to reach a final layout with. I have a fireplace at one end and an exterior door on the other and it is narrow. I have two sofas and a hodge-podge collection of furniture. The television is on the same wall as the fireplace, next to each other, so its difficult to determine how to arrange the seating. Two focal points. I can send a layout if that would make it clearer. Help! – Penny H, Horner, West Virginia
Hi, Penny! Having a fireplace and a tv on the same wall does make figuring out the focal point difficult. Typically the fireplace should be the focal point of the room and the furniture should be set up to face it. However, in this case it would probably make sense see if you can arrange the furniture to prioritize viewing the tv, with the second priority being the fireplace. If you can condense the sofa down to a large sectional with one or two chaises, you might be able to set the furniture up in a way that allows both to be focal points. Another option would be to put the tv on a swivel mount so that you’re able to angle it towards the couches, that gives you a little more flexibility to still focus on the fireplace.
