Those are some tiny windows, but you could create the illusion that they are much bigger by handing floor to ceiling drapes. I think that would really help this room!

*hanging

can you mount that tv? If so why not place it over the fireplace? Since you have a TV that large I'm assuming you don't mind it being a focal point.

If I was me though I would downsize for sure. Seems way to big for such a small space.

Will you be getting another tv without a base? I do agree that hanging it over the fireplace will provide more floor space, and prevent the awkward space arrangement in front of your nice window. :)

Yup, hanging is the only solution but a tv can be costly so you probably have to live with this setting until your tv breaks. =(

A TV isn't THAT costly. If you're doing lots of home improvement things, like replacing the floor, try to budget in a few hundred dollars for a new TV. It'll be best if it isn't on the floor, and it won't be so cumbersome.

Replace that sucker with a wall hangable LCD - you won't need as big of a tv since you'll be sitting so close to it and you can get a 32" LCD these days for less than $300, or 40" for less than $450 Get an inexpensive "picture frame style" or a tiltable wall mount, and place your new one a little ways above your mantle so you have some separation and room to decorate properly, rather than just setting it on it's base on the mantle, which looks like it would never support it anyway.

What's on the one wall we can't see? Could you put your couch along the wall by the stairs and the TV on the opposite wall? With a TV that big, some distance might be nice and it looks like the couch is low enough that it wouldn't block the light from the window.

I would move the sofa perpendicular to the fireplace wall - where the chair is now - and move the chair to the place where the sofa is, then move the TV to the blank wall beside where it is now.

you can see from the pix provided that there are windows surrounding the fireplace and on the wall to the right of the current tv placement. unless it fits on the wall next to the fireplace (to the left of that window) i say mount it.

mount over fireplace best solution by far

Yes, I totally think you should mount it.

I agree, it'd be nice mounted over the fireplace. Costco or Walmart has some nice tvs at a good price. For the easy chair, instead of trying to make it part of the tv watching area, I kind of think it would look nicer pushed back into the corner with a nice lamp as a reading area. Create several seating instead of everyone huddled around the tv only.

That's a tough one. I'd get a smaller, thinner TV and put it anywhere but over the fireplace. Words cannot express how much I despise TV's mounted over fireplaces in small living rooms. Not to mention the fact that it is too high for comfortable viewing.

I'm guessing the TV can be removed from the base and mounted if you want. But since we can't see the wall to the left of the fireplace, it's hard to advise.

My overall impression is that the room is that it's just too small for the TV with the fireplace. So one option would be to put the TV in front of the fireplace, hiding it completely.

If there is wall on the left, I'd consider putting the TV on that wall and move the seating as needed. Maybe replacing the sofa with chairs, since they are easier to create a traffic pattern around.

Or, mount the TV over the fireplace. Not ideal, it's a bit high for comfortable viewing, but it's about the only other way to get the thing into that small space.

Good luck!

This is not hard. Do not mount the TV. Ugly. Hard to watch.

Put the TV over in the corner where you have the big black chair. If there's room, centre it on the wall and flank it with shelving so it isn't lonely.

Turn the sofa and put it up against the wall with the window, next to the door. Then float the big chair where the couch is now. Actually, you may want two smaller chairs instead.

You may even have room for another chair this way.

You may want to purchase a square coffee table for this arrangement. Good luck. I have no idea if things will fit this way or not.

I agree with Alana - don't mount the TV above the fireplace. It is REALLY uncomfortable to watch a TV that is mounted up high. Plus, this looks like a rear-projection TV so it's not flat. Place the sofa along the wall with the window (perpendicular to the fireplace) and have the TV across if possible.

The TV is supposed to be at eye level of the viewer -- putting the TV above the fireplace is always a lousy idea.

I would put the tv on the right wall perpendicular to the fireplace. Get a console for this wall and place tv on top or mount tv above the console.

Move the couch so it to the left perpendicular to the fireplace and facing the tv wall. It can be floating in the room with a sofa table behind it (not sure what is happening to the left side of the room)

Place 2 accent chairs facing the fireplace.

Coffee table in center of this circle of furniture.

Basically creat two "L" shapes. One L is the fireplace and tv wall, the other L is the couch and chairs.

I would never put a tv above a fireplace. It's too high and it will just look like two shiny black rectangles are dominating that wall. That's just my two cents :)

Don't own a TV in the first place - use your laptop that you can close when you are done.
We got rid of any TV sets years ago and I am glad about it every single day. They are eyesores that are very hard to integrate.

SusanneMuc: I respectfully disagree. A large TV (awkward though it may be) has the potential of creating a shared life among people who might otherwise be cut off from each other. Some of the best moments of my childhood were spent with my family in front of the tube.

I wish we could see the left side of the room too, so I have to assume that nothing can be done with that side. Not sure what the proportions we are working with, but obviously that TV cannot be mounted. So maybe moving the TV away from the fireplace, even further to the right (at a different sharper angle), then placing the couch at an angle facing the corner of the room? That way both the fireplace and the TV are in view of those on the couch and it will open up the room to people entering from the door/stairs.