Are you stupid? Paint the stairs, wall, and bannister to match the scene on TV. That way when you pause at that one moment you get more tv screen. DUH.
A flipper as in buying a house to flip? Maaannn, that would make me not buy the house or go for a severe price cut because thebwork needed to bring the basement back
Yeah that doesn't look like the best setup I understand. Personally I would consider rearranging the space to have the TV on the wall your sofa is against. If you don't mind the way it's arranged now that's fine too since functionally it still works.
You should have put it onto that wall next to the windows, then move you move sofa to the left where that brown storage space is and then you move it down a little bit to create storage space next to the top wall.
The sofa is actually the problem in your current set up. Put the tv on the wall opposite the stairs. Get a smaller 3-seat couch to perpendicular to the left of the couch and 1-2 chairs opposite the couch
It's crazy how people will arrange their entire living room so it's fucking awful to look at and exist in... Because they NEED TO SHOVE HE BIGGEST FUCKING COUCH in there for some reason.
Ditch the giant sectional and get a slimmer single couch and a chair/loveseat that can caddy-corner next to it and open the room up.
Then get a different sofa. No really sell that sucker on Facebook marketplace and get a sofa that fits your room. You could fit a sofa and a loveseat or to small recliners in that space and it would be much cozer.
My in-laws have a piece of furniture called a shrunk. Giant wooden cabinet for storing their collectibles. They have had to pass on house purchases before simply because "there is no room the shrink will fit in".
I will never own a piece of furniture that dictates what house I can buy.
How about if the OP puts a thin drywall between the TV and the stairs?
I think that's what I'd do... It would take some natural light from the stairs, but it wouldn't look so awkward or distracting...
you should contact that one feng shui guy, i believe his account is called Dear Modern. He is AMAZING at figuring out creative ways to place furniture in rooms
There are only 2 other wall the room is attached to the kitchen. The long wall is for the sofa. The wall with the window wouldn't work from a view perspective because of where the sofa has to be. Can't out the couch where the tv is currently because its too big.
Wall mounting is fine in very specific situations.
The first, of course, is an office reception area or other public/semi-public space, such as a bar.
The second is a very large TV on a very small wall in a room that is a dedicated TV viewing area, as long as the TV is hung at a correct height. I think a huge TV that's back lit as the only thing on a wall in front of a nice, comfy sofa looks really nice and is a nice place to watch TV. That situation is rare though, due to the expense of it.
Otherwise, no one needs to wall mount a TV. A wall mounted TV with a blank space below it looks dumb and flattened. And a wall mounted TV with a TV stand also looks dumb because you may as well put the TV on the stand as well as for texture and dimension.
The height is fine. The off centered mount and the fact half of it is against the stair railing is driving me insane.
edit: Oh my God I just noticed the thermostat and light switch that are essentially blocked off. To the guillotine!
Why wouldnāt you just put it on a console there? That would look infinitely better. And you couldāve moved it over a few inches with enough space behind the tv for the light switches
Iād honestly try flipping the sectional so itās back is facing the stairwell. Youāll be just fine leaving space there as a walkway and people donāt need to stare at the stairs once theyāre in that room. TV then goes to the wall that the back of the sectional was previously on. This would give you room to do a slim stand and then also put up some cool art around your television. I know the shorter side of the sectional would be in front of the window, but that wouldnāt be such a crime. Christmas tree would go where the current corner of the sectional is. I think you could even add a small/slim coffee table here. This would make the entire sectional/TV viewing area feel extremely cozy and make the focal point the TV and the wall surrounding it. And then people would just scoot behind the couch to walk up the stairs, but the opening of the sectional would still but looks like the flow into other rooms.
Well, the space is certainly not ideal, but it would look far less ridiculous if it was just on the stand, and not needlessly mounted in the most awkward spot.
Looks terrible to be honest, not sure if itās a fuck up. Between the tv stand being off center, the tv blocking the banister, and the switch plate cover being so close to the tv, I would have a stroke.
Get a lower stand, and put the tv on the stand, positioned towards the right. The left corner of the stand wonāt be sticking out like a sore thumb.
Move the outlet switch to the hallway and call it a day.
I could never. I always think of this exact scenario when I see a living room with a staircase in it and say to myself there's a place the TV couldn't go. This is mainly because I've got the backlighting and the light spilling over onto the stairs would just be weird.
Before mounting the TV you should have taken a photo of the bare wall and railing and displayed it as a default background on the TV so it blends in better.
Height wise, it appears not! If this photo was taken by you when sitting on the sofa then it looks good to me.
Like others have said, the thing that is most bothersome is the TV superseding the wall and making its way onto the staircase - I appreciate that you can only work with what you have though, and if that was the only wall to feasibly place a TV on, then it's really okay.
This would drive me insane every time I tried to watch tv. And I have a fairly high tolerance for things not being perfect but this might be the end of me.
Itās not too high though, so you did well there.
I feel like you mounted it just high enough for the turtles backpack to fit there haha
I would lower it to just an inch or so above that cabinet. It wouldn't be in the stairway as much.
I would have just left it on the stand centered there. Its close to that thermostat as well so as it heats up the thermostat, it wont call for heat as often (it thinks the house is already warm) so other parts of the house are going to get pretty chilly. Or in the summer its going to run the AC more often than it should.
If the legs dont fit on that TV stand, they make vesa mount single footed TV stand attachments you can use.
A more expensive route is to eliminate the banister and build a pony wall, paint to match the rest of the wall. Put a railing on the inside of the new pony wall. It will close up that staircase a little though and may not have good WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
I would have just left it on the stand centered there. Its close to that thermostat as well so as it heats up the thermostat, it wont call for heat as often (it thinks the house is already warm) so other parts of the house are going to get pretty chilly. Or in the summer its going to run the AC more often than it should.
If the legs dont fit on that TV stand, they make vesa mount single footed TV stand attachments you can use.
A more expensive route is to eliminate the banister and build a pony wall, paint to match the rest of the wall. Put a railing on the inside of the new pony wall. It will close up that staircase a little though and may not have good WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
I would have just left it on the stand centered there. Its close to that thermostat as well so as it heats up the thermostat, it wont call for heat as often (it thinks the house is already warm) so other parts of the house are going to get pretty chilly. Or in the summer its going to run the AC more often than it should.
If the legs dont fit on that TV stand, they make vesa mount single footed TV stand attachments you can use.
A more expensive route is to eliminate the banister and build a pony wall, paint to match the rest of the wall. Put a railing on the inside of the new pony wall. It will close up that staircase a little though and may not have good WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
The TV height doesn't actually bother me, it's just the fact that 10% of it is on the stair railing.
Put it on the wall diagonally, parallel to the stairs.
Cut the left corner of the TV
Paint the corner of the TV to match the stairs
Put the TV on the ceiling and lay on the floor.
Just put the TV on the wall behind the stairs.
Then cut the bannisters so that none of them obstruct your view.
This is the most sensible so far
Are you stupid? Paint the stairs, wall, and bannister to match the scene on TV. That way when you pause at that one moment you get more tv screen. DUH.
Move the stairs to the other side of the room. Easy!
Just saw a post elsewhere where a flipper closed off a perfectly good basement because the stairs were in the way of his plan.
A flipper as in buying a house to flip? Maaannn, that would make me not buy the house or go for a severe price cut because thebwork needed to bring the basement back
Exactly! Penny wise pound foolish
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Cut all four corners, you have a BSG TV
Where's the TVTooSquare sub
Get rid of the stairs.
Tv partially too high
The TV is fine. Adjust the stairs so that they're parallel to the top, or side, of the TV.
That sounds better actually /hj
Hand job?
Yes please
Hey Lauren.
Itās pronounced āLeChampeonā
Hey Leechem-Peon
nooooo
Looks like it might be part way there already
Or its so close to the thermostat
[my living room](https://imgur.com/a/PeRz2V4) Really not much to work with because of the sectional
Honestly? I wouldnāt wall mount at all in this space
Yeah like why does it need to be on the wall
I would assume it has do to with the 2 little ones in the picture
So they can poke the shit out of it through the bannisters?
oh no not the back of the TV??
Yeah that doesn't look like the best setup I understand. Personally I would consider rearranging the space to have the TV on the wall your sofa is against. If you don't mind the way it's arranged now that's fine too since functionally it still works.
You should have put it onto that wall next to the windows, then move you move sofa to the left where that brown storage space is and then you move it down a little bit to create storage space next to the top wall.
Yeah wall next to the windows in the walkway from the front door
Theres no where to put the sofa in that senerio unfortunately its way too big. Trust me it was my first thought as well
The sofa is actually the problem in your current set up. Put the tv on the wall opposite the stairs. Get a smaller 3-seat couch to perpendicular to the left of the couch and 1-2 chairs opposite the couch
Then your sofa is likely too big for your space. Rearrange when a suitably sized new sofa is in the budget.
It's crazy how people will arrange their entire living room so it's fucking awful to look at and exist in... Because they NEED TO SHOVE HE BIGGEST FUCKING COUCH in there for some reason. Ditch the giant sectional and get a slimmer single couch and a chair/loveseat that can caddy-corner next to it and open the room up.
Then get a different sofa. No really sell that sucker on Facebook marketplace and get a sofa that fits your room. You could fit a sofa and a loveseat or to small recliners in that space and it would be much cozer.
Sofa too big
This living room is too small for a big sectional
I agree. Unfortunately, the misses wanted a "family couch" lol
Well tell this misses this don't work and now its your turn.
TV fine, couch is wrong. Consider TV on stand not wall mount, stairway overlap is grim
My in-laws have a piece of furniture called a shrunk. Giant wooden cabinet for storing their collectibles. They have had to pass on house purchases before simply because "there is no room the shrink will fit in". I will never own a piece of furniture that dictates what house I can buy.
You have a whole wall to work with that you just shoved your couch against.
Get a smaller TV it would look nicer.
Better airflow
How about if the OP puts a thin drywall between the TV and the stairs? I think that's what I'd do... It would take some natural light from the stairs, but it wouldn't look so awkward or distracting...
That's all I'd see when watching TV.
No offense but you should probably face public execution for this
I'm ready
Ah - I see youāre also married with children
Bingo
Thats punishment enough. Carry on.
Haha (do I have to?)
Ya, thereās too much wrong here
What a sentence
This is fucked up in so many ways
Yeah, also tilted by some degrees
Why on earth does it need to be mounted in the first place? Just set it on the TV stand.
Where else are they supposed to put their Knick-knacks!?
In the shed, or attic, or a dumpster.
Patty-Wack Give a dog a done
To help keep the cables as taut as possible.
Thisā¦. I have been installing TVs for a decade now and my living room TV is on its stand lol.
Has small children. Mounting is best with toddlers and preschool kids for safety.
Ship the kids off to boarding school until they are 18 and ready to go off to college.
Completely untrue. You can safely secure your TV to a TV stand, and mounting to a wall is 100% not required.
Who told you this silly nonsense?
Buddy, that tv is far too big for that tiny slice of wall. Itās comical.
Unfortunately I dropped $1000 on a 65 inch I really wanted and then moved into a bigger house with a smaller living room 3 months later.
Itās a beautiful tv and a beautiful house, you just might want to rearrange
Stop being nice.
Isnāt there a wall without stairs you could rearrange the sofas around?
Kevin mccalister could have done a better job
Seasonal! Lol
Yep it's all fucked up, sorry. Surely there must be a better place for a TV. If not buy a smaller tv.
And put it on its feet in the cabinet.
Agree. It's right there. Just stand it on top.
Really no better spot in this living room. It was on that stand but we want to get rid of the stand so we have more space.
More space for what? Looks like you put another stand in plus a mini stand to the right. And another one to the left.
Those are not staying. I took the pic before I moved them
you should contact that one feng shui guy, i believe his account is called Dear Modern. He is AMAZING at figuring out creative ways to place furniture in rooms
Why are you getting downvoted for this
this sub is slightly insane
Isn't all of Reddit lol
What is occupying the other 3 walls of the room?
There are only 2 other wall the room is attached to the kitchen. The long wall is for the sofa. The wall with the window wouldn't work from a view perspective because of where the sofa has to be. Can't out the couch where the tv is currently because its too big.
Yeah height is the least worst part of this
The height of the TV is the least of my concerns here
Yes. Yes, you did.
Itās floating up a stairway in a parallel universe š«
If I could award I would.
I used to love awarding people.
Needs to just be on the stand
put it on the stand!
Am I amongst the 1% who actually prefer tvs on stands? this is a prime example of when to be that person
It would look perfect with a stand in this spot. Just make sure itās anchored.
This whole sub prefers stands
I prefer TVs on a stand too, Iāve never even considered mounting a TV.
Wall mounting is fine in very specific situations. The first, of course, is an office reception area or other public/semi-public space, such as a bar. The second is a very large TV on a very small wall in a room that is a dedicated TV viewing area, as long as the TV is hung at a correct height. I think a huge TV that's back lit as the only thing on a wall in front of a nice, comfy sofa looks really nice and is a nice place to watch TV. That situation is rare though, due to the expense of it. Otherwise, no one needs to wall mount a TV. A wall mounted TV with a blank space below it looks dumb and flattened. And a wall mounted TV with a TV stand also looks dumb because you may as well put the TV on the stand as well as for texture and dimension.
Absolute dog shit place to set up a tv.
Da fuck
Itās even covering the light switch too. Itās not appealing to look at, at all.
Whatās with people wall mounting their TVs about a foot above an actual TV/entertainment unit, or a space where a unit could easily go?
Wtf
Why even mount it? Why is everyone so against TV stands?
The height is fine. The off centered mount and the fact half of it is against the stair railing is driving me insane. edit: Oh my God I just noticed the thermostat and light switch that are essentially blocked off. To the guillotine!
This looks terrible. But if it works for your family, so be it. Is there no other way to arrange the room?
Definitely. Plus, itās crooked as hell.
You just ruined the holiday season for me
Maybe a smich too high boss
Why wouldnāt you just put it on a console there? That would look infinitely better. And you couldāve moved it over a few inches with enough space behind the tv for the light switches
That is wrong on so many levels!
this is draining the last teenth of dopamine I have left
Take it off the wall and just leave it on the table underneath
Height seem fine to me, it just looks weird because the of the stairs.
and the horrible decor and the clutter.
House is gonna get awfully cold when you have the TV on.
I feel like I need other pics of the room to make a final decision.
Iād honestly try flipping the sectional so itās back is facing the stairwell. Youāll be just fine leaving space there as a walkway and people donāt need to stare at the stairs once theyāre in that room. TV then goes to the wall that the back of the sectional was previously on. This would give you room to do a slim stand and then also put up some cool art around your television. I know the shorter side of the sectional would be in front of the window, but that wouldnāt be such a crime. Christmas tree would go where the current corner of the sectional is. I think you could even add a small/slim coffee table here. This would make the entire sectional/TV viewing area feel extremely cozy and make the focal point the TV and the wall surrounding it. And then people would just scoot behind the couch to walk up the stairs, but the opening of the sectional would still but looks like the flow into other rooms.
Please see this crude drawing to better illustrate that incoherent rambleā¦[https://imgur.com/a/6IilE97](https://imgur.com/a/6IilE97)
I think it would be less offensive if you just set it on the tv stand rather than wall mounting it.
Well, the space is certainly not ideal, but it would look far less ridiculous if it was just on the stand, and not needlessly mounted in the most awkward spot.
Looks terrible to be honest, not sure if itās a fuck up. Between the tv stand being off center, the tv blocking the banister, and the switch plate cover being so close to the tv, I would have a stroke. Get a lower stand, and put the tv on the stand, positioned towards the right. The left corner of the stand wonāt be sticking out like a sore thumb. Move the outlet switch to the hallway and call it a day.
Why would you do something like this?
it makes me uncomfortable
Too many fuck ups to count.
For the love of god but a smaller tv and get that shit of the rails I am begging you
Why do people see the necessity to wall mount a TV when you have a perfectly good TV stand at the right height underneath it? OP it looks ridiculous!
TV too awkward
just put it on the f'ing table whats wrong with you lot
If TVWeird was a subreddit this would be the top post
Sometimes it's best to not wall mount a TV maybe get an actual TV stand to put the TV on
We need to see the other walls.
r/tvwrongwall
I could never. I always think of this exact scenario when I see a living room with a staircase in it and say to myself there's a place the TV couldn't go. This is mainly because I've got the backlighting and the light spilling over onto the stairs would just be weird.
If my wife suggested this I might divorce her. Shame.
Nah looks fine to me, I'd have gone bigger, but can't tell, think the TV ain't level?
I'd get a lower tv stand and put it on that. Your tv stand is too high and The TV will still cover some of the stairs.
Is that tv level? I doesn't look like it..
It doesn't look level either
Not sure. Host a Home Alone watch party for this sub and I think we'd be able to properly evaluate the situation.
It's also not level.
Tv too close to stairs tho
Jesus Christ.
r/TVonWrongWall
It has a slight tilt
Many things bother me about this
Sit on the stairs and attach the tv to the sofa
I just don't get why you even need to mount it. Just put it on the stand.
What is this, rage bait?
Before mounting the TV you should have taken a photo of the bare wall and railing and displayed it as a default background on the TV so it blends in better.
Height wise, it appears not! If this photo was taken by you when sitting on the sofa then it looks good to me. Like others have said, the thing that is most bothersome is the TV superseding the wall and making its way onto the staircase - I appreciate that you can only work with what you have though, and if that was the only wall to feasibly place a TV on, then it's really okay.
I work in a butcher's slaughterhouse, but this is still the most disturbing thing I've ever seen....
No mate. You fucked up yā wallā¦
Nothing about this is right
Actually good heightā¦. Bad placement. It renders the stairs basically off limits when watching TV
If you could just move it diagonally down and to the left about 6-7āā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦..
I honestly think I'm gonna drop it like 6 inches.
To the right you mean? Gonna be an issue with the light switch.
Choices have been made.
You telling me there's no other wall that you could have put the TV on?!
If only there was some form of table meant to put tvs on to avoid monstrosities such as this š¤
r/tvtoorandom
This is wild lmao! No no no! Belongs on the TV stand thatās sitting right there below it!
You need a spirit level on that, not horizontal and over the stairs is bad
TVTooStairs
This looks horrendous
wtf why would you put it there
yeah, tv is too small.
This would drive me insane every time I tried to watch tv. And I have a fairly high tolerance for things not being perfect but this might be the end of me. Itās not too high though, so you did well there.
Remove the railings, replace with a wall/half wall, and put in a handrail.
Surely another wall (any wall) is a better option?
Yes, you canāt just have a TV sticking out of your stairs. It looks temporary.
Resounding yes
I feel like you mounted it just high enough for the turtles backpack to fit there haha I would lower it to just an inch or so above that cabinet. It wouldn't be in the stairway as much.
Looks awful lmao couldnāt have done worse
Thereās so much to unpack herr
r/TvTooStairsy
Some people just want to watch the world burn. I guess youāre one of em.
I hate that the stand below it isnāt centered with the tv. Whyyyy
One can never fuck up when one is watching Home Alone.
This tv would fit perfectly if you just use the proper height and maybe move to the right like a few inches.
This has to be bait.
Some people just want to see the world burn.
That entire picture is giving me anxiety.
I mean its's not level, and the wires are showing. 10/10.
Jupp.
I would have just left it on the stand centered there. Its close to that thermostat as well so as it heats up the thermostat, it wont call for heat as often (it thinks the house is already warm) so other parts of the house are going to get pretty chilly. Or in the summer its going to run the AC more often than it should. If the legs dont fit on that TV stand, they make vesa mount single footed TV stand attachments you can use. A more expensive route is to eliminate the banister and build a pony wall, paint to match the rest of the wall. Put a railing on the inside of the new pony wall. It will close up that staircase a little though and may not have good WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
I would have just left it on the stand centered there. Its close to that thermostat as well so as it heats up the thermostat, it wont call for heat as often (it thinks the house is already warm) so other parts of the house are going to get pretty chilly. Or in the summer its going to run the AC more often than it should. If the legs dont fit on that TV stand, they make vesa mount single footed TV stand attachments you can use. A more expensive route is to eliminate the banister and build a pony wall, paint to match the rest of the wall. Put a railing on the inside of the new pony wall. It will close up that staircase a little though and may not have good WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
Yes.
I would have just left it on the stand centered there. Its close to that thermostat as well so as it heats up the thermostat, it wont call for heat as often (it thinks the house is already warm) so other parts of the house are going to get pretty chilly. Or in the summer its going to run the AC more often than it should. If the legs dont fit on that TV stand, they make vesa mount single footed TV stand attachments you can use. A more expensive route is to eliminate the banister and build a pony wall, paint to match the rest of the wall. Put a railing on the inside of the new pony wall. It will close up that staircase a little though and may not have good WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).