Plus the room would have looked longer and skinnier.
Rectangle small living room layout with fireplace and tv.
In this room if they had placed a long sofa facing the fireplace by the time you put a coffee table in front of it you would have to walk right through the sitting area to get by.
Here s some layout help for living rooms of all shapes.
From here how you position your living room furniture around a fireplace and tv will depend upon the shape of your room.
A tv over fireplace idea is very ideal for a small living room to optimize space and to create a strong focal area.
You want the option of creating a small living room area for use as a den study area or kids play zone.
And two key elements to that comfy coziness are a warm fireplace to have crackling throughout the colder months and favorite movies.
Tv over fireplace layout of a living room.
You are more into conversational furniture arrangements than staring at the tv.
Without the right furniture arrangement a long living room can feel like a hallway.
Your living room design has a fireplace and you want to take full advantage of it.
13 decorative living room layouts with fireplace and tv.
Place some furniture perpendicular to the length of the room.
Have a cobblestone fireplace in your neutral palette room to magnify the warm feeling and also add in tufted sofas to up the classic and charm factor.
In this case the tv and the fireplace are on the opposite walls and only one of them works as the focal point at a time.
A living room should be decorative comfy cozy and welcoming especially in a family home.