I also cringe at the fact that
the TV is the focal point above our fireplace and mantel.
I absolutely hate when
the TV is the focal point!!!!
Not exact matches
Most of their play
is linked through the attacking duo of Marc Richards and Alex Revell, the two big men provide a
focal point for virtually all attacks allowing the quicker players such as Swansea loanee, Kenji Gorre who
is looking to turn heads on
TV.
Noooowww, I
'm not sure The Husband would agree, but since the fireplace
is the
focal point of our room and we DO have a GIANT
TV there, he compromises and lets me decorate the mantle like I want to!
The
focal point of a shared bean bag lounge
is a wide LCD
TV with several English channels and an impressive DVD selection.
On the
TV screen, this
is achieved with a border of the 12 different cameras placed around the edge, with whichever you've deemed your
focal point enlarged and placed in the center.
He
is Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself and he may
be the
focal point for one of the most expensive
TV series of all - time.
Most recently, her paintings have
been featured as a
focal point and narrative vehicle in the ABC
tv drama, The Catch.
Belshazzar's Feast / the Writing on the Wall
is a complex, multi-media installation that references Marshall McLuhan's theory of the
TV as replacing the hearth as the
focal point of the living - environment, feeding our imagination as flickering flames once did.
If you
're going to go so far as to buy a large 55 - inch
TV — which by its nature becomes a
focal point in the room — you should go the extra mile and get a surround sound system, or at least a sound bar.
I
'm with you on having the
tv over the fireplace (as much as we hate them
being a
focal point), the furniture placement seems much better this way.
I have the
TV on the right side because I didn't want it to
be the
focal point, but it seems to compete with the
focal point and the room feels off balance.
Living rooms without a
TV give you the freedom to choose a more aesthetically pleasing
focal point, whether it
's a period fireplace, an ornate mirror or a statement coffee table.
When the
tv is off, it looks like a black hole and conflicts with the fireplace as a
focal point.
I personally don't like the
TV to
be a
focal point in our family space.
Also I can't handle
TV's over fireplaces, its just not meant to
be, it makes the
TV the
focal point of the room!
TVs are now welcome
focal points in the living room rather than an eyesore.
I hate
TVs over fireplaces, they then have to compete to
be the
focal point!!
If you do I suppose yeah, you
are making both the
tv and the fireplace a
focal point.
How do you avoid making it the
focal point of the room, when face it — the main function in the room
is to gather and watch
TV?
The
focal point of your bedroom
is the
TV.
: — RRB - Now, if you have a beautiful armoire or built ins and your
TV is in it, well then it can
be a
focal point.
I'd love for the fireplace to
be the
focal point in the room, but for now, we have a HUGE
TV that
is like the elephant in the room.
(I blame this on my Husband) I have gotten a couple of emails from readers asking for my ideas on how to make their
TV NOT
be the
focal point of their entire room.
I don't really like a
TV to
be a
focal point as a visual statement so I would chose the fireplace whenever possible (even if for practicality sake you have furniture turned toward the
TV).
In my family room I like to think of my fireplace as the
focal point, even though my furniture
is more oriented around conversation and the
TV.
For instance, some of your furniture might
be around the
TV because that
is how the room functions best, but to make a
TV a
focal point would
be, well, just sad.
I know a lot of people would hate the
TV over the fireplace, but for us it simplifies the space — by putting the two together there
is only one main
focal point to the room.
Rather than having a family room centered around a
TV, the
focal point is a grand stone fireplace added on during the rebuild that extends from floor to ceiling — a labor of love for the family, who gathered some of the rocks from the beach nearby.
All I can think about when I sit in my calm and serene living room
is «forget the fireplace, the
focal point is the
TV!!»
I agree that the
TV should not
be the
focal point of your living room.
If the
TV has to
be the
focal point of a room, make everything else around it pretty and you might even forget it
's there!
I wish I had one as a
focal point in my living room, but I
'm just going to have to pretend that my
tv armoire
is a fireplace and mantel.
The
TV wall
is the main
focal point in any living room.
Noooowww, I
'm not sure The Husband would agree, but since the fireplace
is the
focal point of our room and we DO have a GIANT
TV there, he compromises and lets me decorate the mantle like I want to!