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Is there a rule that every Good Question post must include at least one comment telling the inquirer to get rid of their TV? Anyway, I had a similar problem with my living room which had a fireplace and no good walls for a TV. I ended up putting the TV in a different room. If there is another option for the TV instead of this room, I would recommend it. Then, you can put the sofa opposite the fireplace and expedit shelves on the wall behind the sofa. If the TV has to go in this room, I would place the sofa perpendicular to the fireplace facing a couple of chairs so you have the choice of either looking at the fireplace or the TV

I agree with Patrick (the other one). I wouldn't change it. Even though I hate when people say that. I had to do a double take on all the posts from people saying they hated it. i like it. it's really unique.

Why do people come to a home design blog and then complain about the topics being "first world problems"? Why are you reading this blog?

Hi everyone! This is Nicole! Thanks so much for your responses. Sorry for not checking in sooner but I've been out of the country on business.

I've been reading AT for some time
now, so please! I completely expected the "get rid of your tv responses." No worries, I don't take them seriously. We all have our weaknesses, and, as many of you guessed, the gaming culprit here is not me - it's the boyfriend. Over many years, I've finally learned there are some things you just can't change about your partner - so you have to accept them.

Anyway, since my original question was edited, I can understand some of the confusion over my question. The reason we don't like the tv over the fireplace is two-fold (1) the bad viewing angle and (2) the aesthetics - just don't like the way it looks and would prefer to have a great piece of art there. Also, I understand it can be challenging to deal with all the wires and connections from that position, although I've never tried it myself. Also, in my original question, i did mention that there are two additional entries to the family room from the front of the house - one through the front hallway and one through the kitchen, so guests would not need to enter the family room through the kitchen. Therefore, one option is to remove the columns and put up a wall, but this would only be as a final resort.

I really appreciate all of the great ideas and am definitely going to give them a lot of thought before making a decision. We actually are considering putting the gaming junk (oops did I say that) in another room and just have a smaller tv in the family room off to one side. If the moderators don't mind, I will take the suggestion to send a follow up with pics of the final decision (this will not be for several weeks since we are not moving until the end of the month). Thanks again!