Can I hang a TV over a fireplace?
If you follow certain rules and placement methods, you will be able to create not only a beautiful, but also a safe design that will attract all the attention.
Pros and Cons Table
Let’s consider the most popular opinions of designers about the relevance of such a solution.
Not all fireplace models are suitable for placing a TV over them. Such a combination does not quite meet safety regulations, since due to the warm air coming from the fireplace, television equipment gets very hot and this has a negative effect on its service life.
The glare of the fire can draw attention to itself and distract from watching TV.
A TV panel placed too high causes inconvenience and discomfort when watching.
Your neck gets stiff. TV is often watched either from a bed or a sofa, and by placing the TV above the fireplace we shift the viewing angle and this significantly affects the convenience of viewing. This solution is both harmful to health and simply inconvenient.
For some models, the viewing angle significantly affects the quality of the image.
Types of fireplaces
There are several varieties:
- Electric fireplace. It is a regular electric heater made in the form of a fireplace. This model imitates a live flame and heats the room.
- Biofireplace. This type does not require the installation of a chimney. It runs on special biofuel that does not emit harmful substances and odors.
- Wood-burning. A real hearth that requires heating with wood. A wood-burning fireplace emits natural heat and requires a separate place to store logs.
- False fireplace. A decorative false fireplace is a design solution that will perfectly suit the decoration of any interior.
Various models of fireplaces allow you to choose the most suitable option, both for the design of a country cottage, a wooden house, and for a city apartment. They undoubtedly become the most beautiful and memorable element of decor, giving the room more coziness and at the same time spectacularity.
The photo shows a small living room with a plasma TV placed above a white false fireplace.
Photo in the interior of the apartment
Examples of the design of various rooms.
Living room
The combination of a TV with a fireplace is quite common in the living room. This tandem allows you to fill the room with a special coziness and contribute to a pleasant quiet and calm evening with family or friends.
Bedroom
Devices that are harmoniously combined in color and design will make the bedroom more comfortable and fill the atmosphere with uniqueness and warmth.
The photo shows a black plasma TV above a bio-fireplace in the bedroom interior.
Dining room
A TV located above the fireplace, opposite the dining table or on a free wall is a win-win option for the dining room, which provides an opportunity combine a comfortable pastime with watching your favorite TV shows or movies.
How to place a TV and fireplace?
The most popular types of placement.
In a plasterboard niche
A built-in fireplace and TV are often placed in a specially designed plasterboard niche. By placing the TV screen in a separate recess, you can also protect it from heating and the effects of the heat flow coming from the fireplace.
Corner
This corner design allows you to save space as much as possible and use the usable area rationally, which will be especially useful in the design of small rooms.
On one wall
Options for placement on one wall:
- Horizontal fireplace under the TV. This arrangement allows you to save as much usable space as possible and leave other walls in the room free for decoration with various design elements.
- Offset arrangement. To ensure that such an arrangement does not look asymmetrical and the wall does not seem empty, it is very important to think through the composition, design, size and shape of the devices.
A well-thought-out arrangement of the TV with a fireplace below, taking into account the size of the room and the overall interior design, will allow you to create a truly harmonious composition.
On opposite walls
This placement is not the best, since the flames reflected in the TV screen can interfere with viewing. However, this will be considered a personal choice of each.
On adjacent walls
This option is the most successful. A TV installed opposite the sofa and a fireplace located to the side form two functional zones that do not distract from each other.
Built-in furniture
A TV and fireplace built into a cabinet, rack, wall or furniture structure with shelves on the sides will become an interesting accent and a functional and practical decorative element that does not overload the overall appearance of the room.
The photo shows a living room in light colors with a TV and a wood-burning fireplace with white cabinets on the sides.
Hidden
If the TV does not match the interior and does not go with the fireplace, the TV panel can be hidden in a special niche with sliding doors or with the help of other camouflage systems that can not only hide the plasma, but also become an excellent wall decoration.
Ideas in different styles
Decorative ideas for popular styles solutions.
Provence
The original, unique and at the same time elegant and multifaceted Provencal design requires a special approach to decoration. Flat elegant TVs above a false fireplace, bio-fireplace or wood-burning hearth, with a fireplace area in light colors, decorated with natural and eco-friendly materials will become the main component of the French style.
Modern
A flat-screen TV and an electric fireplace with a strict and laconic design will perfectly complement a rational and maximally functional modern interior.
The photo shows a TV above an electric fireplace in the interior of a kitchen made in a modern style.
Classic
For a refined classic style, a TV of a strict shape or a TV model framed with a baguette, molding or stucco, placed above a U-shaped fireplace faced with wood, marble or granite, will be appropriate.
Loft
A modern TV and fireplace will be an unusual solution for a loft, which will allow you to go beyond the usual and look at the design in a completely new way.
The photo shows a loft style living room with a modern TV above the fireplace, located on a brick wall.
Recommendations for placement from professionals
Some practical tips:
- It is advisable to place the TV screen at a height of 150 to 170 cm above the floor plane. This figure is the most optimal for modern plasmas with a diameter of up to 42 inches.
- In order to protect the TV from heat and heating, it can be hung in a special niche made of wall panels and plasterboard or a wide mantelpiece can be installed.
- If the fireplace is not large, then the best option would be to place TV panel at a convenient height to the side of the fireplace.
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