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STEP THREE: FIREPLACE ON THE SCENE?
Skip to the next Design Step if there is no fireplace in the vicinity of the television.
Our design drawings will help you to find the optimal location for your television. We will develop design drawings for the various different locations that are likely candidates. The decision will be driven, in part, by the spaces you have available beside the fireplace, and the size of the television you wish to fit, now and in the future. But first, to help you to decide which is best for you, view the examples that are linked below. Then, in the next Design Step, we will separately address the options of (a) freestanding furniture and (b) built-in cabinetry. In the case of the former, we recommend that we design the cabinetry so that, in the future, you can re-orient the cabinet and/or the television.
Here are the most popular television locations and orientations, with links to photographed examples:
A. TV over the mantel (Jochem, Jewell, Berger, Priebel, Eckels, Morreale).
B. TV beside the fireplace, in a free-standing cabinet (Cesario).
C. TV beside the fireplace, in built-in cabinetry (Corsi, Wolfe, Santilli, McCarthy).
D. TV on side, wall perpendicular to the fireplace (Santilli-original).
For Options A, B and C, we typically develop designs that provide left/right symmetry, with matching cabinets on the left and right sides of the fireplace. This can be achieved even if the television cabinet is angled, while the opposite cabinet is parallel to the fireplace wall.