If you look at most living rooms, every chair and sofa is oriented towards the television – a bit like a high-tech Stonehenge. If Sydney was buried by some sudden disaster, then dug up in 1000 years, archeaologists would announce that 21st-century society worshipped a box.
It’s a mistake to turn your home into a shrine to anything. Its star value began in the days when just possessing a TV was a status symbol but these days owning a home cinema is nothing out of the ordinary. The television needs to be put in its place.
In the old days the TV had modest proportions but it has grown scarily big. These days, 200cm screens are commonplace. Proportion and scale are everything in design and the TV is not exempt. Don’t let a screen dominate any room unless it’s a purpose-built cinema). If it’s in a living room, move your chairs into a sociable arrangement with each other. Don’t let them look as though they are paying home to the screen.
Aim to make your TV a seamless part of the décor, without actually hiding it away. The stylish way to dealwith a screen is to make it inconcspicuous. Treat it as you would any object – as part of your design, not something separate from it.
THE RULES
- Don’t let your TV take over your life or your home.
- Manage the cables.
- Set up a little cabinets underneath to accommodate all your DVD players and set-up boxes.
- Call an electrician: you need some serious power points installed in this corner of the room.
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