4 Living Room TV Placement Tips to Always Follow

At first thought, choosing a location to place your TV can seem basic — won’t the perfect place merely present itself? The reality, however, is that finding the perfect spot can be a lot more involved than it first appears. Place your TV too low or too far from your seating area and trouble is sure to ensue. So how do you pick the perfect place? Easy — put the four tips ahead into play!

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Locate a Power source

While wall space will dictate where you place a TV, a power source will definitely have a say in the matter as well. Generally, a power cord will need to run between your TV and an electrical outlet. With that in mind, you’ll want to avoid placing your TV anywhere where it would be necessary to run the power cord across an open traffic area, or even down a long length of exposed wall.

Avoid sunlight glare

Just like designers recommend spot-checking potential paint colors throughout the day to see how different lights affect their color, spot-check how the sun will hit the spot where you intend to hang your TV. If a glare will exist for more than a few minutes a day, you may want to consider placing your TV somewhere where its picture won’t be affected by one.

Arrange it at Eye level

Watching TV is meant to be a passive activity, so don’t turn it into an active sport by hanging your TV too high, or placing it too low. If you’ve ever heard designers discouraging mounting a TV over a mantel, this is why. Mantels are generally stationed above eye level already, meaning that you and your family will forever be tipping your head backward when tuning in.

Line it Up with Seating

Talk of ergonomics and office furniture go hand-in-hand, so why shouldn’t they with TV viewing as well? This is all to say: try to place your TV directly in front of your main seating area in a room. Being required to turn your neck to watch TV, even subtly, can result in pinched nerves, fatigued muscles and the like.