I still stand by my response.
There are several who seem to agree with me.
If you really really need that big a tv to SEE it, or as one poster said, binoculars, still say get your eyes fixed.
I wear glasses. I have a 20 inch in a room and sit 15 feet away.
That's the bonus room. The living room I sit 22 feet away from a 25" tv. I see the tv just fine.
You can't possibly watch all four corners of an 82" tv, that is like trying to watch out the front, sides and back of your vehicle ALL at once.
My response was NOT silly, and this is NOT the forum to place this thread. There is NOTHING "frugal" about buying an 82" OR BIGGER TV, simply put.
Frugal is my $95 20" flat screen tv as far away as the opposit wall. I can see fine, with my glasses. Even without my glasses its a big wad of fuzz i'll grant you, but i can make it out. But my corrective lenses allows me to see it fine.
Let me put it this way also, at my work I am 50' away from the lobby great room tv, and can see it just fine. It is a 40" tv. May even be only 36".
50' away, folks.
Again, I was not being silly, but serious.
And YOU certainly didn't butt heads with those who said the room is too "bare" and " needs to be filled with art and heirlooms". It does lack something besides a big screen tv. The color could be changed, for example. Taupe is so yesterday and bland unless you add pops of color. The seating area, being all white, is sterile looking, and adds to the blandness of the room. That givss you two bland neutral colors. A few splashes of colored throws and throw pillows, maybe a bold colorful area rug would help, in accent colors.
You do have room it looks like for a pool table, ONLY IF you have need for one. NOT needing one but buying ond is also NOT FRUGAL. A nice sitting 3 piece cafe or bistro set would be nice near the window, for sipping your afternoon tea, coffe, soda, for example.
A nice area sized rug under it and you can sit and watch the wildlife go by. Seriously.
That is what we will do in one corner of the 10' by 24' atrium.
The room should/ could/ would have looked nice with a fireplace, or did i miss it? I'll have to look at it again.
You said the area behind the sofas is bare, so get a long sofa table, add some colorful larger vases, with some accent flora in them and some family photos.
You do havean empty pallet and can do so much to make it " feel homey".
All that can be done for about $500-700 dollars I'd you are frugal. The bistro set can be had for $100-150. The two 9x 12 area rugs are about $150 each. The cases, cheap at target or wally world, $50 for 2 or 3. Dried floea at a craft store about $25. Franes fir tge photos $1 each at Dollar tree. Might even find the vases there too.
Good luck filling it.
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. I like the minimalist look... Too much clutter just makes it look messy.
