![]() I love the look and it’s a huge improvement but the door and window placement make it impossible to use the fireplace as the focal point of the room! The key to decorating this room is the proportion of the furniture to the size of the room. I had marble-look porcelain tile installed over the brick hearth and around the firebox. To make the firebox look centered, we created a “niche” on the right side where the mantel is only 12″ deep. ![]() The flat-faced brick is completely hidden and the surround has a 20″ deep mantle and molding on the “legs.” The new surround/mantle has been centered over the firebox. Three years ago, I had the fireplace “faced” with millwork. ![]() When we bought the house 38 years ago, the rustic brick fireplace had a 2-foot deep hearth and only a 7-inch deep mantle. It’s actually set to the far right with the firebox off-centered to the left. The size is great but the placement of the fireplace makes decorating a challenge! The 9′ long fireplace isn’t centered on the wall. A chair should have, at the very least, a tiny shelf or table nearby. There should be no one-off chairs or seating. In any case, the key point is that your furniture groupings should relate to each other. And in a very larger room, you may need more than one center, which in effect means creating zones. Two notable exceptions: in a very small room, you may have a central composition and still have all the pieces against the walls. A bureau under a window, a desk in an alcove, a table between two columns, etc. Once you have your central cluster (which doesn’t have to be in the literal center of the room), you can then place accents outside the central arrangement and have them relate to an architectural detail instead. The goal is to have the pieces relate to each other, like a cohesive collection, rather than decorating the perimeter of the room. In most average sized rooms, you’ll want to establish a ‘center’ and bring most of the furniture into that space, which often means pulling the seating and tables away from the walls. In the bedroom, the headboard will likely be your focal point and in the dining room a china cabinet or buffet with dramatic decor. We used an “L” shaped couch to face both focal points, but placed the TV lower, over an understated console, to allow the mantel to attain prominence. In our family room, we have a stately fireplace with gilded mirror above, in addition to a large screen TV on an adjacent wall. Once the focal point is selected, everything should be arranged in its direction and for the sake of balance, it’s best not to have other pieces fighting for attention.īut what happens when you have more than one natural focal point? In that case it’s best to choose one as more dominant and downplay the other to maintain harmony in the space. Where no natural focal point exists, you can create one intentionally with a fabulous piece of art or with shelving and the like. It might be a fireplace, a television, or a large window with a great view. ![]() Every room should have a focal point, toward which the furniture is oriented.
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