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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Family room where the only place to put a TV is over the fireplace.[/quote]

Hold on - THAT ^^^ is a deal breaker for you?  [/quote]

PP isn't the only one! I HATE TVs over the fireplace. And we watch enough TV that not having someplace else to put it would make this if not a dealbreaker, a real downside.

Lack of sidewalks and/or not walkable would be an actual dealbreaker for me. Walking is my main form of exercise and it's how I decompress, and not being able to step out my door and walk would make me miserable.[/quote]

+1 hate it! You have to look up so high, it’s uncomfortable. And the TV has to be really small. Plus it looks so tacky.[/quote]

No it doesn’t. It’s 2021. Ppl watch TV. Big deal[/quote]

That's the point - I like watching TV and I want the TV to have a good place to go, where it'll be enjoyable to watch. I don't want it to feel like I just stuck it in the only available spot and who cares if it's uncomfortable and ugly there.

We actually live on a busy street - yeah I know - but have a nice quiet room in the back where we have some comfortable couches, and the TV at eye level for when we're sitting on them. I enjoy the privacy of not watching TV in a room in the front of the house - I don't like feeling on display when we're vegging out - and I like that we can look straight ahead, not up, to watch.

I'm sure you get used to staring above the fireplace! I just don't like it, and a house would have to be pretty fantastic for me to get that setup.[/quote]

I hate it too.  And I hate that our recently purchased house has an HDMI port above it.  We were able to hide it with a mirror but it was tough to find.

I love a good fireplace and I want the mantle to be seasonally decorated and cozy.  A TV does not do that[/quote]

I think a tv above the fireplace is just about the most god-awful thing ever.  Who wants a television to be the focal point of the room?  We have a fireplace in our family room and in our living room. They are beautiful.  And I keep the mantle decorated as well.  Our television is in the family room inside a built in cabinet that closes when we aren’t watching television. [/quote]

The only people I know who have TV’s over their mantle either a) grew up on TV and truly can’t live without it, therefore it really is the centerpiece of their house or B) don’t care for interior design. There are so many more interesting ways to stage your home but it’s convenient and some people just don’t care. [/quote]

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