A lot of decorating choices are subjective — they require trusting your gut and following your personal taste. But others are clearer cut, such as deciding which size television is appropriate for a space. According to interior designers, there is actually a right answer to that particular question, which can be found via a simple mathematical formula.
1. Start by measuring the distance from the wall where you plan to hang your television to the spot you plan to sit while watching it.
2. Convert that distance from feet to inches.
3. Now divide by two to arrive at the correct size screen for your room. For example, if the distance from your wall to your couch is 120 inches, then your television should be approximately 60 inches. (Television screens are measured on the diagonal.)
TJ Monahan, founder of Designed Happy, an architecture and interior design firm in Kensington, Md., also advises paying close attention to how high up you install the TV. “You want it to be as close to eye-level [while viewing] as possible,” he says. “Most of the TVs that are on a wall are probably hung too high.”
The further away the couch is, the less awkward a too-high screen will be to watch, but ultimately, he says you’ll start to feel like you’re “in the front row of the movie theater.”
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