Built in and Coffered Ceiling
We are building a custom home. The living room is open concept with the fireplace on the wall with the 10 ft doors to the porch.
Hubby told builder not to take built-in to the ceilings because he thought it would be too busy with the coffered ceiling.
The ceilings are 10ft and I feel like the built-in piece is not in line with the grandeur of the room and should go to the ceiling. (The overall piece will shift the right and become taller, wider and deeper with a connecting beam all across the back wall so everything “blends”.)
Design thoughts? PLEASE HELP!
Comments (17)
PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoOkay for starters TV cabinets have gone the way of the dodo they limit size of TV and what are you planning on putting on all those shelves ?There are so many ways to configure a wall for a TV and some storage and some displat this is honestly not built in and not very imaginative at all Both of these ideas would be more interesting and would work with the ceiling
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PROKB Design +
4 years agoUser
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
PROVirgil Carter Fine Art
4 years ago
Olychick
4 years agoIf you do as KB Designs suggests and line it up with the coffer lines when you extend the TV portion, it will look so much better. If you don't want to take it to the ceiling, (which usually looks better when something is actually built-in), perhaps raise the top of the section over the tv, so the height is staggered, as well as increasing the depth of that unit so it's deeper than the sides. I'd also widen the whole unit so you don't have to figure out what to put in the spaces on the sides.
It seems it should be no one's business what you intend to put on the shelves.
Olychick
4 years agoI couldn't edit my post, but I see now that it looks like it is varying
depths. Also, you could also consider an asymmetrical unit with more
bookcases on the left, while centering the larger opening under the
coffer lines.
PRODebbi Washburn
4 years agoI think this is difficult since if you do build it taller to the ceiling but leave it positioned as such it won't look right with the tv area not being centered on the coffer recess.. can you move it over?
I'm not so sure you really get the sense of a "built-in" since it really is more of a freestanding piece visually..
I also feel like there is normally some sort of soffit created for the depth of the built-ins. Not sure how you can integrate this without redoing the coffer and the molding.
Here's some pics I found ; one touching and one not.
Hope this helps a little!
I do also like the 2 depths - adds something nice to the design...
Good luck - Do a lot of doodling before committing to a new plan
PROPPF.
4 years agoThis was posted in a duplicate thread.
@Virgil -- I wonder if the spacing is even in front of the fireplace, but the bay to its right is different?
- PRO
User
4 years agoConsider just doing a built in console from wall to wall. No upper section at all. You disconnect it from the ceiling entirely. And leave yourself walls for artwork and mounting the TV as just one element of a whole gallery wall ensemble.
jmm1837
4 years ago
PROMark Bischak, Architect
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PROCharles Ross Homes
4 years agolafdr
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
Beth H. :