Behind the Design: Why Material Testing Matters
Talie Jane Interiors
August 31, 2026
Talie Jane Interiors®
A home without a television is like a castle in the clouds — it exists only in fairy tales. And that’s only a slight overstatement. The Nielsen Company reports that 96.7 percent of U.S. homes have television sets. In my experience, I can’t recall a single instance in which one of our clients designed a home without the television’s location in mind. This reality creates design challenges as home designers consider room orientation with the competing possible focal points of exterior views, fireplaces and televisions.
In the End, It’s Your Home
The optimum television viewing height does not need to be the overriding factor as you design your primary viewing area, but you absolutely should understand what the optimum viewing height is: the viewer’s eyes to the dead center of the television.
With that understanding, you can weigh the importance of a good television viewing height with other factors, such as the design style of your space.
It’s a choice you will have to make, unless you happen to be one of the rare few living without a television in that castle in a cloud.
Article published on Houzz.com
