WThe extent that a television literally takes on in life and living is usually only really revealed when a spatial change occurs: a couple moves in together, a family moves into a new apartment, a single person moves from an old building with high ceilings to a less expansive new building. And suddenly not only the dimensions of the new TV set, which may have just been bought full of euphoria, turn out to be large, but also the challenge it poses for the facility.
The now huge screens promise a special viewing experience and let films, football matches or concerts come into their own much better – if the positioning is right. “In the living room in front of the sofa, the average screen height should be around 1.10 meters, in the bedroom it should be positioned higher; otherwise neck pain can occur,” says Markus Berghausen, master carpenter based in Düsseldorf. For 25 years he has been developing individual furniture solutions for his customers, adapting cupboards to sloping ceilings, making wardrobes for narrow corridors, developing bedroom cupboards or finding the perfect place for the TV set. It also depends on unwanted reflections in the room. In order to avoid such, Berghausen deliberately relies on predominantly matt materials. Anyone who has ever been frightened by their own sudden reflection in the mirror knows why.