Let’s keep the conversation going once more on Bed and Bath ideas, by pondering this question.
Do you have a TV in the master bedroom?
Oh, I am guilty of this one. We have had a TV in our bedroom since day one of our marriage 5 years ago and I can’t imagine NOT having it in there, but I know there are many differing opinions on this one. And I’d like to say that the doors stay shut most of the time, but that’s not true either. Usually they are wide open for viewing.
So, what do YOU think? Yay or Nay, TV viewing at your fingertips or do you prefer to keep the bedroom null and void of the big black monster, therefore creating a sanctuary?
I’m still counting the days (4 to be exact!) until I leave for the ranch! Can you tell I’m just a little bit excited about all of this? We’ll be filming a video segment talking all about Bed and Bath ideas and I hope to use some of my reader’s comments for this one. Even if you can’t go with me, you’ll all be with me in spirit and of course, I’ll share all the fun when I return.
Head on over to the Putting it All Together page for more on this subject from the other girls who getting in on the discussion.
For years I said no on this but right now we are looking into putting a small flatscreen on the wall. I just want something so on days when the kids are sick, they can lie in my bed and watch cartoons and the whole house doesn’t become and infirmary! We don’t watch a lot of tv, but it would be nice to cozy down and watch it in bed now and then.
I know you aren’t supposed to watch TV before bed, but we do every night. It is the only time of day my husband and I can hang out, relax, and unwind after a stressful day. I saw make it work with your decor and also find a TV that is as pretty as a vase! Spend the extra money to get a TV that is attractive. My dream, of course, would be to have a remote controlled TV encasement in an antique chest. I have seen custom made ones online and they look so cool…just a bit pricey.
I say, life is too short -if you want the TV in the room, do it!
Oh, guilty as charged! We have a tv hidden in the bedroom hutch, but it doesn’t have cable on it. The news is always on in the morning and sometimes at night (when I’m really lucky) we can watch deadliest catch! Past though, it’s not used very much.
We, too, have a tv in our bedroom. Have for 18 years. we have it in a cabniet as well but the doors don’t fold back so my husband took them odd a few years ago after the kids bang their heads on them on e too many times. 🙂 We are gettin a small flat screen soon so the doors can go back on the cabniet and all will look good again.
We’ve always had a TV in our MBR & I don’t think I could be without it!
We call ours “The Marriage Saver 9000.” We love each other truly, madly, deeply, but do not like to watch the same programs. I usually watch tv at night while working on the computer or ironing. I need something going on in the background. It may not be pretty, but we need it.
Same for me. We have always had a TV in the bedroom and we always will. I love to have some ME time, relaxing in the cushy bed watching completely fluff TV.
We’ve been married 26 years and haven’t had a TV in the bedroom. I like peace and quiet in the bedroom and so does hubby.
…of course you should have one IF you want one …and everyone who sleeps there is happy with the idea…but for me …no…bed is where i read…and a tv would drive me crazy…
I’ve always said the bedroom is for the two “s’es”. No TV! But…. after our remodel we had an extra tv and an empty wall in the bedroom so we now have a tv in there, in an armoire so I don’t have to look at it. We rarely watch it as I could throw every tv away in our home and not miss them. Occasionally the kids will gather on our bed and watch a movie though.
I am very against tv’s in my kids rooms though. Hopefully I won’t eat my words someday.
NAY, NAY, NAY!
My husband keeps saying we’ll have a TV in the bedroom someday, but I completely disagree. I want the bedroom to be ours and I want it to force us to spend time together. When we watch TV together the whole evening can pass by after the kids have gone to bed, and we have not even said a word to each other. It is so frustrating and we both agree on that point!
Unfortunately, we already have the computer in our bedroom because my husband doesn’t think it will look good in our living space. I hate the computer being in the room, but I will hold my ground on the TV.
When we travel and there is a TV in the hotel room, I hate that it is turned on the whole time we’re in there. It would just drive me crazy if a TV were in my room!
For the first 20 years we were married, no TV in the bedroom. When we moved into our new home, 7 years ago, we put a TV in an Armoire, in our room.
We didn’t have one, in our room, at our lake place until a little over a year ago, when we bought a flat screen for the living room and moved the old one into our room.
The bedroom the g’kids use, at the lake, has always had a TV, in a cute little louvered door armoire. The doors stay closed unless they are there.
I say Yay to the TV in the bedroom. A few years ago when I had a foot injury and spent a little time with my foot up, in bed…it was nice to have the TV in the room. Most of the time during the day we listen to the radio. The TV comes on around 7 or 8pm.
NO THANKS!! Had it in our bedroom for ten years…then I asked my husband if I could try it for a month without it! That was 6 years ago and we’ve never had it back since! It’s much more peaceful and calm, PLUS when we’re on vacation it’s kind of fun having the TV at our bed in the hotel room – like it was a special treat!
We have a TV in our bedroom as the second TV. On Sunday afternoons, especially during the winter months when my husband wants to watch sports, I like to go upstairs and get all comfy cozy and watch old movies. It is my getaway time before I have to face the work week. My husband watches The Weather Channel every morning while he is getting dressed – I think that is a guy thing, having to know what the weather for the day is. Other than this we don’t actually watch it at bedtime, which I think is the big “no no” for relationships.
Rhoda- I don’t see a think wrong with having a tv in the master bedroom. (Children’s rooms are a different story) I think there’s no problem with a television, but how it is used that could cause conflict. If a couple is cozied up watching a movie in bed is an entirely different scenario than a substitute for conversation. Obviously it’s everyone’s opinion for themselves, but I truly don’t mind a tv as long as it’s not over used.
We’ve been married for 38 years and we’ve never had a TV in our bedroom. We watch TV in the den and there’s a TV in the computer room, too. It’s not a problem for us.
For most of my childhood we did not have a TV. When I got married 10 years ago we never purchased one. About 3 years ago my brother gave us his antiquated TV that we keep in the basement. Occasionally we watch a movie on that. As for our household its just a waste of time there are so many other things to do expecially in the bedroom. 🙂
Nay for us. We don’t find watching TV together to be time well invested in us with our busy lives, so we keep it out of the bedroom. Occasionally we’ll want to watch a movie together and we’ll bring the laptop into our bedroom to do so, but it’s usually because I know I’m going to fall asleep during it so I might as well be lying in bed!
Yep, have a tv in a beautiful Armoire directly across from the bed. I seldom watch television in bed, but my husband (who gets up very early for work) often watches the 9:00 pm news or the end of a baseball game in there. I don’t believe it’s ever been a hindrance to our marriage or serenity though I am aware that the experts in this field say otherwise. 🙂
Yes – we have a t.v. in our bedroom and we both really like it there. It can still be a sanctuary if need be 🙂