Roma Corner TV Unit: fitting 100 x 45 x 55cm into a corner

Corner positions are where television furniture usually goes wrong, because the piece is measured against a wall and then asked to sit across two of them. The Roma Corner TV Unit is listed at 100 x 45 x 55cm, with no other written detail, so the useful thing to do here is turn that one line into a measuring job you can actually carry out.

Measuring a corner rather than a wall

Take the two walls that form your corner and mark 100cm along one of them from the angle. A piece 45cm deep standing square across a right-angled corner needs roughly 45cm clear on each wall before the front edge starts cutting into the room, and its front corners will sit further forward than people expect. Mark the footprint on the floor with tape and leave it there for a day before you order; corners are where skirting boards, radiators and a swinging door all turn up at once.

One thing the listing does not settle: whether the back is cut at an angle to sit flush into a corner, or whether this is a rectangular piece intended to stand diagonally. Those two need different measurements, so ask us which it is. Note too that the supplier code on this listing reads ROMA-TOP/MIRROR-B, which is not shaped like the codes on the other Roma television pieces, so it is worth confirming the exact item at the same time. The three figures are unlabelled as well, so everything here reads them as 100cm wide, 45cm deep and 55cm high; have us confirm which is which while you are on the phone.

What a 55cm top does to the screen height

Seated eye level on an ordinary sofa is usually around 100cm to 110cm from the floor. Put a screen on a 55cm top and the middle of the picture lands close to that, which is the comfortable arrangement: no tilting your head up, no looking down. The number to check is your own screen's stand height, because that is added to the 55cm, not included in it.

How much television the top takes

What matters is not the diagonal size of the screen but the span of its feet or the width of its pedestal base. Many screens have feet set close to the outer edges, so a set wider than the 100cm top can leave a foot hanging. Measure foot to foot, outside to outside, and compare it with 100cm. If it will not sit, wall mounting over the unit is the other route, and the socket position is worth checking at the same time.

What the listing leaves open

There is no cable opening mentioned, no shelf or drawer count, no finish, no colour and no weight. None of that means the piece lacks them; it means the description does not say. The photographs on the Roma Corner TV Unit page carry most of that information, and we can check the rest by phone before you order.

The other Roma television options

If the corner turns out to be awkward, the Roma TV Unit 120cm is listed at 120 x 45 x 55cm, and the Roma TV Unit With Heater is wider again at 150 x 44 x 56cm. A Roma Pedestal 33 fills the gap beside a sofa. Everything else is listed under Mirrored Furniture.