Although the speakers will stick out a bit, guess they will just be furniture accents...lol.
The speakers will take up a fair amount of space as they're 15" deep and you will need a few inches of space behind them as well. But like you said, they will be furniture accents....especially if you go for a set of Custom Wood Vassallo's or Custom Vinyl
High Gloss Cherry M60 VP150 QS8 Open for Auditions but please don't drool on the High Gloss