A decorator’s secret is to enlarge and illuminate by adding mirrors. Mirrors make a room look 2-3 times its size while brightening the area with reflective light.
The Illusion of an Enlarged Space
You can add height and depth in any room using simple rules of physics.
You can create depth by placing furniture in front of a larger mirror. The mirror pulls your eyes into the reflective areas of the room’s decor, giving the illusion of depth. This is a terrific way to break up a small space and make it look deeper than it is.
Rooms with lower ceilings can be heightened with tall mirrors. The mirror’s height pulls the eye upward, creating the illusion of high ceilings. You can obtain this effect with thinner, tall mirrors or a mirrored wall.
Mirror installers can show you how to use height and depth illusion to make the room look spacious while adding elegance.
Adding Mirrors for Illumination
A room’s lighting sets the mode for the space. Dim lighting is romantic and gives a space a cozy feel. Rooms full of natural light offer an airy feel, calling you to spend time in them.
Placing mirrors opposite a window will reflect the window light throughout the space. The larger the mirror, the more illumination you achieve.
When using mirrors to illuminate a space, use a large mirror, not a group of smaller ones placed around the area. You want to enlarge and illuminate spaces by adding mirrors, not create a fun house effect.
Adding Mirrors to Other Spaces
Front rooms and bedrooms are the rooms most often decorated with mirrors. But mirrors can be used in any room. Any narrow area, dark spaces, or windowless rooms are great places to use mirrors. Today’s mirror installers use lasers to precision cut mirrors so they can be used in place of glass in cabinets as in the photo above. The mirrors enhance the cabinet and add a reflective surface for lighting.
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Dining Areas
Dining rooms are often window free or offer low lighting. Placing a mirror in a room to reflect beautiful light fixtures or a small chandelier will illuminate the space and add depth to a room that might otherwise be dark and feel small. Dining rooms are perfect for mirrors that are decorative or faceted. The mirrored options give the illusion of a window in a room that doesn’t have one. Various larger mirror options look like decorative windows perfect for a dining space.
Bathrooms
Bathrooms are the perfect place for a mirror. Use the mirror to reflect a stunning shower or tile design while increasing the light in the room. Add a dimmer switch to the bathroom, and you can recreate just about every light, which is wonderful for applying makeup. Improving the light in the bathroom also makes it safer!
Hallways
Turn your dim, narrow hallway into a captivating space with long mirrors to inspire a more welcoming area. This space is great for a fancier mirror with decorative edges or a mimicking window mirror.
Kitchens
Many kitchens are narrow, like a galley, or have poor lighting. A well-placed mirror will open the area up and provide much-needed light for cooking and congregating with family in the kitchen. The heart of your home should look spacious and airy!
Family Rooms and Gyms
What better place to have a mirror than in your home gym. Gyms are full of dark-colored equipment and chrome. While the equipment could use more light, the chrome offers interesting light-reflective places that a mirror can use to illuminate the area. The mirror allows you to improve your form and monitor your progress.
Dark woods and an earthier tone enhance a family room but can also diminish it. Dark surfaces soak up light and make it feel gloomy. Use one wall in the space as a focal point by adding a wall-size mirror. This will reflect the room’s natural light and make the area appear larger.
Properly Installing a Mirror
How you hang a mirror is just as important as its use. For safety, wall-size and larger mirrors need to be secured to the wall. Poorly suspended mirrors and ones leaning against a wall are hazards, especially for children, pets, and older adults. Use a professional mirror installer. Vlad’s Mirror and Glass offers a variety of mirrors and installation options. Let the expert mirror installers at Vlad’s help you choose a mirror to enlarge and illuminate a space in your home or office.
Enlarge and illuminate by adding mirrors. Their duality offers a huge variety of decorating ideas for any room. This functional and decorative home furnishing has great resale value. Everyone wants an expansive space with great lighting. Mirrors can provide that instantly!
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