Design Tips
5 Elegant Ways to Decorate Your Home with Mirrors
Incorporating mirrors to your decor will brighten up a space, add an elegant charm to your design, and can make a room appear and feel larger. Wall mirrors, large floor mirrors, mirrored furniture, and mirrored accessories can change your room dramatically. It is important to keep the mirrors to a tasteful minimum because too many mirrors can make your home resemble a carnival funhouse. Here are 5 ways to decorate your home with mirrors.
*Mirror opposite of a window to reflect and maximize natural lighting.
Place a mirror opposite of a window to maximize natural lighting. Natural lighting helps brighten up a small room and adding mirrors will reflect more light into the room and also open up the space.
*Mirrored furniture, such as sideboards or end tables.
Decorating with mirrored furniture, such as sideboards or end tables, adds another unexpected dimension to the room. A mirrored sideboard can also open up a small dining room area. Mirrored end tables or nightstands reflect any color or pattern that’s already in the space, enhancing and highlighting your design style.
*Mirrored accessories, like a mirrored tray.
To create a touch of elegance in your design style, display mirrored accessories, like mirrored trays, flower vases, or sculptures on any smooth surface. Styling your coffee table, bookcase, or console table with even just one mirrored accessory brings a fragile yet charming appeal.
*Exhibit framed wall mirrors in place of wall art.
Hang framed wall mirrors as a work of art. A collage of mirrors on a wall can be a fun and eclectic touch to your decor. Play with the color of the frames or the shapes of the mirrors for a quirky and interesting display.
*Be mindful of what your mirrors will reflect.
Don’t forget to be aware of the things that your mirror will reflect. For example, if your mirror is opposite of a window that brings in plenty of natural lighting, but the window view is of the backyard where you keep your garbage and recycling bins. As the sunsets, you will have two clear views of the garbage bins. Or if your large floor mirror is reflecting a bare wall, consider enhancing that reflection with a bright wall paint color, beautiful wallpaper, or a framed art piece.
