How to Use Mirrors to Create Space
Sunday, May 31st, 2009Tests have proven that home-owners who have mirrors dotted around their house tend to be more confident and get on better in life. As well as helping to improve your self-confidence, mirrors help you with interior decorating issues, particularly if you don’t have much space.
Decorating experts will advise you to use a free standing mirror if you want to give the illusion of having more space or room. If you have a space that’s not as spacious as you might like it to be and you are not thrilled at the idea of breaking partitions or changing all the furnishings with something that should make the area appear wider, a few whole-wall mirrors might very well do the trick. By reflecting the complete room, mirrors give the effect that there is double the room available.
But, you can’t just go placing mirrors anywhere. Mirrors will not do any good if large pieces of furniture are blocking the mirrors, for example. Select a wall that will give people fewer opportunities to see their reflections because this would reduce the illusion of space you’re wanting to create – opposite some good oak bookcases might prove an ideal location.
Of course, mirrors come built-in with some pieces of household furniture in some rooms – vanity sinks, for instance, will come with a mirror which will add to the sense of space.
To create the best illusion of extra space, study how the room is layed out and identify those parts of it that are not likely to be opposite where people will sit. Remember that the mirrors need not cover the entire wall surface, just the entire height. If you do it right, your floor-to-ceiling mirrors can create the illusion that there are passages into other rooms, building the effect of spaciousness.