A How to Guide: Decorating with Mirrors
Posted by Eric Morgan on 27th Jun 2014
Upscale home style and decor is easy to achieve with the addition of mirrors and tasteful decor.
- Vintage – Play up vintage styles by transforming every-day objects, such as old doors with custom mirrors. This helps add a personalized touch to homes, integrating stylish decor seamlessly throughout rooms.
- Modern – For an instant modern flair, consider using mirrored wall panels set at different depths to create a textured wall mirror panel. This looks superb paired with vintage and eclectic decors, black and white paisley bedding and vibrant orange pillows.
- Elegant – Mirrors add elegance to simple or formal decors. Consider pairing a Venetian-style wall mirror with upscale, high-end materials, such as marble countertops or deep soaking tubs. Use calm colors in bathroom areas, such as soft grays that look stunning with silver wall mirrors and pewter accessories.
- Smoke – For the smoky mirror look, add mercury-glass panels to vintage-style rooms. This adds a hazy, unique reflection is that is picturesque and artistic.
- Pairings – Collections of framed convex mirrors pair well with more formal wall coverings, such as striped wall decor and vintage French bedding.
- Metallic – Embrace fashionable decor with vintage styles that reflect metallic colors. Whether it’s gold, silver or rubbed bronze finishes, these classic style metallic tones give any room an upscale style.
- Subtly – Vintage designs include faux-tortoiseshell mirrors. These making a stunning addition to chocolate brown walls, complimentary textured sofas and red accents.
- Scale – Go for an opulent style with elegant dining room decor that features an oversized wall mirror that leans against living room walls. Choose complimentary frames that enhance decor style.
- Pairs – To create a sense of balance in rooms, consider using pairs. Fireplaces look stunning flanked with matching tables, accessories, mirrors and a focal point above the fireplace that features a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork.
- Nature – Custom mirrors can incorporate bronzed branches and flower details. These create a unique focal point that works well with contemporary or more eclectic decor styles.
- Light Panels – Hang oversized narrow vertical mirrors in several sections, such as in threes or fives, to give the illusion that walls are open and airy. This embraces openness and gives the imagination the impression that rooms are twice as big.
- Focal Point – Consider adding details to a standard round frameless mirror. This may include adding driftwood sections or even deconstructed wine barrel panels, which arrange to create a starburst pattern.
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