Tips On Decorating Your Home With Mirrors

Decorating your home with mirrors is one of the best ways to enhance your living spaces. Believe it or not, mirrors can do wonders to your home!

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Be it enhancing your home interior design or making a room appear spacious and bright, mirrors play a key role in adding to your home décor.

While some people use mirrors only for their essential usage in bathrooms and wardrobes, most interior design tips recommend using mirrors beyond that. Apart from the “more” factor (more light, more space, more et al), mirrors also add a touch of elegance and class to your home. And it doesn’t call for a designer and huge budgets to adorn your home with mirrors; all it requires is a dash of creativity and of course, some glass!

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Read on to learn how to efficiently decorate your home using mirrors:

A basic rule is to place mirrors in such a way that they reflect an article which deserves more than just a look. For example, you may place mirrors in a living room in such a way that they give a pleasant reflection of a grand chandelier and add a warm ambience by reflecting its light as well. You could even place a mirror adjacent to a lovely painting, making it visible from different angles. However, avoid placing mirrors at a position where they reflect an empty wall or an awkward corner of your home.

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When choosing the type of mirrors, make sure that it compliments and goes with the décor and tone of your existing home. This pertains to various factors including the size of the room, the sizes and shapes of other decorative items in the room and also the focal object which you wish to highlight.

One of the most important tips on interior decoration with mirrors is to use mirrors of bigger sizes in small rooms. This will not only give the observer more to look at, it will also help create the illusion of a bigger room. Confined spaces can look and feel comfortably spacious when decked with large mirrors.

To try something different, you can place mirrors on unexpected objects like photo frames, window panes or even at the centre of a large dining table. This will help you create a unique and elegant ambience in your home.

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Another important home decoration tip is to be watchful of utility when decorating homes with mirrors. Though they can add a touch of class, mirrors are not suitable to be put in every corner of your home. Areas like store rooms walls and ceilings (in all rooms) are not recommended for placing mirrors. You should also avoid placing mirrors in spaces like bedrooms and kitchens.

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