Are your walls empty and you don't know how to decorate them? Wall mirrors are a great tool to do this. Not only will help to reflect the light, visually enlarging and illuminating the room, but they will add style to the walls and allow you to put the focus on your favorite furniture.
Wall mirrors are essential in the bathroom and very practical in the bedroom and even in the hall to put on accessories or fix our hair before leaving home. But, in addition, they are a fantastic decorative element when properly chosen. And it is that each type of mirror that we talk about today will give your home a very different style.
Why decorate the walls with mirrors?
We have many ways to decorate the walls, so why choose a mirror or a set of mirrors to do it? There are both practical and decorative motifs to incorporate a decorative mirror in a room. And not one, not two, not three ...
- Visually expand spaces. Placing mirrors in strategic places will help you give more depth to the spaces.
- Help maximize natural light. A good use of natural light can lead to significant savings in electricity bills. In addition, maximizing natural light will help make interior spaces more attractive.
- They allow to reflect furniture and details. Do you have a piece of furniture that you want to highlight? A decorative detail that you want to give greater prominence to? Use a mirror to make it possible to see it from different angles.
- They are practical to give us the final touches before leaving home. In the bathroom, in the bedroom or in the hall, the mirrors allow us to give ourselves the go-ahead.
Types of wall mirrors
There are many types of wall on the market in terms of shape, size and style. Today, however, we focus on trends, in the fashionable wall mirrors to decorate the interiors of our home, reserving a small area for the classics, those that never go out of style.
With wooden or bamboo frames
Accessories made with natural materials have gained prominence in our homes in the last decade. It is not a coincidence; they are durable and make our home a warmer and more welcoming place. We are talking about wood, bamboo and vegetable fibers such as raffia, rattan or jute.
Mirrors contemporary design, clean lines, rounded shapes and a wooden or bamboo frame are the new trend to decorate modern and minimalist spaces. They are also perfectly integrated into natural and Nordic-style environments, placed on a chest of drawers, a console or a dressing table.
However, if what you are looking for is provide a bohemian atmosphere to the room, the sun mirrors are a guarantee. These, along with others with cannage details, are ideal for decorating empty walls and bringing coherence to a room with jute rugs, wooden stools or rattan baskets.
Round, minimalist style
Round mirrors are very popular today. Those without a frame or with discreet frames like the ones in the image are always a good choice for decorate hallways and bathrooms with a minimalist character. Placed on a piece of furniture, they stand out by letting the wall breathe.
Round wall mirrors can be traditionally anchored to the wall. But you will also find designs that hang from a chain, rope, or leather strap. The latter are especially interesting to decorate spaces in which you want to highlight the verticality or to which you want to provide a vintage and retro style.
Oversized classics
The large gilt mirrors they are able to fill a wall on their own. They are also very useful if we want to draw attention to a specific point, be it in the living room, dining room, bedroom or bathroom. Carved, they are especially elegant, perfect to print sophistication in the environment.
Un classic living room with high ceilings, plaster moldings and fireplace, constitutes the perfect setting to place this type of mirrors. It is also common to find them decorating large hallways or passageways. They are usually placed over the fireplace or a wooden chest of drawers, well hung well supported on it.
Venetian mirrors
Venetian mirrors are mirrors with a long history. Different companies based in Murano continue to manufacture today, as they did in the past, these mirrors so characteristic for possessing in addition to the moon, a mirror frame also which is usually decorated with engraved floral motifs.
If you want to add sparkle and a touch of glamor Venetian mirrors are always a good alternative to any room in the house. Place them on a dresser in the hall, over the fireplace in the living room or in the bathroom to add a vintage touch to it. Go for a single large mirror or create a set of smaller mirrors to reinforce the vintage style.
Retro Inspired Sets
The sets of small mirrors with a retro air have great decorative power. You can combine them in different sizes and shapes, thereby achieving a very striking set that will visually expand the space. It is not easy, but you can be inspired by the following images to know how to do it.
Use them in the dining room together with botanical prints that enhance their retro air. Create a nice corner in the living room with an antique armchair, a side table and a set of mirrors. Or put them in the wall of the dining room or above the sofa, horizontally following the direction of the table and the sofa.
Do you like the idea of decorating your empty walls with wall mirrors?