5 Decorating Tips: Mirrors in Small Spaces

Mirrors are a great way to help make a small space appear larger. There are many different shapes, sizes, and styles of mirrors out there that help make them even more versatile to decorate with. By using mirrors as decorative elements they instantly polish a room with little effort and can do wonders to add elegance and drama to an area.
Mirrors can also serve as works of art. So whatever taste you prefer from modern to classic there’s pretty much a mirror for it.
That said, I’ve found some inspiring images of ways to decorate using mirrors that will definitely catch your eye. Why not use mirrors to help solve your small space design dilemma?
After all they help amplify light, expand walls and breaking up visual clutter!
I just wanted to point out that not all of these picture examples are from small spaces, just wanted to mention that. However, all the tips that are used in smaller spaces would also benefit big spaces as well.
1. Try using a large floor length mirror behind a piece of furniture:

The last thing you want is a large heavy mirror falling on you, even if mirrors are resting against the wall on the floor.
2. Mirrors behind a light source help work wonders:

3. Place a mirror by a window:

4. Try making a mirror wall:


The Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica (Kelly Wearstler)
The key is using multiple similar small mirrors (in the same way you would use picture paneling), using large panels of antiqued mirrors (this breaks up the reflection and reads almost more like art than a mirror), or framing the mirror with trim (this gives the mirror context rather than leaving you to figure out whether that’s really a wall or another room. In a fun-house that’s, well, fun, but in real life it can be disconcerting).
5. Incorporate a mirror into a salon style art wall, on a patterned wall, or into a shelf arrangement:

Hope that helps! If you’d like to add more ways to use mirrors in helping a small space seem larger please feel free to leave a comment!
-Images-
1. McDowell Mountain Ranch
3. Design Sponge
4. Image (1) Sanctuary Home
Image (2) Heap of Design
- Xoxo Jessica
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