How to add style and creativity to your home with mirrors

An image featuring a living room with a large mirror.

The mirrors are one of the most elegant, fascinating, useful, but, sometimes, underestimated decorating elements. A mirror can be a real piece of art and an original furniture that can give charme, character, style and personality to every single room of an house. Another plus of using mirrors to decorate your home, is their ability to reflect light, to make a space look bigger, to dress up and to open up a room.

the use of mirrors enlarges the living room
the use of mirrors enlarges the living room

For all these reasons, the mirrors are the ideal design elements for the small spaces. On the market there is a huge variety of mirrors: with or without frame, rounded, rectangular, squared, with an antique and retro style or with a modern and contemporary design, with a traditional or with original shapes, elegant and rich or simple and minimalistic.

creative modern mirrors with rounded shapes
creative modern mirrors with rounded shapes
funny mirror shaped as a pair of glasses
funny mirror shaped as a pair of glasses
mirrors with colorful, minimalistic and funny shapes
mirrors with colorful, minimalistic and funny shapes
classy and elegant mirror with a baroque frame
classy and elegant mirror with a baroque frame
beautiful compositions of rectangular mirrors
beautiful compositions of rectangular mirrors
funny mirrors shaped as fishes
funny mirrors shaped as fishes
stunning mirrors with the shapes of leaves
stunning mirrors with the shapes of leaves

For this reason, a mirror can be integrated into any interior decoration style and it is really easy to find the perfect mirror that fits better with your home decor. There are many innovative ways to use mirrors to enhance the design and the architecture of your home. The mirrors, for example, are perfect in a tight hallway, in an entryway or in the staircases because they make the space seem bigger and wider and they create the illusion of depth and extra space.

Marvellous rectangular mirror installed in an entryway
Marvellous rectangular mirror installed in an entryway
Splendid Oval shaped mirror installed in an hallway
Splendid Oval shaped mirror installed in an hallway
amazing mirror with the shape of lips installed in a staircase
amazing mirror with the shape of lips installed in a staircase

Another perfect solution is to hang a mirror near the window: the room will seem bigger and brighter and you will create the illusion of additional windows.

geometric mirrors near the windows of a modern living room
geometric mirrors near the windows of a modern living room
beautiful rectangular wall mirror between two windows
beautiful rectangular wall mirror between two windows

Or you can install a mirror on a wall opposite a painting: in this way, it will enphasize better the importance of the painting. Another tip is to add a light behind  your mirror: you will create a really amazing effect

elegant bathroom with oval shaped mirror and neon light
elegant bathroom with oval shaped mirror and neon light

Mirrors are often installed in the living room, above pieces of furniture, such as over a table, over or behind the sofa, or over a fireplace.

colorful and original mirrors with creative shapes
colorful and original mirrors with creative shapes
a mirror above the fireplace can give an unique touch of elegance and creativity to the living room
a mirror above the fireplace can give an unique touch of elegance and creativity to the living room
mirror shaped as a couch
mirror shaped as a couch
rounded mirrors above a little table
rounded mirrors above a little table
modern squared wall mirrors installed above a sofa
modern squared wall mirrors installed above a sofa

A mirror in a  living room can create a more open, cozy and relaxed atmosphere

art deco living room with an old style mirror
art deco living room with an old style mirror
elegant and stylish living room with mirrors used as decorative elements
elegant and stylish living room with mirrors used as decorative elements
stunning living room with amazing mirrors on the wall
stunning living room with amazing mirrors on the wall
classy living room decorated with mirrors
classy living room decorated with mirrors

In the bathrooms the use of a mirror is a real need, but you can create an original effect by choosing a mirror with an unusual shape or by hanging two mirrors in a simmetric way.

modern bathroom with big rounded mirrors enriched with neon lights
modern bathroom with big rounded mirrors enriched with neon lights
amazing and creative bathrooms with a couple of mirrors
amazing and creative bathrooms with a couple of mirrors

As you can see, a mirror can totally transform a room or a space, giving to it a unique and special charm, warmth and brightness.

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