Mastering the Art of Placing Mirrors to Create the Effect of Space

February 25th, 2009 | by real |

Scientific studies have proved that home owners who display mirrors dotted around their house are more likely to get on better in life and be more confident. helping to increase one’s self-confidence, mirrors help you with interior decorating issues, particularly if you do not have much space to play around with.

Interior decorating specialsts may advise you to use a free standing mirror if you want to produce the illusion of having more room. If it’s a case of a room that isn’t as spacious as you might like it to be and you are not enamoured at the prospect of taking down walls or changing all the furnishings with something that might make the room appear wider, some well positioned floor to ceiling mirrors could very well have the desired effect. By reflecting the whole of the room, mirrors can give the impression that there is double the room available.

However, you can not just go placing mirrors anywhere you feel like it. Mirrors cannot do any good if large items of furniture are blocking the mirrors, for instance. Select a wall that will give people fewer chances to see the reflections because this would lessen the illusion of space you’re trying to produce - opposite some good oak bookcases might be an excellent location.

Of course, mirrors come built in with some pieces of household furniture in some rooms - vanity sinks, for example, will come with a mirror to increase the sense of space.

To create the best illusion of space, study the arrangement of the room and identify those parts of it that are not likely to be opposite where people will sit. Remember that the mirrors do not have to cover the entire wall surface, just the entire height. If you get it right, your floor-to-ceiling mirrors should create the illusion that there are entrances into different rooms, building the effect of extra space.

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