How To Create The Perfect Gallery Wall With Mirrors

MIRRORS OVER MANTLES – ADDING A DESIGNER MIRROR TO YOUR FIREPLACE During the cold winter season, fireplaces become a central location in our living space where we all love to sit by and enjoy its warmth. Fireplaces are lavishly decorated to reflect our preferences, heritage or family history, and its surrounding décor is designed to be cozy, comfortable and relaxing. Of the many things to put above a fireplace,  Mirrors  are by far the most popular and beautiful. Here’s why: A decorative mirror above a fireplace mantle makes the perfect statement piece to complete the space. Fireplaces are designed in various styles including rustic, contemporary, modern, traditional, and transitional, to name a few.  Mirrors , with their range of designs, may compliment those styles very well. Mirrors  have a strong presence. They are most effective at opening up a space by transferring light and making a space look bigger. The mantle is undoubtedly the main focal point of the room. And wha

When it comes to customizing your mirror, important things to decide on are the frame style, size, and whether you’d like your mirror to be flat or beveled. While deciding on a frame style and size are the most important requirements to customize your mirror, choosing your mirror type (flat or bevel), may seem trivial, but it’s definitely worth putting some thought into! In this blog we’ll help you make your decision on a small, but important matter. Reasons to Choose a Beveled  Mirror Beveled Mirrors are aesthetically superior. Their edges reflect and refract light, creating a rainbow effect, adding more depth to a room The Bevel on a  mirror  creates the effect of a frame, this makes the mirror beautiful enough to stand alone Bevel mirrors are more artistic and traditional than flat mirrors Reasons to Choose a Flat Mirror Flat mirrors are more contemporary, creating minimal aesthetics If framed, they can virtually be accommodated with any design form. Plain mirror

HOW TO USE MIRRORS TO ILLUMINATE DARK CORNERS Our home is our dearest possession. We look at the home not only as a place we live in, but an embodiment of our emotions, feelings, attitude, and state of mind. A bright home livens up our spirits, radiates energy, builds positivity and is synonymous with affirmative action. This explains, why design concepts like roof glass, skylights, large windows, open architecture and mirrored spaces are in vogue with interior designers. In this blog, we will observe the role of mirrors to lighten up dark spaces. Mirrors  Reflect Mirror s give back radiance, especially if they are placed close to the source of light or at an angle. The angle denotes the direction in which it will reflect light. It is a property of the mirror that an incoming beam of light and the reflected outgoing light, have the same angle. Hence the angle of incidence is the same as the angle of reflection. When we use mirrors to design our spaces, it is u

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TIPS TO HELP YOU CLEAN YOUR MIRROR Ever notice that you are never able to get a spotless mirror? That perfect reflection you try to achieve is always missing, however hard you try to clean it! It’s not a difficult guess, but mirrors give lots of trouble when trying to clean them. Here are a few tips which will make your handling of mirrors much easier: Tip #1  Spruce-up your  Mirror If you are regularly cleaning your mirror, using warm water along with a cotton or microfiber cloth is a good recipe for success. The steps are simple: Dip the cotton cloth in warm water and wring it out to remove excess liquid. Gently start applying the cloth in a circular motion, only in one direction. Wipe the  mirror  clean and then use another dry cloth to shine the  mirror  surface. Alternatively, you can buy a window squeegee to clean the  mirror s. But don’t forget to polish it with clean cotton cloth at the end. Tip #2  Remove the Grunge When the  mirror  becomes dirty and warm wa

CUSTOM MIRRORS AS A NEW DESIGN TREND In today’s world, customers are looking for more choices. The challenges faced by consumers when it comes to decorating their home are vast. Trying to find the right products to fit in certain spaces with an aesthetic and functionality in mind, takes time and is not an impulse decision. As some furniture and decorating items have high ticket prices, they can be seen as investments and customers want to avoid experiencing buyer’s remorse. When it comes to buying mirrors, shopping in retail can be exciting, however it’s hard to find what you’re looking for and you might spend more time visiting countless stores than finding what you need. The current options available for shopping online make it difficult to do so. They are not user friendly but rather confusing to navigate, and there are narrow options of frame styles to choose from.  What is available does not meet the requirement, and there is a compromise to be made. Custom Mirrors  is a s