Reflect your ornaments with decorative mirrors

Pocyline Karani

Beautiful curved mirrors are a great addition to any living room whether it is in need of a facelift or in perfect good shape.

In addition to being a great option for adorning your home, decorative mirrors help create ambience in the living room in addition to defining your sense of style.

Mirrors introduce a sense of life. Usually, when used correctly, decorative mirrors can transform an ordinary house into superb living quarters.

First it important to know the different forms of decorative mirrors. They range from flower and oval shaped to round, square and rectangular shape.

Essentially, choosing the best is determined by your taste and style and, therefore, it is wise you purchase the right one to fit the intended position in your living room.

Similarly, mirrors offer a way to enhance your home in many practical ways. You can use them to create an illusion of space especially if your living area is small. Additionally, decorative mirrors help bring the outdoor into the house when placed in front of or at an angle from a window or a glass door.

Mirrors also add to the lighting of a home as they naturally reflect light creating more artificial light.

Finishes

As accessories, getting the right size and shape is key if you do not want your living room to get an awkward feel. For instance, full-length mirrors are often not ideal to a living room, but will be great for a bathroom.

A living room requires round or rectangular shaped mirrors with frames of good finishes. Finishes in this case could be wrought metal, which introduce a rustic classical feel; pure wood, leather and industrial plastic often manipulated to mimic other more expensive materials.

Round decorative mirrors with gold or silver frames that protrude round the edges to ape sunrays when placed on a wall behind a sofa will create an entirely new look.

Lighting effect

Such a mirror introduces interest to a dull wall giving an illusion of a sun shining its light into the living room. Similarly, placing your wall hangings strategically gives a magical look altogether.

Placing a mirror on the ceiling can also create a striking lighting effect. Lining the backs of bookcases and display shelves with a decorative mirror can result to a stunning effect.

Other than this, mirrors can be used as an incredible ornament to veil wall blemishes and to cover up old and rugged items, like an old door, which can be covered up by a frameless mirror.

Once you have found the right one, accessorise it with various elements like chandeliers, crystal glassware, metal picture frames and candlesticks.

Like any accessory you buy for your house, take your time to make sure it is the right one for your house.