MIRRORS IN THE BEDROOM – HOW TO USE MIRRORS TO EXPAND SPACE – DECORATING WITH MIRRORS

Decorating with mirrors has its advantages. The mirrors innovate the concept of decorating with creative and tasteful responses, and visually multiply the areas where they are used, giving the impression of spacious and brighter environments, highlighting the value of the volumes and provide spatial, light and movement sensations quite surprising. Therefore they are the ideal answers to indoor spaces, being irreplaceable in interior decoration and furniture industry.

This article will give you ideas on how to use mirrors to decorate not only the bedroom but all your environments, so this helps to expand the spaces of your house.

Here are some advantages of using mirrors in the bedroom decoration:

Brightness: By covering with mirrors the walls adjacent to a window you get more natural light entering the environment. Preferably should be placed at right angles to the opening and as close as possible to it.
Placing mirrors separated at regular intervals on the walls next to a window, is another way to contribute to greater light penetration to an environment.
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Depth: The illusion of a longer environment can be achieved by installing a floor to ceiling mirror in the center of the wall, supplementing both sides with proper treatment on the walls. A linear ceiling helps to disguise the joint with the mirror and the use of plants can add visual appeal. Another resource to achieve the feeling of greater length is installing floor to ceiling mirrors separated by a wall ledge, or piece of furniture. The use of curtains helps conceal the joint between the mirror and the wall. Similarly proper treatment of ceiling provides the necessary decorated surfaces to be reflected by the mirrors.
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Spaciousness: One of the ways to make a room look wider is installing floor to ceiling mirrors on the walls adjacent to a window. Since the sensation obtained is produced by the reflection of the mirrors, it is desirable emphasize them using decorative shutters and / or treatment of walls which contribute to conceal the edges of the mirror. It can also make a room look wider, installing mirror bands at the top and bottom, along the sidewalls. The mirrors reflect the ceiling and the floor, giving the feeling of being in a larger area environment.
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Height: Coating with a mirror a portion of a ceiling can obtain a sense of greater height. You can use a lighting device or other hanging decoration element to provide something attractive to be reflected.
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