Wall Mirrors

The Perfect Wall Mirror - What Your Options Are

2009-03-30T08:09:00.002+08:00

I've been wondering and pondering about wall mirrors for a while. Not everyone know what is available as their options in wall mirror decorations, even though they have wall mirrors in their homes. This article is dedicated to those of you which didn't know that wall mirrors can be as beautifully pleasing to the eyes as other art forms you have hanging on your walls.

There are three main things you have to decide in selecting which wall mirror should reside in your room. The first is the Type of wall mirror, you'll choose one which will fit the overal feel of the room. The second is the Style of wall mirror, which will complement the theme of the room, so observer will feel a general topic for the entire room but sees different variations in each thing. The last one is a matter of personal taste, in narrowing down your options by choosing the first and second categories, you'll find there are several options for colors and finish of wall mirror, choose one which tick you.

Let's expand each of those categories in more details so you'll know the possible options on each of them. Once you know the line of options, it will be much easier in selecting your wall mirror for any room you might decorate.

Now let's see what your options will be in the Type category. This will describe the shape and the basic features of your wall mirror.

I've broken down the list in each line, so you'll have a fast lookup.

- Children's Mirrors
- Arched & Crowned
- Octagon
- Framed/Frameless
- Rectangle
- Oval
- Square
- Round
- Vanity Mirrors

And there are more, but you've got the idea and will explore more of the options on your own later easily.

Decorative wall mirror isn't any less compared with other art forms in terms of artistic and aesthetic design. On next paragraph you'll know what your options are concerning the style of wall mirror after choosing its type. The style is important if you want a fit of theme for your room and the wall mirror.

Some of the styles are:
- Asian
- Art Deco
- Country
- Crystal
- Contemporary
- Mission
- Early American
- Retro
- Old World
- Southwestern
- Rustic/Lodge
- Transitional
- Traditional
- Tropical
- Whimsical
- Victorian

Again, the list is not complete but enough for you in building the basic idea of available options for wall mirror style.

And the last one is the finish and color of the wall mirror. Like many other stuff when choosing color for, the options are plenty. So it's a matter of which tick you on, choose happily.

The colors are:
- Antique/Satin Brass
- Beige
- Bamboo
- Black
- Beige/White
- Blues
- Black/Natural Iron
- Bronze
- Brick/Bronze/Rust
- Brushed Chrome/Nickel
- Browns
- Copper
- Copper/Verde
- Gold
- Crystal
- Greens
- Gray
- Ivory
- Nickel-Brushed
- Multi-Colored
- Pewter
- Pinks
- Polished Chrome/Nickel
- Polished Brass/Gold
- Rattan/Wood
- Silver
- Reds
- Stone/Granite/Marble
- Stainless Steel
- Tans/Browns
- Tans
- Transparent
- White
- Verde
- Yellows

The list are long compared with other category, but still far from complete. Every color imaginable is there for you to choose, you'll just have to look further for yourself.

Depending on the type, materials, shape, size, and artistic design, the prices can go anywhere between less than 100$ to easily over $700 USD. If you shop online for the mirror and are choosing to fit your budget, then there are shopping features that will let you fill in your budget and see what the available options are.

Like choosing every other art forms, you better take your time and choose slowly. Let the one you see give you a feel, don't skim too fast through a selection or you'll miss the chance of letting the perfect one go.

Sparkling Room With Decorative Wall Mirror

2009-03-25T09:37:00.000+08:00

Decorating a room is an enjoyable task if you know your options. Whether it's bathroom or living room you must choose art form that best fit the room theme. An easy way to fill those empty walls is with wall mirror, it's easy to find, it's decorative, it's stylish, and there are many options when it comes to fitting theme, just choose the one that make you feel good when picturing it within the room.

The unique style of wall mirror itself would enhance the overal look of the room. As if it's not enough, you also get bonus from room space enlargement, the effect of added distance of image reflection on the wall mirror. Wall mirror also reflect light and will make dark room not so dark anymore.

There are so many options in choosing wall mirror decoration, each one of them will fit particular room theme, and there are some that will fit many themes of room. Some wall mirrors reflect the beauty of landscape image taken from all around the world, which will surely throw away the boring and dull moment of a room. Others offer drama and style that has been defined into them. When you chose the right one, wall mirror will absolutely look beautiful on the wall of any room.

Wall mirrors come in varying size, from the small ones to the big ones, from the thin ones to the wide ones. You will choose the one that will best fit the size of your wall. Whatever their size, you will find just about any decoration that will fit in any theme, and remember that you can always make your custom wall mirror.

Many framed wall mirrors are very decorative as well, whether it's wood frame, wrought iron or any frame material. Some of them have great details in their frames, hand carved for the best artistic feel, and took a leaf or flower design.

Your chosen wall mirrors will add beauty to your home and your life. Everytime you look yourself in the mirrors, their artistic look and style built into them can sometimes alter your mood in a good way. So take your time and choose the one that made you feel good, there are plenty of options, the possibilities are endless.

Wall Mirror Basics

2009-03-21T13:49:00.001+08:00

What is a mirror? A mirror is anything that allows reflection of an image, whether it's made of stones, coppers, metals, or even water! The definition of mirror is simple enough, that is an object whose surface is smooth enough to allow reflections. It doesn't have to be made of glass, but the majority of mirrors made of glass because it has the best reflective surfaces amongts all smooth substances.

The history came back centuries ago where in the early days of the mirrors it was made by crude reflective substances made of stones such as obsidian which is derived from volcanic ash. Then later some tribes experimented with copper and used it as a mirror. Today we can make mirrors by mixing sand with special chemicals and do special processing then heating them in a special ovens which we then cooled so they form the glass as we know them today. We can also make mirrors out of bronze using special equipment.

Wall mirrors are now a part of our life. Every house must have mirrors in them, I can't imagine how a person live without mirrors! In fact some houses have mirrors in every rooms they have, in the bathrooms, in the kitchens, in the living rooms, not to mention the bedrooms. Some even have their walls consist of mirrors which have the effect of making the room larger than it actually is. Mirrors can add a plus on aesthetic sides of a room if its overal theme is fitted exactly with the room's theme.

You should always take care of your wall mirrors because they tend to pick up stains along the way. It's very obvious that the cleaner the mirror the better it would reflect images, so you won't mistakenly see a dirt in your face when it's the mirror that has it on its surface. You can find cleaning agents that will work very well on cleaning the mirrors, windex is one of them that does a very good job and do not leave unwanted residue. Cleaning mirrors normally is a swept but some stains need a long time to get rid of if you left them uncleaned for a long time.

Whatever we feel about mirrors, they will stay with us in our homes, in fact they rapidly increasing their population and invading every house. They don't stop there, slowly but sure they crawl into skycrapers, you can see them all over the buildings from top to bottom which gives them futuristic look.

The Properties of Wall Mirrors

2009-03-20T21:30:00.001+08:00

Several days ago my friend send me an email asking about wall mirrors. She wanted some information about them, knowing there are many different types of wall mirrors, she would like me to give her an idea of options concerning those types.

She gave me a list of topics I needed to expand, I then broke down those topics and fill in needed information, here they are:

Wall Mirror Themes

I tell her that when it comes to the themes, her choices are:

- Floral
- Nautical
- Tropical
- Exotic

She'll find a good examples on these themed wall mirror on online stores.

The Styles

There are large variety to choose from, they are:

- Commercial
- Oriental
- Transitional
- Novelty
- Modern/Contemporary
- Traditional
- Ornate/Gothic
- Venetian
- Casual
- Mission
- Craftsmen
- Shaker
- Children's
- Tropical
- Exotic.

There are more styles but these are enough to give her a general idea of available styles.

The Materials of Wall Mirrors Frame

There exist several different materials for wall mirrors frames, including:

- Glass Frame
- Resin Frame
- Wood Frame
- Metal Frame
- Wrought Iron Frame
- Mosaic Frame
- Pressed Paper Frame
- Wood/Metal Combo Frame
- Synthetic Frame and Leather/Faux Leather Frame

Not all mirrors are framed, some rooms just want to be decorated with frameless wall mirrors.

The Color of The Frames

When it comes to colors, there are many options, these list are all but complete:

- Cherry
- Silver
- Oak
- Gold
- Mahogany
- Pewter
- Bronze
- Copper
- Nickel
- Black
- White
- Light Wood
- Medium Wood
- Dark Wood
- Multi Color
- and sure you could get your custom colored frames

The Shapes

Probably the most important part of wall mirrors are their shape. When decorating a themed room you can't help but think about the shape, just relax and use your feeling, you need to examine the entire feel of the room with all the furniture shapes, their colors, wall colors, the lightings, and then determine what the shape of wall mirror would complement the room. Here are some of their shapes:

- Oval
- Rectangle
- Round
- Arch/Crowned Top
- Square
- Sunburst
- Octagon
- Heart

But it doesn't stop there, on some online stores you'll find basically any shapes that are imaginable.

Commercial Wall Mirrors

Not just for residential use, there are also commercial use of wall mirrors, some of them include one of these additional features:

- ADA Compliant
- Beveled Glass/Frame
- Eco friendly
- Fog Free
- Magnifying
- Tilt
- Hooks
- Lighted
- Shelves/Drawers
- Stemware Storage
- Artwork

Surely these wall mirrors came in varying size, from small to the very big ones, and anything in between.

With all these information you'll know better of your available options, when you know your options it would be easier to choose the wall mirrors that you need.

Bathroom Wall Mirrors

2009-03-20T20:31:00.001+08:00

Bathrooms Need Wall Mirrors

Do your bathrooms have wall mirrors? A bathroom is one of a room in your home where you spend some time to do some tasks. When it comes to doing tasks on yourself you need mirrors, thus it wouldn't be completed for a bathroom if it doesn't have wall mirrors. Everything have aesthetic sides, wall mirrors are not an exception, choosing wall mirrors that fit in the bathroom design well will please the eyes and souls of the bathroom users.

The Evolution of Wall Mirrors

A long time ago people use pieces of metals that are polished for their mirrors. Can you imagine the quality of those trying-to-be mirrors compared to what we used these days? Even though our today mirrors has been made by pieces of glass, their technology in the making has not changed very much in the past centuries. Not so with the styles and decorations, they have gone through many transformations. Many quality mirrors have their edges beautifully scrolled or beveled and are framed elaborately. And yet, even they are so simple and with their obvious functions, technology still managed to crawl into some of them.

The Technology of Wall Mirrors

Bathroom mirrors suffer from fogging, and so the designer of today's mirrors put a neat feature on some of their products. You can easily found a mirror which can be wired into an electric output and have their surface fog-free. Many of them also include lighting beyond the glass itself so you don't have to put additional lighting overhead or on the side of the mirror.

Additional Mirrors

Everyone like their bathroom neatly designed. Some people even go further with an extendable mirror, this mirror equipped with retractable arm which you can pull out and use it to accomplish tasks like shaving, and then when you're finished push it back against the wall. Many of them also come equipped with their own fluorescent lighting.

The Full-Length Mirrors

I love full-length mirrors, they let me see my shoes easily so I don't need to jump on bed just to check how my shoes look. You must have a full-length mirror somewhere in your home, ideally in a room where you can pose with different styles without touching things around you. Putting one of this mirror in your bathroom will also do you good, you can check any parts of your body you aren't comfortable checking in other rooms.

Many bathroom wall mirrors are designed beautifully, they come in many shapes and styles, their decorations may be specific to some bathroom themes but there is a mirror that can complement any themes. Their prices can range from teens into hundreds of dollars, just choose the one that best complement your bathroom theme, and I believe there is one that doesn't cost much.