With their timeless allure and touch of vintage elegance, antique mirrors integrate with and elevate the style of any room. Though they’ve been around for many years, these looking glasses add charm and character to modern spaces, creating ambiance and atmosphere. Use them to embellish any nook, corner, or room.
Why Use Antique Mirrors?
Besides adding interest, artistry, and aesthetic value, antique mirrors have many decor benefits.
- Add unique character: With their spots, scuffs, wavy surfaces, and inconsistent reflections, antique mirrors add unique character to modern spaces.
- Enhance decor: An antique mirror may be a statement piece, draw the eye to an understated area, or become a focal point. Careful placement of these vintage pieces can create a subtle touch or become the central decor element of a space.
- Create dimension: A well-placed mirror creates the illusion of space. Position your antique mirror to reflect natural light, making a small space feel larger.
- Complement any style: Antique mirrors work well with Georgian, pastoral, Mediterranean, modern, colonial, vintage-style, and contemporary homes.
- Boost brightness: Hang an antique mirror opposite a window or reflect artificial lighting to increase the brilliance of a space.
- Create contrast: The intricate silver, bronze, and/or gold frames of antique mirrors are versatile design elements, creating contrast with industrial-chic, art deco, mid-century modern, coastal, bohemian, farmhouse, and contemporary styles.
- Showcase eye-catching features: Use an antique mirror to reflect and showcase plants, art, vases, statues, flowers, travel souvenirs, and other accessories.
How To Use An Antique Mirror In Your Home
There are many ways to use the beauty and charm of an antique mirror in your home.
- Liven up an uninspiring space: Is there a humdrum room in your home? Liven it up with a sophisticated antique mirror boasting an elaborate, ornate frame. Place sconce lighting beside it to make a focal point, creating character and interest.
- Make a small space feel larger: Situate a tall antique mirror in a small space to make the room feel more expansive. Select a mirror that is three-quarters or more the height of the wall. Position a piece of art or furniture in front, allowing the reflection to boost the room’s style.
- Add glamour to your bathroom: A petite antique mirror placed on the vanity or a shelf adds a touch of grandeur to the bathroom. Arrange pretty bottles or flowers so the mirror catches and reflects the edges of your display.
- Spruce up a bedroom: Position an antique mirror on a bedroom vanity table. Drape it with boas and/or scarves, creating a glamorous feel.
- Brighten a dark room: Hang an antique mirror opposite a window, bringing light into a dark, gloomy space.
- Accentuate features: Place an antique mirror over the piano, fireplace, media cabinet, or dining room table, bringing focus to the unique features of your room.
- Brighten a dark hallway: Position a set of antique mirrors (matched or unmatched) in a grouping or a line, making a dark hallway appear wider and adding style to this bland space.
- Highlight your antiques: Position an antique mirror so it reflects an heirloom and/or collector’s item, spreading the beauty of your treasured pieces.
- Create a distinct backsplash: Want a unique look for your kitchen? Skip the tiles and use an antique mirror for the backsplash.
- Display them as artwork: The unique mottling and elaborate frames of antique mirrors are as attractive as artwork, providing a focal point with character. Hang antique mirrors as you would paintings.
- Create a tableau: Use an antique mirror as the centerpiece of a tableau. Accent it with brass and metal items and position it to reflect the overhead light, creating warmth.
Why Choose House of Glass and Mirror’s Antique Reproduction Mirrors?
An antique mirror lends a weathered charm to any room of a home. With their black edges, mottled patches, and wavy surfaces, antique mirrors add style and change the character of a space. They brighten and enlarge while remaining tasteful and unassuming. They may reflect plants, furniture, or other features, creating a bold contrast. Then, why do some folks choose reproduction antique mirrors over authentic antiques? Antiques are often fragile, damaged, warped, or difficult to find, taking months or even years to source the perfect specimen. House of Mirrors and Glass provides reproductions in many sizes, styles, and tones. These mirrors provide the same benefits as regular antique mirrors, adding character and personality to a room. They’re built to the unique specifics of your project and have all the visual appeal of a true antique without the fragility, damage, and difficulty sourcing.
Reproduction antique mirrors bring flair, style, and character to any home! Try them in the bathroom, bedroom, hallway, living room, and kitchen. Use them to create displays, reflect beautiful décor items, and lighten dark nooks and corners. Incorporate reproduction antique mirrors into your unique design aesthetic.Looking for a reproduction antique mirror for your space? Interested in unique and/or custom-designed mirrors? Call House of Mirrors & Glass, Calgary’s premier glass and mirror company at 403-253-3777 or email us at info@houseofmirrors.com. Our team of professionals is ready to assist you in finding the perfect mirror for your space. Check out our extensive showroom! Our knowledgeable crew provides superior customer service, focusing on custom design.
