open plan dining room, are mirrors outdated?
6 years ago
Hi, I have a long wallpapered wall which has the sofas at one end and dining table at the other end. I wanted to break up the wall with perhaps a large painting or pictures on sofa end and then an industrial Crittall style mirror above a sideboard where the dining table is.
My husband says it’s weird to put a mirror
in a dining room, and is outdated! What are your opinions?
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