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9 Reasons Your Home Needs a Round Mirror
Want to lift your space with some beautiful curves? Try an on-trend circular mirror
Mirrors are the key ingredient if you’re looking to add a feeling of light and space to a room. To bring in a bright, reflective surface and add a stylish, on-trend feature to your home go for a pleasing circular shape. Just look how these schemes benefit from some soft curves.
Work with architectural features
In this stable conversion, the arched doorway is a beautiful feature that contrasts with the imposing beams above it. By placing a circular mirror beside the archway, the designers have emphasised the stately curves even more.
It works so well because the frame is white like the doorway, which also prevents the mirror from overpowering the attractive chest of drawers beneath it.
In this stable conversion, the arched doorway is a beautiful feature that contrasts with the imposing beams above it. By placing a circular mirror beside the archway, the designers have emphasised the stately curves even more.
It works so well because the frame is white like the doorway, which also prevents the mirror from overpowering the attractive chest of drawers beneath it.
Replicate a basin
When you’re choosing a round mirror for the bathroom, think about how it ties in with the other items in the space. This bathroom basin area has been showcased by framing it with a few key items. The panel of square mosaics forms the backdrop, while the round mirror reflects the curve of the basin. The circular shape of the glass works better than a square-edged design, as it gives a nice contrast to the blocky tiles.
When you’re choosing a round mirror for the bathroom, think about how it ties in with the other items in the space. This bathroom basin area has been showcased by framing it with a few key items. The panel of square mosaics forms the backdrop, while the round mirror reflects the curve of the basin. The circular shape of the glass works better than a square-edged design, as it gives a nice contrast to the blocky tiles.
Trick the eye
By using space wisely in this home, the designers have managed to tuck a useful desk area into the hallway. The mirror helps to make a feature of the space and stops it fading into the background.
To add even more interest, the owners have chosen a convex shape, which captures a wide-angled reflection of the hallway in front of it.
By using space wisely in this home, the designers have managed to tuck a useful desk area into the hallway. The mirror helps to make a feature of the space and stops it fading into the background.
To add even more interest, the owners have chosen a convex shape, which captures a wide-angled reflection of the hallway in front of it.
Add gentle elegance
The pale scheme, floral fabric and vintage chest of drawers in this bedroom give the space a gentle look. The round mirror is the perfect complement, as its curved lines don’t jar at all.
It works even better with the barely there frame, which helps it to melt into the wall.
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The pale scheme, floral fabric and vintage chest of drawers in this bedroom give the space a gentle look. The round mirror is the perfect complement, as its curved lines don’t jar at all.
It works even better with the barely there frame, which helps it to melt into the wall.
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Contrast with straight shapes
Metro tiles with black grouting give a striking look to this bathroom, while the round mirror adds some contrast. To give the washspace extra wow, the designers have chosen a round illuminated bathroom mirror, which adds a stunning halo of light to the all-white space.
Metro tiles with black grouting give a striking look to this bathroom, while the round mirror adds some contrast. To give the washspace extra wow, the designers have chosen a round illuminated bathroom mirror, which adds a stunning halo of light to the all-white space.
Fit in an awkward space
A round mirror is the ideal fit for this basin area below a sloping ceiling. A straight-edged design would have looked too busy with the mix of diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines that are already in the space. Instead, the circular form sits perfectly in the triangle and its curved edges don’t compete with the sharp lines around it.
The circular mosaic tiles tie with the mirror’s shape to add balance to the look.
A round mirror is the ideal fit for this basin area below a sloping ceiling. A straight-edged design would have looked too busy with the mix of diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines that are already in the space. Instead, the circular form sits perfectly in the triangle and its curved edges don’t compete with the sharp lines around it.
The circular mosaic tiles tie with the mirror’s shape to add balance to the look.
Sit within symmetry
A double sink unit is perfectly placed in front of a central wall in this wetroom. To help with the symmetry of the space, the circular mirror works as a striking centre point. The top-hung design gives it an added on-trend look, while the aqua tiles make an attractive background to show it off.
A double sink unit is perfectly placed in front of a central wall in this wetroom. To help with the symmetry of the space, the circular mirror works as a striking centre point. The top-hung design gives it an added on-trend look, while the aqua tiles make an attractive background to show it off.
Soften a bedroom
This bedroom beautifully mixes a cool grey and blue colour scheme with natural touches and the gorgeous curves of the mirror. It’s the perfect combination for a relaxing sleepspace that’s both smart and soft.
The position of the mirror over the bed has turned it into a focal point that helps to reflect light around the room.
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This bedroom beautifully mixes a cool grey and blue colour scheme with natural touches and the gorgeous curves of the mirror. It’s the perfect combination for a relaxing sleepspace that’s both smart and soft.
The position of the mirror over the bed has turned it into a focal point that helps to reflect light around the room.
What do you think of these ideas for incorporating a circular mirror in your interior? Share your thoughts in the Comments section.
The airy feel of this living space is helped by the thin, tapered legs of the midcentury furniture and narrow shapes of the shelving unit. The circular mirror adds some welcome curves to bring interest to all the straight lines.
By choosing a large round mirror for the living room in the same shade of wood and with a similar thin profile, the designers have made the piece very much part of the whole scheme.
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