From: Lisa Henderson
Subject: Mirror Advice
Hello Vicente
I am looking for some advice for my foyer. I have a console table that is 52 inches wide and I’m looking to purchase a round mirror to hang above it. My question is what size of mirror should I go with? Is 36 inches too small?
Thank you in advance,
Lisa
Vicente Responds:
Lisa, I usually do not use round mirrors. Maybe it’s my linear mentality, but it’s about a play of scale. You could do an 8′ square mirror sitting on the floor and put the console in front of it. I woulnd’t go for 36″. I would do 3’6″ to prevent it looking like a postage stamp. But I think you should make the mirror a wall or the background for the console, if your budget allows. I’m doing that right now in a job and it looks really wonderful.
#1 by Lisa Porter on March 3, 2010 - 12:48 pm
Good morning Vicente!
Here I am…another Lisa with an entry/mirror dilema. You have confirmed that an idea that I have is a good one to go with. My entry is long and narrow. By creating a large mirrored area behind the console, it should visually widen the entire space . I have a source here in Lexington for some antique mirror…wish me luck! Lisa Porter
#2 by Karena on March 3, 2010 - 4:58 pm
Normally I like vertical mirrors the best, in this case I can see your idea working well Vicente!
Karena
Art by Karena
#3 by Gary Nelling on March 3, 2010 - 7:01 pm
A small mirror is a reflective object. A large mirror is a modifier of space. I do like large ones for that reason, though I think they all have their place. As a child I would amuse myself by walking around the house with a hand held mirror in front and to the side of me, or at an angle, so that I couldn’t see myself and would only see spaces receding or at 90 degrees and turning corners as I walked. It was a delicious disorientation. Try it sometime! I’ve always had a fascination with the magical quality of mirrors. – Gary
#4 by melissa on March 4, 2010 - 12:12 am
I HAVE ALWAYS PUT GIANT MIRRORS ON THE FLOOR AND LEANED THEM AGAINST A WALL…
MAINLY BECAUSE I WAS TOO LAZY TO GET SOME ONE TO PUT IT ON THE WALL AND THEN I LOVED THE WAY IT LOOKED JUST LEANING ON THE WALL..
MELISSA
#5 by Anna on March 2, 2011 - 8:21 am
I have two foyers – the entry one is about 5×8 feet and opens to a bigger one with an 8 feet empty wall, from which you enter the study, guest bathroom and the living room. I need a shoe cabinet and I have a console with a glass top. My dilemma is whether to put the shoe cabinet with a painting against the wall opposite the front door and a large mirror and the console in the second foyer or a mirror and the console facing the door and a wide shoe cabinet with a painting on the wall in the second one.