Feng Shui design rules
Several basic recommendations:
- According to Feng Shui, it is recommended to place a mirror in the dining area so that it reflects the table and the people sitting at it, this will attract abundance and prosperity to the house.
- You can also place the product above the stove, but only if it reflects the entrance to the kitchen. However, it should be taken into account that it does not reflect the flame of the gas burner, because, according to Feng Shui, a mirror is a symbol of water.
Types
Popular varieties of mirror models.
Built-in
There are two types of built-in products:
- In furniture. Reflective panels built into various pieces of furniture, such as wall cabinets, shelves, refrigerator doors or sideboards, allow you to create an unusual optical effect in the room and add complexity and versatility to the interior.
- Into the wall. Models built into walls or niches allow you to save space, add missing volume, additional light and simply create a fascinating design.
Mirrors, thanks to a slight play of light, significantly expand the boundaries of the room and deprive it of the feeling of crampedness and congestion.
Floor
Elegant floor mirrors or psyche models have a particularly expensive and presentable look. Such convenient mirror examples, thanks to their thoughtful design, allow you to easily change and set the desired angle of inclination.
Wall
The simplest, most familiar and classic way of placement. When using wall-mounted products in the kitchen work area, it is advisable to place them at eye level or higher to avoid unnecessary contamination.
The photo shows a small rectangular wall mirror in the interior of a modern kitchen.
Shape and size
Various shapes and sizes allow you to set a certain mood for the kitchen interior and emphasize its features.
- Large. Large mirror panels create a boundless labyrinth extending into the depths, which visually gives the room additional space and volume.
- Round. A perfect round shape is a universal option for decorating rooms, due to its streamlined lines, it softens the environment, making it more harmonious.
- In the form of the sun. This shape looks very impressive and original, gives the space a certain piquancy and does not weigh down the interior.
- Square. The correct square shape allows you to create a balanced and calm design.
The photo shows a kitchen in light colors with a large mirror in a golden frame on the wall.
Regardless of size and shape, mirrors, thanks to their amazing properties, transform a dull room, make it much brighter, more beautiful and fill the atmosphere with mystery and enigma.
Examples of kitchen mirror designs
Original design ideas using mirrors.
Mirror mosaic
Artistic mirror elements have a light reflective effect, giving the kitchen space a special airiness and at the same time exclusivity.
Panel
The decorative panel fills the room with a large number of light reflections, creating the illusion of volume and giving the atmosphere magic and charm.
The photo shows a mirror panel on the wall above the dining area in the kitchen interior in high-tech style.
With beveled
An incomparable reflective canvas with a beveled edge not only visually increases the space, but also adds incredible shine and gloss to it due to the refraction of the edges.
Furniture with inserts
A china cabinet or kitchen set with mirror inserts is a traditional design solution that allows you to add some novelty and originality to the interior.
The photo shows a light-colored kitchen with a kitchen set decorated with mirror inserts.
With drawings
Canvases decorated with sandblasted drawings significantly transform the kitchen environment, filling it with expressiveness and brightness.
Decorated mirrors
Thanks to a variety of fancy and spectacular frames, it turns out not only to give the mirror a magical, chic and picturesque look, but also to easily enliven the room, creating the right mood in it.
With backlight
The perfect symphony of light emanating from the backlight allows you to organically emphasize the shape of the mirror product and make it an exquisite interior decoration that will not go unnoticed.
Ideas for the placement of mirrors in the interior
The most popular options for the placement of reflective models.
Apron
This arrangement is a fairly well-known design technique for the kitchen. A mirrored apron, due to its good light reflectivity, increases the room and creates a sense of a single space.
Above the dining table
A large mirror, a figured canvas or a small elegant piece will be an excellent decoration for the wall near the dining area and will give it a certain solemnity, elegance and decorativeness.
The photo shows a modern kitchen and a wall near the dining area, decorated with a rectangular mirror.
On the ceiling
This placement visually doubles the space and makes the interior style truly unique, luxurious and aristocratic.
The photo shows a beveled mirror diamonds on the ceiling in the interior of a spacious kitchen.
Wall-to-wall
A reflective sheet located along the entire wall will be an especially excellent solution for a small kitchen, as it visually changes the shape and size of the room, expands its area and eliminates the feeling of confinement.
The photo shows a kitchen with an accent wall decorated with a panoramic beveled mirror.
Above the sofa
Thanks to the product placed above the back of the sofa, it is possible to increase the intensity of natural light in the kitchen and form a simple, strict, elegant and stylish design at the same time.
Above the sink
Due to the fact that the mirror is not afraid of splashes of water and other dirt, it can be successfully placed even above the sink. The resulting stains and streaks from such a surface are easily removed with a damp sponge and a cleaning agent.
The photo shows rectangular mirrors in wooden frames, located above the sink in the kitchen interior in an oriental style.
Above the stove
A rather unusual, but often used design option that looks very impressive. However, the mirror model above the stove must have high steam and heat-resistant qualities or be made of special tempered glass.
Options in different styles
Decoration ideas in popular style solutions:
- Classic. Spacious kitchens or dining rooms can be decorated with large mirrors, designed in fancy figured carved, forged frames or decorate the apron area with faceted models of square or diamond shape. Such decor options will perfectly complement the entourage of exquisite, luxurious and elegant classic style.
- Provence. For the Provencal design, not too fancy products in elegant and thin metal frames, models with vintage wooden frames or canvases decorated by hand, for example, with the help of artistic painting, weaving, carving or other hand-made items, will be appropriate.
- Scandinavian. Laconic rectangular, round, oval or square mirrors in a wooden frame of a natural and natural shade will be an excellent solution for increasing the space and an integral element of the Nordic simple and not overloaded interior.
- Loft. Industrial style direction suggests square, rectangular, triangular or diamond-shaped models in large, wide or even double metal, wooden, aged and burnt frames in cold or dark tones.
The photo shows a Scandinavian style kitchen with a wall decorated with a small round mirror in a light wooden frame.
Thanks to the variety of designs, mirror products provide an opportunity not only to create a sense of visual depth in the room, but also to choose the most suitable option for decorating absolutely any style.
In the photo, a floor mirror with a wide wooden frame of black color in the interior of the kitchen, made in the loft style.
Examples of design in the kitchen-living room
Mirror panels in the combined interior of the kitchen-living room allow you to multiply the number of beautiful objects reflected, add light to the space, give it the correct shape and form a stylish and organic unified design.
