Living in small spaces requires thoughtful use of accents and furniture. While editing your pieces is often necessary in homes with a small footprint, one accent is here to stay.
Mirrors are one of the best accents to use in a small space. They open up the space by allowing the room to appear larger, add dimension and light and simply expand a space. Plus they can be used many ways, leaning, hanging or via your own furniture. Here are a few ideas for using and custom-building your own best small space accent.
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- The Affordable Bedside Table Makeover
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- Fun Wall Mirror Arrangement!
- Who Tall Are You Mirror
- Allister Ann's Broken Mirror
- Growing Up with the Murano Mirror
- Mirror The Back Of Your Shelves
- Xenorhabdus Mirror for Domestic Narcisse Collection
- Triptych Tabletop Mirror
How do you use mirrors in your small space? Let us know and upload some photos to the Apartment Therapy LA Flickr pool.
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Comments (9)
So simple and yet rather cool.
We are in Chelsea NY and use mirrors to reflect light.
True but try not to go overboard! I didn't realize how many mirrors I had until my mom came to visit and asked if "something was going on" with all the mirrors, haha. I had about 4 in my tiny 8 x 10 bedroom alone.
I covered a small wall in the corner by my wardrobe with square mirror panels. It opens up what was once a dark corner and doubles a full length mirror. :)
What is the media console in the first pic? Looks cool.
thanks, gabe! I bought that at the Rose Bow flea market last year and got a deal of a lifetime on it. If you live in or near la you should check out the Rose Bowl.
what about the couch in the first picture? where is it from?
It's the Kramfors couch from IKEA.
I'm a huge fan of this, when I lived in a 14ft x 14ft studio I had 11 mirrors of different sizes. But most of them were where you couldn't see your own reflection - I had one full length one sideways on the top of my kitchen cabinets with plants in front of it, four small ones arranged in a square opposite a window (the top two too high to see yourself in), another full-length one lengthways in my bathroom (it was the full width of my bathroom and looked like a mirrored stripe), another one behind a lamp, another one that had a large candle in front of it.
It was the ones that you saw "out of the corner of your eye" or behind something that made the most difference, they really gave a subliminal impression of space beyond the physical walls.
Where is your coffee table from? I want one!!