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Does anyone know if the Stave mirror from Ikea can be mounted on the back of a door? That's really the only place it could go in my bathroom or bedroom....

I don't understand why floor mirrors are so expensive. It seems like there is nothing that exists between the inadequate mirrors at Ikea and well designed, substantial mirrors.

The pricing/product gap is quite wide.
I have a Room & Board Infinity Mirror in my bathroom and its quite nice but its pricey.

The cost is probably related to size of mirror, and big ones need to be thicker so they don't break. Plus, glass breaks a lot, so they need to cover the ones that don't make it past quality control. Just guessin'....

Maybe one could hack a floor mirror using sliding mirror closet doors and attach them to plywood and put their own framing around them to save money.

Bed, Bath & Beyond carries 2 leaning mirrors for $79 and $99. One is classic and modern black (which I have in our bedroom and love) and the other has some sort of storage shelving behind it (just ok). It is not available on their website. We have had no problems with the $99 leaning mirror and it looks much more expensive than it's pricetag.

Best mirror deal in town is IKEA's Hovet ($99), previously posted about here:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/pillows-decorative-office-accessories/hovet-mirror-019713

I have three, one of which is used as a floor mirror.

I agree that the Hovet floor mirror is really cool. I love that it's frameless. And I don't see this mirror mounted on a wall. It's too big and heavy.

Another good one is the Ashton floor mirror from CB2 for $129: http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=589&f=4010

I needed a full-length freestanding mirror (harder to find than I expected) for the corner of my bedroom, and this is great and more solid feeling than some other CB2 stuff. Added bonus: it appears to be a "skinny" mirror...so far at least...

The photo editor at West Elm needs a few lessons... I had to go to the assembly instructions PDF to get a sense of what that cabinet looks like!

I am planning to buy the Ikea Pax Vikedal with mirror door, and place it so that I can see the reflection of the ocean from my bed. Good storage for books. The West Elm would be beautiful, but I like that the Vikedal has no frame, no side panels, a couple extra inches of ocean view. Plus it's only $130 as opposed to $539.

Right now, I'm using the Crate and Barrel swivel mirror that you guys have pictured on the far right. It's great.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S59826532

Yes, quality does matter. I have the floor mirror from BoConcept ($599, I think) that I bought off CL from a model home at 1/2 price...but, I also looked at the Hemnes ($99) at Ikea and the quality was night and day. The BoConcept has survived a move and weights a ton! It also looks much nicer and substantial. I can always recognize the Ikea mirror in all of the "design on a dime" type shows.

I have been struggling with no full-length mirror in my studio apt for too long, mainly because there is no wall-space for it. Literally nothing. I have hooks on my doors (I only have one door in the apt, a bathroom door), but was thinking I could have a mirror custom-cut to fit the inside of my front door with a cut-out for the peephole. Any recommendations for a relatively inexpensive place in Manhattan? Is it silly to expect a decent floor-length size mirror this way?

I found these great mirror at estate sales recently. They are both heavy with sold wood frames. One was $15 the other, $6.
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