Q: I bought and hung this large round mirror in my rectangular living room/dining room. Does it work? What changes should I make? Thanks!

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Totally works! I might have hung it a little bit higher on the wall, but I love it. The round mirror echoes the curves in the chair, offsetting the angular lamp.
I love it and would gladly take it off your hands if you are unhappy with it!
Works!
Works! I like how it continues the nautical theme without being over the top.
I actually like the difference in scale between the lamp and mirror. The result is charming, not intimidating.
Do YOU like it? At the end of the day, that is what matters.
I agree with CVIC. But I also really like the mirror, I think it works well. I do think it would be a good idea to raise it a few inches, it's a little too low positioned over the chair, which looks like it could even bump the bottom.
Yes, but the lamp is throwing things off. I assume you were echoing the shape of the sailboat, but I think you might do better with a more substantial lamp full of curves, with a drum shade. How about the Venezia table lamp from Crate and Barrel (the ripples in the glass evoke waves)? Or the Boka, in lime...just to give a couple examples?
And I think that lamp is fine on that mission-style table, which also coordinates with the color-block rug. As others noted, there is something vaguely nautical about the mirror, which coordinates with the sailboat, but therein lies the problem: Do you want mission-style furnishings with nautical accents? I think mixing styles is fine up to a point, just be sure it's what you want.
Looks good. Just needs to be positioned a fraction higher and maybe push the lamp to the right of the table, not dead center.
I echo some of the other comments - Works and needs to be placed higher on the wall. I'm also joining the camp suggesting a different, more substantial lamp.
I like it. And with the boat it looks like a big porthole. :)
It works. I also vote for a larger lamp.
Not only does it work, it rocks! Love how the lamp plays off the sailboat. Good eye.
I too might nudge the mirror up a bit.
It definitely needs to go up about 8-12 inches but it works great. The lamp is your problem ; I think if you raise the mirror and get a larger lamp with a more rounded profile it will look great. PS There's nothing inherently wrong with the lamp..it just doesn't work where it is..
I changed my mind after reading the comment above about the lamp/sailboat playing off each other. I think if you move the mirror up and over so that it is almost directly above the chair the lamp could still work. It does look cool with the sailboat...A better picture with a wider angle of the whole room would also be very helpful.
I can understand why you are hesitant about the mirror. I teach landscape design and it's surprising how the same design principles apply in and out of doors. Let me guess, you love it all (so do I by the way) but something in the back of your mind is telling you that it's.....well.......a little off. That something is the scale of the mirror. It is a wonderful mirror with a massive and visually heavy frame in a setting where nothing else has the same visual weight. In landscape terms, it would be like plopping down one and just one, fifteen foot pine tree in a 4 X 30 foot flower bed. It would look out of place because there is nothing there to balance what is a large visual weight. The fix is simple. Balance the picture with another object or two with the same type of visual weight. Plop down a bolder or a large bush, something that restores the balance and makes the evergreen look like part of the design instead of like an intruder . That cute lamp is delicate (read light visual weight) and the lovely table that it's on is diminutive. You don't need something huge to balance out the mirror, you just need something with a thick structure to balance out the thick mirror frame. I mean a lamp with a wider stem or a table with wider legs or lines in it's construction. This isn't new. Other people have commented on the need to go visually heavier in previous comments although they used different terms. Visual weight is a landscaping technique, but I'll end this comment with the same caution that I end my community landscaping classes with. If you learn and carefully obey all of the design rules, what you will have at the end of the process is someone else's garden (or in this case someone else's house). Rules are best used as a way to determine what went wrong when you don't get the results that you want to have, not as a guide to be mindlessly followed. So the crucial question at the end of all of this is this: does it bother you enough to want to change it? If not, let it go, it is truly lovely as it is.
I agree with @marka, but I can't decide how it works with such a small portion of the total space visible.
It works but the lamp is looks like a toy. Get a wider, taller lamp and you're good.
Try the mirror centered over the table after removing the lamp to another part of the room or another room. Place a floor lamp between the chair and the table.
That mirror looks HORRIBLE! SEND IT TO ME AT ONCE!
The mirror doesn't look that big; but more like a ship porthole. Maybe it's more appropriate in a dining room or powder room. I think the ship on the left and lamp are bothering me the most; both do look like toys.
(smacks head against forehead)
The mirror needs to be hung a little big higher. Both a larger table and a taller, heavier lamp would work better. If it isn't possible to change them out, opt for a taller, chunkier lamp. I'd go with a round, column type base and a drum shade.
For visual interest, add a folded throw over the back of the chair, on one side of the chair. Pick up a light color from the rug or from the accent pillow.
The mirror is handsome, but the other smaller, more delicate accessories are throwing it off a bit. Add visual weight and some texture to make it all work together.