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AT Europe: London Close-Up - Room-Doubling with Mirrors

mainhouse13.jpgTo give the airy rooms of The Main House hotel in London an even more spacious feel, owner Caroline Main mounted large vintage-framed mirrors on the walls, doubling the space and capturing the light.

mainhouse16.jpgEvery room -- including the small bathroom in the top floor suite -- has cleverly positioned mirrors of varying sizes, but it's the room-doubling giant mirrors that have the most dramatic impact.

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- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. She can be reached at kristinh @ apartmenttherapy . com

Comments (15)

--not exactly, subtle --!

posted by AT4H on 2008-05-02 10:20:06
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Nice Armoires...

Bhavna

posted by AnIndianSummer on 2008-05-02 10:35:29
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I don't know if constantly seeing my reflection in a mirror is what I look for in a hotel suite. Not in my home for sure.
Anyway I like the white walls, furniture and wooden floors.
Cow leather rugs nauseate me just a bit.

posted by pantzini on 2008-05-07 09:24:40
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wow that works!

posted by roccos on 2008-05-07 09:34:57
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wasn't this exact same post already posted one week ago?

posted by absolutmarie on 2008-05-07 10:51:32
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absolutmarie,

this is a "Close Up" specifically about the mirrors.

posted by BSmeltz on 2008-05-07 10:59:47
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one of my very first apartments had mirrors in every room and in places i never would have considered. it was beyond annoying to see my reflection everywhere i turned. one or two is enough, but in all the rooms? the first one looks good, and the bathroom...but after that, overkill in my opinion.

posted by BB on 2008-05-07 11:14:22
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these mirrors add to the space, light, and the minimalism, in that they only reflect back that which is already there. they are great. their scale and detail are spot on. this looks like a series of great guest apartments, not an overdesigned corporate hotel space. as to overkill, this is a hotel, you'll be staying in one room. the multiple pictures are for example; you'd only see the room you reserved. thanks for showing us more than we might see on a stay.

posted by healthyhome on 2008-05-07 13:22:05
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I love this. It's dramatic and it works with the simple white. I know blue is all the rage (but peaking, I think?), but I love its use as an accent. And I'm very attracted to white lately.

T8
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When design takes priority, the result is often strange closets.

posted by t8 on 2008-05-07 13:43:48
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Uh.... this WAS posted May 2nd. But then you changed the date on us. But look at the first comment:

--not exactly, subtle --!
posted by AT4H on 2008-05-02 10:20:06
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What's going on with bumping old posts back to the front page AND changing the date. I know the date changed because I specifically looked at it saying May 2 when someone above asked if this was posted last week.

posted by randomname on 2008-05-07 17:01:38
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Surprised to see this at the top again.

posted by danze on 2008-05-07 18:17:31
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Wow, mirrors to trick the eye into thinking a room is larger. How inventive...

posted by Lori on 2008-05-07 18:43:41
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Has anyone else noticed the TVs in these European posts and how they are small and sit on small end tables? There was even one sitting on a round table. I can't help but compare it to the US trend to house big TVs in even bigger armoires or 6 foot long credenzas.

posted by RJD on 2008-05-07 20:28:16
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I need to change my screen name to LuvMirrors.....

posted by quiltmaster on 2008-05-08 00:37:23
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yes, this is the same EXACT post focusing on the mirrors in this house, which we also had already seen in another recent post. Hmmmm...

posted by absolutmarie on 2008-05-08 04:49:51
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