Perfect symmetry may have received its fair share of bashing from the design community over the past few years, but mirrors seem to be the happy exception—they continue to pop up in pairs all over the place!
I think that it's hard to go wrong with too many mirrors, and two side by side ones only reinforce the illusion of light and spaciousness.
•1., 2., 3 Flanking a doorway, a pair of mirrors adds grandeur to an entrance.
• 4. Or they can read as additional windows.
•5., 6. Two photographer's takes on David Weiss and Martina Arfwidson's beautiful New York home. One dark framed mirror would be striking enough against the spare whites and greens defining the Swedish inspired home, but two is pure drama.
Do you like the look?
(Images: 1: Keith Scott Morton for Country Living, 2: Nathan Egan, 3: House to Home, 5: Skona Hem, 4: Helen Norman for Martha Stewart)
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Comments (8)
I love this. This is what I'm striving to accomplish, only with no money.
Love it, and I'm not generally a fan of too much symmetry in my spaces. It works because of the contrast between matching frames and contrasting reflections. A nice trick.
Love these. Symmetry gives a sense of calm and order, and brings a little bit of formal grandeur to even the smallest spaces.
This is probably the 80th time I've asked this question but can anyone ID the tree in #5?
I'm not certain, but I think the plant is elephant ear plant, but I've never seen one with such a thick trunk.
Symmetry and Pairs -
When done with small things it looks twee and precious...
...but with large objects, it's grand and elegant.
bepsf- well said!
Digging the glass based lamps in #2. Soooo not in my budget.