Tests have shown that home-owners who keep mirrors dotted around the house tend to be more confident and even do better in life. In addition to helping increase one’s self confidence, mirrors help you with interior decorating issues, particularly if you do not have much space to play around with.
Interior decorators may recommend you to use a free standing mirror if you want to produce the illusion of having more room or space. If it’s a case of a partition that’s not as spacious as you might like it to be and you are not thrilled at the prospect of breaking walls or altering all the furniture with something that will make the area appear wider, a few whole-wall mirrors might very well give the desired impression. By reflecting the whole of the room, mirrors can give the impression that there’s double the space.
However, you can’t just go placing mirrors anywhere you feel like it. Mirrors cannot do any good if large pieces of furniture are blocking the mirrors, for instance. Select a wall that will give people fewer opportunities to see the reflections because this can lessen the effect of space you’re wanting to produce - opposite some good oak bookcases could prove an excellent spot.
Of course, mirrors are integral to some pieces of household furniture in some rooms - vanity sinks, for instance, will come with a mirror which will increase the sense of depth and space.
To create the best illusion of space, study the layout of the room and identify those parts of it that are not likely to be the opposite of where people sit. Do not forget - the mirrors don’t have to cover the entire surface of the wall, just the whole height. If you do it right, your floor-to-ceiling mirrors should create the illusion that there are passages into other rooms, creating the illusion of more space.
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