This is one of the great design tricks. Want to make your room feel more open and light-filled without removing a single wall? Just add a mirror wall. (Sure, a single mirror can produce similar results, but where's the fun in that?)
It's not a completely new trick. Examples that come to mind are Elsie de Wolfe's French country home, the mirrored conservatory reflecting the lush gardens of Villa Trianon, and Valérian Ribard and Jean-François Daigle's Parisian apartment. These include the dazzling mirrored salon in the. In October 1989, she appeared on the cover of AD magazine. But recently we have noticed certain variations of spatial expansion solutions. It is a grid of mirrors (often highly polished and non-reflective, with an antique finish) that covers a large area. On a certain wall. Open up the room while achieving a certain decorative neutrality.
Custom mercury glass panels by Steven Cavallo line one wall of interior designer Bunny Williams' Manhattan living room.
Photo: Francesco Lagnese
You might not realize it's there at first glance, but “it doubles the width of the kitchen,” says AD100 interior designer Nate Berkus, who he and husband Jeremiah Brent used to cover the walls. I would like to explain about the antique mirror I was using. Do not remove from New York City pad (which houses exhaust pipes for multiple apartments). “The kitchen is one of our favorite parts of the apartment. We love that it's visible no matter which direction you turn.”
For another example, see Sienna Miller's English cottage 'Thatch'. In this cottage, a similar rendition opens things up in the cozy dining room. Or, in Bunny Williams' Manhattan apartment, a grid of his panels of custom mercury glass by Stephen Cavallo lines the living room walls. For a wilder riff, see Alexandre and Sofa Sánchez de Betak's mirrored lounge in their SoHo loft (complete with strippers, slashers and firefighter poles) on the cover of his February issue of AD. ) may remind you. Published in 2018.