Making a mirror in the bathroom

The functions of the mirror in the bathroom are very diverse. It serves not only so that the hostess could inspire beauty before him. Reflecting surfaces can visually change the size and geometry of the room and are an excellent decoration. About what the design of a mirror in a bathroom can be will be discussed in our article.

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Determine the purpose

Beautiful bathroom mirrors - what are they? Variety:

• in full growth;
• half the height;
• in which only the face is reflected;
• in style-appropriate frames;
• built-in;
• with backlight;
• combined with a cabinet;
• combined with a shelf;
• mirror inserts in the border;
• mirrored walls or ceilings.

Important! The list is far from complete, and if you wish, you can always offer your original version. The reflecting surfaces themselves may also be different. In some mirrors the glass is completely smooth, in others - with a barely noticeable pattern.

The form also happens any:

• a circle;
• oval;
• square;
• rectangle;
• rhombus;
• heart
• a drop.

In a word, there are enough options, and the designer always has a question - what to focus on?

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Estimate the bathroom

The design of the mirrors in the bathroom - with or without lighting, begins with an examination of the scene. What is your bathroom like? Need assessment:

• area;
• geometry;
• combined bathroom or not;
• style;
• shine;
• the proposed design of the walls, floor and ceiling.

Area

The room where large mirrors hang always seems more spacious than it really is. And if in a large bathroom you can be content with one full-length mirror and a couple of inserts in the wall or in the curb, then owners of tiny bathrooms in Khrushchev should make a mirror wall, and even with lighting. A miracle will happen - your bathroom will expand almost twice.

Geometry

Do you dislike the shape of your bathroom? Nothing wrong. If you correctly position the mirror surfaces, the geometry will change. The greatest effect can be achieved if you paste over with mirror panels:

• niche;
• protrusions;
• border.

Here are a couple of useful ideas for decorating mirror surfaces in the bathroom:

• The ceiling will appear higher if, for example, a sewer pipe is masked with a mirror column. True, you must act very carefully and provide access to the pipe in case of leaks. But you can just make vertical stripes of mirror tiles.
• If the ceiling seems too high, a horizontal strip around the entire perimeter will help you out. It can be placed above the baseboard or in the middle of the walls.

Inserts in a border

Mirror fragments look very impressive, and the room changes its shape. If you still arrange the illumination of LED strips, the room will acquire a mysterious and mysterious look.

Important! If such a move seems excessive to you, you can make several inserts of different shapes. The mirror goes well with any kind of finish.

Combined bathroom

Oddly enough, the combined bathroom gives the designer additional opportunities to show imagination. Now many owners of small but separate bathrooms and toilets combine them into a single space. There is an opportunity to put in the bathroom something else, except for the bath, washbasin and toilet.

Yes, but zoning is still necessary, and here reflective surfaces will come to the rescue.For example, you can make a strip of reflective tiles in place of the former partition. How do you like the built-in mirror above the bathroom or the reflective door of the shower stall? Or one large and several small ones - combined with a cabinet or a shelf?

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Talk about styles

A mirror is needed in any bathroom, regardless of what style of decoration you chose. Most Popular:

• Classic;
• Retro;
• Modern;
• High tech;
• Minimalism;
• Provence.

Classic

The bathroom in the classical style is full of beautiful and solid objects, suggesting a sound financial and social position of the owners. The mirror should be just as solid.

It is very good if it will be in full growth, in a solid wooden frame without any frills. Simplicity and reliability are the motto of the adherents of this style.

Retro

You go into the bathroom, and find yourself in a sample room of the middle of the last century. Especially popular in those years were round and oval mirrors. Not necessarily large - you can, for example, limit yourself to an insert on the door and above the shelf with accessories.

If the room is large, there can be a cabinet in the style of a chiffonier of the early 60s - of two or three wings, with a full-length mirror on the outside or inside.

Modern

Fanciful forms, all kinds of decorations, sometimes even seeming superfluous. There can be several reflective surfaces, and the most bizarre look.

A mirror in the shape of a droplet or a heart above a shelf, a panel above a bathtub with a pattern printed on it, a large oval in a skilfully carved frame - in a word, you can give full play to creative thought.

High tech

This style is characterized by objects that suggest the idea of ​​technological progress. Therefore, the design of the bathroom mirror will be appropriate:

• Inserts in the form of portholes, smooth reflective surfaces on the door, walls or ceiling, ultra-modern lighting.
• Frames - made of shiny metal or decorated in metal. No carving, no rhinestones - everything is strictly scientific. But a simple forged frame will look very good.

Minimalism

A very popular style now, whose adherents manage to effectively decorate their apartments without extra costs. The mirror may be large, but it must be properly designed:

• without a frame;
• with a frame in the form of a narrow metal or plastic strip.

Provence

Natural materials, floral ornaments and plenty of light - these are the characteristic features of this style. You can make a reflective panel over the bathroom and make it look like a window. But nothing prevents to hang just a large mirror in a wooden carved frame with floral ornaments. A wooden cabinet with a mirror and a shelf are appropriate.

Most importantly, all items should look like old. If the bathroom is large, it can even accommodate an old dressing table.

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The most functional options

The design of the mirror in the bathroom largely depends on how much space you can allocate for the mirror surface. If you have no time to especially think about the style and other subtleties, and you are not going to start a serious repair yet, pay attention to the most functional options:

• a mirror with a cupboard or cabinet;
• mirror with a shelf.

Cabinets and lockers

Not every owner of a modern apartment can afford to put in the bathroom a large closet, chest of drawers or anything else like that. But if there is such an opportunity, try to do it.

The cabinet may not necessarily be two or three section. On sale you will find many options for single-section pencil cases designed specifically for bathrooms. And nothing prevents to decorate such an object with a mirror:

• small on the door;
• full height on the side wall.

A bathroom cabinet can be made of different materials:

• metal;
• a tree;
• plastic.

Important! It should be remembered that the bathroom is a room with high humidity.Wooden products, of course, are beautiful and look noble, but it is necessary that they are protected from moisture by special impregnation or water-insoluble varnish. As for metal, those that do not rust are suitable. The ideal option is plastic:

• does not rust;
• does not decay;
• not susceptible to fungus;
• hygienic;
• cheap;
• there are all possible colors and shades, including wood and metal.

Big or small

Cabinets with mirrors for the bathroom can be:

• outdoor:
• outboard.

It all depends on where exactly you can put it. If the size of the room is so small that even for the narrowest pencil case there is no suitable angle, you will have to confine yourself to a hanging cabinet. He can be:

• single-section with a mirror door;
• from two to three or even more sections;
• with a mirrored rear wall and drawers below and above.

Wall cabinets with mirrors

The most modest option is a small cabinet with a mirror on the door. It does not include a lot of items, but it is quite suitable for storing personal hygiene products and cosmetics. A hanging cabinet of two or three sections is much more interesting. It does not take up space on the floor, but at the same time, it also contains accessories and care products for the bathroom itself, and you can select a separate box for everything.

Important! A combined hanging cabinet is also very convenient, which has a mirror (most often in the center), and sections with doors, and drawers. Quite often, such bathroom furniture is made modular, so that you can hang all of these drawer sections side by side, or arrange them on different walls.

Mirror with shelf

The traditional option. Such an item can hang in both a large and a small bathroom. Above is a rectangular, round or oval mirror, below is a shelf for various small things, like toothbrushes, razors, etc. An unimportant option, but it can be very effective. As a rule, they hang such a design over the washbasin. At the same time, there may be other mirrors in the room.

Shelves with built-in mirrors are made of different materials:

• metal;
• a tree;
• glass;
• plastic.

Important! Like cabinets, shelves should be such that they do not rust and rot. That is, glass and plastic are preferable in this case. In addition, glass helps to visually increase the size of the room.

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Lighting

Have you considered what kind of light will be in your bathroom? The times when the bathroom was lit by a single lamp on the ceiling or above the door, gradually fading into the past. Even if you have a small room, you can dream up with light. For example, hang not one lamp in the center, but several in the corners. Or spotlights on ceilings or walls.

Important! The reflection of the face in the mirror should be clear and so that the smallest details are visible.

Illuminated Mirror

The light above the mirror may be the only one in your bathroom if it is small. But the combination of the illuminated mirror with other lamps will look much more interesting. A shining mirror surrounded by LED spotlights gives the room a luxurious and fantastic look.

Backlight can be:

• built-in;
• mounted separately.

In the first case, the reflecting plane is already sold together with a garland, which can only be connected. LEDs are located above or below, but there are also models where the reflecting surface is completely surrounded by them. Lamps can be the same or multi-colored.

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Built-in bathroom mirror

Built-in items are very convenient, especially in small rooms. They do not need a separate place. This also applies to the built-in mirror in the bathroom:

• If there is a niche, no questions arise - this is an ideal place for a reflective surface, especially if it is backlit.
• But you can build in mirror elements and just into the wall, making a shallow niche.
• If your finish layer is thick enough, nothing prevents you from first fixing the mirror, and around it - a different kind of tile or, for example, silk plaster.

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Choose and hang

If you have already figured out which mirror you like best, it's time to draw up a project and go shopping:

1. Draw a plan of the bathroom and a plan of the wall where the mirror will be ..
2. Choose a place in the bathroom where it will be located.
3. Put this place on the plan.
4. Determine the type of lamp.
5. Indicate on the plan where you plan to hang it.
6. Select the shape and size of the mirror.
7. On the wall plan, draw its estimated location to scale.
8. After you have precisely calculated everything, you can safely go shopping and start decorating.

Important! You can create an interesting interior with the help of special computer programs - in this case you will not need to draw anything on leaflets, but you can immediately imagine how your bathroom will look like in volume.

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Custom frame design options

Manufacturers of bathroom furniture offer customers mirrors, as a rule, already framed. It remains only to choose the right one. But it also happens that the frame seems rustic. Or you ordered a mirror in the workshop, where it was simply cut out according to the shape you specified. You can try to do the framing yourself. To do this, it is not necessary to be able to cut wood or forge metal parts. You can create an interesting frame with much simpler and more affordable means.

Trim the frame with beads and beads

A fairly simple option - beads and beads perfectly reflect light rays, so your room will be filled with radiance and brilliance. This option is great for decorating a built-in mirror. You need:

• beads;
• beads;
• silicone sealant;
• tweezers.

The work is painstaking, but the procedure is quite simple:

1. Attach a mirror.
2. Apply silicone sealant on one side.
3. Stick the beads of the same color close to each other or make a pattern out of them.
4. Do the same in another area.

Important! Until the sealant has dried, the beads and beads attach easily to it. In this case, it is important to apply so much sealant so that it does not have time to completely dry, while you will stick small parts.

Stencil painting

The drawing is applied to the mirror itself, so it should be light and transparent - for example, a thin net with leaves and flowers, or a snowflake pattern, will look good on the mirror surface. Paints should be those that are not afraid of water. You can, of course, do without any stencil, if you can draw even a little. You need:

• stencil film;
• acrylic paints;
• sharp knife;
• thin brush.

Further, the procedure will be as follows:

1. If you don’t know how to draw, find the right items on the Internet. The main thing is that the elements have few small details.
2. Transfer the drawing to film (it can be found in the store for artists).
3. Use a sharp knife to cut out the parts where the lines will be.
4. Secure the stencil with tape.
5. Apply a coat of acrylic paint.
6. Let the drawing dry.
7. Apply the following element in the same way and all the rest.
8. Connect them with thin lines.

Important! The drawing can be applied only to that mirror surface, which performs exclusively decorative functions. The mirror for hygienic and cosmetic procedures should be absolutely even.

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A bathroom without a mirror looks strange. But, as in any other room, in a hygienic room, all the elements must correspond to each other, because in this room a person relaxes, prepares for a busy day or for rest, so nothing should irritate him. And it's up to you to decide which design of the bathroom mirror will be liked by all your household constantly.