vanity 2

linen tower will have crown

I have seen these mirrors held up mechanically at the bottom and by the backplates of the fixtures themselves.

Mine is glued on and abuts the backsplash. I didn't want a frame, either, so we chose a mirror with an inset etched frame. I love that it gives the mirror a "finished" look.

Ours is glued and abuts the backsplash as well. No frame. It works well in our space.

Thank you all.

anitamo- I am curious what an inset etched frame looks like. I googled the term but nothing helpful came up. Any idea where I might find an image? Thank you!

palimpsest- I prefer to not have the mirror glued to the wall. I will if I have to. Your suggestion is certainly a good starting point with the glass guys. Thank you!

This post was edited by sparklebread on Sun, Jan 27, 13 at 18:24

Sparklebread, I am debating doing either this very thing for our master bathroom or two different framed mirrors with a sconce on the outside edge of each.

threeapples, I purchased nickel framed mirrors for the walls, but shipped them back. I love the look, but it just wasn't right for this space. It felt choppy. My biggest concern is it will look unfinished if I don't frame the large mirrors. I have to figure this out by the end of the week so I am starting to feel the pressure!

For the hall bath I had a large three panel frame made to fit the space and that was much easier decision as the walls define the space much better than the master. ( credit due to tinker2006 and pipdog for inspiration!) Here is the before pic. Install is scheduled for Friday.

Fingers are crossed, nothing seems to go as planned! (as you know- and take heart- this little ceramic bathroom (hex and subways) has had problem after problem...uneven floor, spotty grout, tile guy scratched outside of new tub, electrician put ladder in tub to install light and scratched floor of tub, it goes on and on- but I love the simplicity of that room and would not change a thing. I will just have to stick to my guns until they make everything right. You do the same!

We used brackets to hold up ours in the guest room. If you are gluing, you want to be at least 1/16" above the backsplash in case you ever have to remove the mirror and you want to allow for expansion/contraction and not have it crack the mirror.

I have the top light fixture instead of the side sconces, but I do plan on adding a frame in the future as I think it's too unfinished looking without.

We have been our house 6 months now (wow, time flies) and we had planned on switching out the builder-included marblux counters after we were in. The cabinet is stock and quite frankly it is quite disappointing in quality. So, when the company came to measure for our mirror we asked them to not have it rest on the backsplash of the marblux, so we could remove the counter and cabinet in the future and retrofit it with a better vanity and a counter that MATCHES (white marblux wasn't available...go figure). They put some sort of spacers between the mirror and the bs.

The company that provided the mirror is the one who drilled it for the lights.

Here is a picture of how the mirror is done.

Disclaimer, the tray is not there (too big) and I do have curtains too now!

My mirror goes all the way to the ceiling. I know that a lot of people don't like the big mirror over the vanity but I thought if I did the whole wall with one piece, up to the ceiling it would look better. I'm very happy with the way that turned out.

Beekeepers' mirror is the perfect application of the large frameless mirror: it has no edges or boundaries of it's own: the edges are defined only by the confines of the space and the edges of something else. It becomes less of an object itself, and more of an optical illusion.

This isn't a great photo, but you'll get the idea at least of the etching.

Also, a google search came up with ideas for mirror etching on houzz...
http://www.houzz.com/etched-mirror

Here is a link that might be useful: [Houzz[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/etched-mirror-phbr0lbl-bl~l_54773)

Ours is similar to bee's. I like light and space (both of which are at a premium in our house) so am pleased with the look and effect of the large, single, borderless mirror. Ours is flanked on both ends by counter-depth walls which are mirrored as well, with sconces installed through drilled holes. The mirrors are applied with glue. Wish they weren't.

This post was edited by lazydaisynot on Mon, Jan 28, 13 at 11:02

Thank you everyone for you input!!

I would like to take the mirror to the ceiling, similar to Bee's. Need to figure out how to make that happen on the linen tower vanity combo. I am afraid if I take the mirror to the ceiling past the top of the linen tower it will look odd. Perhaps our cabinet maker can make a false top of some sort.

See beekeeperswife mirror and imagine beveled frame of mirror. It is very attractive and you do not lose any reflective ability, only enhances the mirror.

If the cabinetmaker can't make you a soffit or something to extend the cabinet height visually, then at least take the mirror to the top of the cabinet