How to hang artwork on mirrored wall??
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Comments (7)The strips on the wall have nothing to do with the studs. I made that mistake... mine didn't break and make a mess, but theres nothing behind them. (Were actually going to take them off in our house and mud and tape over the seam and then paint to make it look more finished...) Any way, back to the question, I had a fairly heavy piece of art hanging in my hall with out an anchor and it lasted for longer than I expected till someone walked too close to the wall and bumped it off. But in the same house I had to rehang my toilet paper holder 4 times cause it kept pulling out of the wall even with anchors (I finally put it vertically to make sure it hit the same stud). But when I turned an extreamly heavy paned window into a mirror to hang in my guest room I used 5 (seriously 5!!) wall anchors and I was still nervous whenever a door slammed. In conclusion I don't think I helped much, the anchors I tend to go for are the heavy duty ones, I don't remember the name, but i buy them at walmart and they have a bull dog on them......See Morehang art on a mirrored wall?
Comments (8)Just a little note about having a mirrored wall facing you just as you walk in a door... one apartment I had had a mirrored pair of closet doors directly in front of the door. (You came in the door facing the closet, turned right and went down a little hall to the big main room and made a U-turn to the left to get to the bedroom, which was behind that entryway wall.) I can't tell you how many times I just about scared the you-know-what out of myself coming in at night, seeing a murky, moving reflection in the mirror and thinking there was somebody in my apartment. It got even worse after another apartment in the building was broken into. I ended up leaving the hallway light on all the time, which of course did my electric bill no favors! Note also that the back of the frame must be nicely finished, because when viewed from an angle the back of the frame is visible in the mirror. Found this out the hard way trying to cheaply update a bathroom with one of those ginormous sheet mirrors over a double sink - I had seen a picture where the designer had hung pretty framed mirrors on top of (or more properly in front of) a big frameless mirror and tried to copy it. Did not look good. Same goes for any furniture; two houses ago our dining room had a mirrored wall (we called it the "diet wall" because no one wanted to eat when they could see their reflection!) that reflected the backs of furniture placed against it, especially since the shoe molding on the baseboard pushed the furniture more than an inch away from the wall. I ended up covering over the mirror. (Let's not talk about the dust!)...See MoreUsing Mirror instead of Art Work
Comments (3)Personally I think 2 mirrors is plenty, but I love artwork and think it adds a lot more interest and color than another mirror. I rarely say this, but I think your husband is right this time....See MoreHow to hang art on this wall?
Comments (2)Will there be anything else on this wall, like a piece of furniture?...See Morecrescent50
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