"Could you frame out the larger mirror in wood trim and stain to match new mirror so that it would be a mirror then a mirror?" ThatÂs what I was thinking about doing. I wanted to solve the technical problems first, of how to hang, and the aesthetic issue, of would it look right in the first place. I stained other oak shelves in the room to match the vanity, so could do that. (The craftsman mirror is not oak, like the vanity, though: I think it is rubberwood. If I framed the big one I would have to use oak, but could probably get it to match well enough.) Assuming the cables are attached to screws in the studs over the big mirror, I could conceal that, maybe, by having the wood trim on the big mirror pass over that, with a small hollow in the back. The big mirror goes almost wall to wall on the sides, and right up to the round base of the light fixture above, so if I framed it out, whatever I did would have to float on the surface of the mirror and be adhered with glue.

For multiple and complex reasons that I will spare you, the ultimate placement of our chair rail was broken by the mirrors. We are tall, very tall, so that wasn't our problem. I am pleased with how it turned out visually and functionally solved our dilemma. I had asked Bill V this last year while I was agonizing over this, and certainly he had said it was done all the time. We just needed the chair interupted, but it also looks fine with the mirrors set lower into the wainscotting. I saw plenty of photos at the time, all lovely. So if that works for you, I would go ahead!

Your bedroom is looking beautiful. I'm in the camp that says your mirrors are a bit too high and too far to the side of your posts. Instead of craft paper to mock up your plates, try putting your plate on a copier, then tape the copies on he wall. Gorgeous plates btw. Taping up pics of the plates may give you a good idea of whether the plates look good or odd in the bedroom. I have one of the Mottaheda tobacco leaf charger plates that I've set on a plate stand on top of my lingerie chest in my bedroom and have never thought it out of place. I too think your headboard is sufficient without art above it. OTH I have a big 4 poster and have always had something above /behind the headboard. In the 80's I covered the whole wall of my bedroom behind the bed in a Mario Buatta chintz, covering a small inconvenient window in the process. In a different house in 2000's I hung a big impressionist oil of flowers over my bed. In the house we're building I'm committed to artwork over the bed because I put a recessed outlet there for a light. It's such a personal thing, but if you want something over your bed your wall can handle it. If not, it's very nice as is. PS, I'm probably in the middle age between you and mtnrdredux and I'm in the "reduce the # of pillows" on the bed camp, but def prop the shams, not stack.

Thank you Aktillary. I like it better than any of the other mirrors too. NoSoccorMom, the mirror in my virtual, which is the very first one that ChloeKitty posted, does have quite a few curves in it's design. They just don't stand out much in the virtual. When I look at all the mirrors that Chloe shared, and at the things in her lovely room, I noticed a feminine theme, so I personally think the first mirror fits quite well.