That's a lot of mirror...I think art of something else would be more interesting than just mirror. Can you mix them?

Sorry I didn't see this till just now, Palimpsest. I've been at fine stores everywhere. I think Redecor8 is on to something. I vaguely remember a room with a wall treatement like that, but I don't remmeber where I saw it, which tells me it wasn't in a book or magazine. Those I can always remember. And it must be fairly new, done by someone working in traditional style, since I'd never seen that particular technique before. I can think of engraved mirrors & reverse-painted mirrors with Chinoiserie scenes, but not this scratch-off technique. The bad part is that wherever I saw it, I wasn't taken enough with it to save a picture. But it's almost bedtime, so maybe the designer's name will come to me once I start shutting down--if, that is, I registered it at all when I first saw it. If I did, it should come back. It sounds stupid, I know, but that half-there state is when your brain starts playing connect-the-dots and most of the time, I wake up with an answer. That doesn't, of course, guarantee that it's a good answer. A Nyquil-induced stupor one time when I was sick is what gave me the idea for my dripping-plaster table. It's also how I once invented a new kind of sump pump that, as water pressure coming up from below--as in a flooding storm sewer during a flash flood during a sudden storm--built up beyond what's normal, would seal even tighter than normal, preventing the water's upward force from overpowering the mechanism. I don't know how to explain the reciprocating-force gizmo my brain came up with while I was asleep, but I could see it as clear as anything, and when I drew it & showed it to a civil engineer pal, he said that it was an ingenious device whose main flaw was that it was too efficient, and that, instead of allowing water to seep in around the failing seal as the pressure built up, it would seal so tight that, eventually, the whole basement floor would erupt like a concrete volcano, destroying the entire house instead of just flooding the basement. Then again, I never claimed that it was a perfect solution. Anyway, none of that really helps with your question, but it does show that our brains work round-the-clock, so maybe I'll remember where I saw that wall treatment after all. Meanwhile, pleasant dreams, all. M.

One of the very few things worth keeping in this house was the full wall of mirrors (a 3 piece set) in our dining room. Sure enough, it got broken either during demo of its ceiling, some other areas or when reframing. It was minding its own business and no one knows how it bit the dust (or no one has told me). The gc said he'll replace it, but it was old and may not be easily matched. I have a bunch of other old mirrors in storage, so will have to cobble something together until I get inspired. It was truly the only design element worth keeping in all the 60 years this house has been here and all the p.o.s! Figures.....

I am in the camp of keeping the mirrored wall because in small spaces they really do increase the light in the room. Place furnishings directly in front of the mirrored wall. You can even attach art and wall decor provided the weight is not too great and the items are secured with some type of adhesive hooks, tape etc. You can have a wood design attached to the face of the mirror wall to break up the reflection and add interest. Canvas art is fairly light and can easily be hung on the face of the mirror