Hi @goredr, I meant start a new thread where your post was the opening statement. But, I like your picture. It helps very much to describe what you are asking. If you still care to begin your own thread, you just enter it at the top and add the picture along with it. You give the tread a title. Your Title could be something like "advice needed for mirror placement in makeup/vanity area". Or something shorter. I think you will get more feedback with your own post because it will be new. This thread is old and may be ignored. I think a lovely mirror of your choosing would look special and personal to you, between the sconces. It could be a long oval, a rectangle, with or without frame. I think a bevel would be a nice touch, especially with a frameless mirror. Since that is a makeup area, what other lighting will you have? I feel that the lighting you have now, may not be bright enough.

I would leave enough room so that when I turned on the faucet I was not at risk of splashing my hands onto the mirror. If the mirror is on a medicine cabinet, be sure the mirror, when opened, clears the faucet handle when "on" If neither one of these issues are pertinent, then I would be sure that there is room above the counter so the bottom edge is not exposed to water. We had a mounted wall to wall mirror above the vanity and it rested on the 4" backsplash. Over a few years the mirror delaminated near the faucet/sink wet area. The mirror would get wet and run down into the bottom space between the mirror and the top of the backsplash. It just got worse and worse over the years and because it was affixed to the wall, there wasn't anything to do but tolerate it until time to do a gut of the room. As far as width, that would be your personal preference. If the mirror is on a cabinet, will the door swing interfere with side lights?

I used to live in Pakistan, which shares many arts and products with India.....for all of their existence, they were one country, until 1947. The material is called "mirror cloth". It is a heavy cotton, and tends to be woven a bit on the loose side...it's not a tight weave like other cottons woven with smaller strands. Not so loosely woven that you can see through it, but still it is loomed a bit more loosely. I have quite a bit of mirror cloth in my home....mostly in the form of pillows. The cloth was hand woven when I lived there (don't know about now), and the small mirrors were hand embroidered into the material in a variety of colors, patterns, etc. I've treated the mirror cloth very carefully.....If I were to clean it, I'd hand wash and let it air dry. I don't know where you'd purchase mirror cloth, but you might check international websites. I think the key is to use the fabric where it won't receive much wear and tear, and will keep clean, so that you rarely have to clean it. I do vacuum my pillows, very carefully on a low setting, with no trouble. If you're going to make drapes from mirror cloth, I recommend you line them because the weight of the cloth will cause it to lose its shape over time, in my opinion.

Yes you should take into account the height of the faucets. Normally a mirror would begin above them. (Think of what you want to reflect....lots of plumbing or the viewer?) You want to be low enough that a person who is 5' tall can easily see their entire face and chest. Typically that's going to be right above the faucet. My powder room mirror is pushing the height limits at 45" above the floor. You don't want people to have to stand on their toes to see their face and chest. Mine is 4" above the faucet (so it's not crowded since mine opens). I'm sitting in a hotel right now and the mirror is right at faucet height (you don't see the faucet reflected in the mirror). I'd say it's about 38" off the floor. It's quite comfortable to use. My higher mirror is a powder room mirror as well. I did a lot of research on the subject (suprising how much you can find on the internet) and the general concensus was that you should look to the short folks in society and cater to them for the bottom height, and the tall folks for the top height, so that someone 5' tall and someone else 6'4" will both feel comfortable in the room.