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CL mirror opinion, please

13 years ago

OK. DH and I are going to reno our bathroom because of a leaky shower. I've been collecting items for a while that have a rustic or aged quality. I thought that I would go with two large mirrors over the vanity, Louis Philippe style. However, I've been looking at this for the last couple of weeks and I think it would make a fabulous mirror for us. It's 50" wide and 52" tall. That leaves 15" of room on each side for sconces.

DH thinks that it's a little much for the bathroom (6'7" x 9). The bathroom will have wood-look porcelain tile in a herringbone pattern. Marble-look porcelain on the shower wall. Haven't figured out a vanity, but I like the tone of the one in my inspiration pic. I'd probably get something close to the same finish on the mirror.

I think if I keep the decor a little spare, it wouldn't be too much. What do you think?

Inspiration pic

The mirror
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Comments (13)

  • 13 years ago

    How high is your ceiling? If you will have a 36" high vanity and allow 10" between the sink top and the mirror, the total height will be 98". You'll need at least 9 feet for the mirror not to look cramped.

  • PRO
    13 years ago

    Sorry, thumbs down. Too much.

    Just from your inspiration picture there's a lot going on in that bathroom.

  • 13 years ago

    Ceiling height is 8 ft.

    Hmmm, I measured from my standard height vanity and I was going to place it 4-5 inches above the counter like my current one is. 10 inches is just too high for me.

    I'm short, and bending to get close to the mirror is easier with a lower vanity. Maybe split the difference on vanity height, which leaves 6 inches of room at the top. Hmmmm, again.

    Thank you for pointing this out. These details are forgotten in the excitement of a find!

  • 13 years ago

    I think the mirror is gorgeous and I would find a place for it. I just love, love, love the style!

  • 13 years ago

    If you decide not to use it in the br don't pass it up, you will always regret it!

  • 13 years ago

    I guess the "horns" really put it over the top.

    Holly, I'm thinking! LOL!

  • PRO
    13 years ago

    I googled Louis Philippe style mirrors, & up pop mirrors like this. See pic on top. (French)

    The mirror you have pictured is kind of a stylized Georgian mirror (English), with a broken arch pediment (that would be the 'horns') with applied, plastic molding at the top. Not Louis Philippe at all. See pic at bottom.

    Here is a link that might be useful: 1st Dibs

  • 13 years ago

    Yes, Beverly.

    The Louis Philippe was the style I was thinking about and then I found this. I'm not married to anything in particular. I mean, my "vision" for my living room rug was completely derailed by a Jean Harlow moment with a carved Chinese one, LOL!

    Serendipity is always welcome :)

  • 13 years ago

    I think Victoria would say to go for it, you'll find a place if for it if you love it, even if you don't use it in the bathroom. Do you love it enough to adjust some of the other bathroom items/finishes to make it work better?

    I know most of us have read this, but it's worth posting again (and again, and again).

    Here is a link that might be useful: Kingdom mirror

  • 13 years ago

    Oly, I love that particular installment in her blog!

    I do tend to like over scaled things. You know, one big piece that draws your attention. I can also clutter the heck out of a room and love it because everything makes me smile. sigh.

    See, I thought my inspiration pic seemed pretty spare once you take away the accessories and that big, wonderful mirror would be a great focal point. I guess I need to work on my definition :)

    I don't have a "style", so anything will work. My house is a nondescript ranch and my bedroom has elements of Asian, French, and English country with a rustic pine headboard I built. I can go a lot of directions.

  • 13 years ago

    Can you design folks please tell me what is busy about the bathroom? I am truly curious and want to learn this stuff. I would see it as a fairly neutral bathroom and like alex said a fancy mirror like that would be the focal point. Is it the herringbone on the floor? I guess that is the only thing I see as maybe "busy". I love the mirror by the way but I am a sucker for dentil molding.

  • 13 years ago

    I am a sucker for just about anything slightly fancy. If my name were Nancy I would be Fancy Nancy indeed (I am a FN fan).

    That mirror is so gorgeous I would be pounding down the door to get it if I lived close enough. I have a pediment bed that I just love and your mirror reminds me of it! You see that I called it "your mirror"? Seriously Alex you just have to get it before it's too late!

    I literally laughed myself silly over the Kingdom mirror episode when I read it several months ago. When I get home from work tonight I am going to take a glass of wine into the lr, curl up and re-read it!

  • 13 years ago

    Well, to me, the "busyness" of the inspiration photo is the distinctive pattern on the floor, plus the large number of drawers, all with multiple frame trim and large pulls. There is no plain plane of wood at all; it looks very busy to me, even though I love it. I personally would never use that floor (which looks so contemporary to me) in the large herringbone with that more traditional style vanity, which has an overall checkerboard pattern (not sure what to call it - lines of squares and rectangles). Then the marble shower tiles and the mosaic patterned shower floor add more elements. The colors do not seem to work together on my monitor, which increases the dissonance to my eye. Gold tones in the wood, pink tones in the floor and grey tones in the shower - but monitors are quirky and it may look different on yours.