With any mirror, you want to make sure you're reflecting something wonderful. I know that isn't your furniture in the picture, but would you want a mirror reflecting the back of the sofa? People's heads eating at the table? What will be across the room? Personally, if a dining table were to go there then make it a round or oval one with a great pendant over it and a fabulous art work. Then put a mirror across the room to reflect the art.

Hard to know how that will look. Making sure the wainscoting is very elegant--not beadboard style--so it doesn't feel like a bathroom wall. Could the wall hold a large beautiful mirror like the kind Ballarddesign.com carries that is almost window like?

Love the idea of mirrors in this unit. Have recently worked with local artisans on a custom mirror we had made. They make handcrafted mirrors (any size) with an "antiqued" effect. This helps to somewhat diffuse the "reflection" of the surrounding area while still capturing the natural light, and adding it's own character to the mirrored space. More cost effective would be antique mirrored panels, rather than full walls. Or mirrored tiles?

The topmost pic really captures my thoughts, but the antiqued idea does diffuse it nicely. Thank you!

Unfortunately, if not enough light is your problem, a mirror on a side wall is not going to help. Only a mirror reflecting the slider will add light. I faced this same situation and chose not to buy an interior unit.

Raye I so agree with you. No matter what you use the cleaner causes the backing to deteriorate. I am a fan of large framed mirror when strategcially placed such as a bathroom.

We had the choice between two condos, one was flipped-reno'd, the other hadn't been touched in 20 years. Neither were interior condos but they faced the sun slightly differently. The flipped condo had lots of mirrors installed everywhere. It never occurred to me they were manipulating the light on purpose, but now that I think about it, perhaps so. I can say the mirrors were off-setting to me because it did seem like old-style, even if it'd just been renovated.

We went with the never-renovated unit that had the problem of so much light, the circa 80s yellow walls and yellow oak floor made the place seem on fire every afternoon.. unbearably too much sunlight.

I guess you pick your battles!

Since you have yet to buy this condo, my advice it to see if you can go over there and spend a long chunk of time, to see how the sun affects the place as it moves over the hours during the day.

I really like the first picture janecalle posted as well. I was just going to suggest a framed mirror but the antiquing really looks great and very elegant. I was thinking of different sized mirrors framed on the walls as a display, much the same way you would put several pictures on a wall.