It's perfectly OK to place furniture and art in front of a mirrored wall. The mirror still adds sparkle and the illusion of space but the furnishings diminish the focal point of the wall.

Someone else was asking the same question and was given a quote of $700 to remove their mirrored wall.

Here's your room if you remove the mirror.

Thank you!

A full wall mirror in a 1938 house is most likely from the 70s or 80s, so I'd guess it was added later. Before you pay to remove it, try hanging a big piece of art or a tall plant in front of one section. If the room feels better, you may not need to take it down. If the glass is cloudy or the edges are chipped, then I'd remove it.

Keep it!

Mirrored walls are beautiful and add a unique flavor to a sea of regular walls

I would leave the mirrors. I do notice that your house looks pretty cottge/traditional and that in the other rooms the baseboard and casing is painted white. To keep this room in line with the rest of the house I would frame out the mirror with moulding and I would paint your casing and baseboards in this space white.

Then I would consider handing a nice painting in the center section and doing wall sconces in each narrower space on either side of the art.

It would be something like this although the program I use kept changing the trim on me, ignore that as the trim would look like the first option i shared.

Before removing it, try temporarily screening the mirror with a freestanding curtain or sheet and have dinner with the room lights on. That will tell you whether you miss the reflected light or prefer not seeing the table reflected. The house's age alone won't tell you when the mirror was installed; old listing photos might help with that.

In my opinion, it looks like a gym or dance studio wall. I’d remove.

I would find it distracting. I would remove it.

I agree that it is probably not original to a 1938 home. Whether you remove it or not depends on what your goals are.

• Do you like having the room feel bigger?
• Does it reflect light that would be lost if you removed it?
• Do you like watching yourself while eating and entertaining?
• How much would it cost in $$$ and in disruption to remove it and refinish the walls.
• How long do you plan on staying in the house?
• Don't remove it if you think it's "dated" since no one cares about that.

My answers would be different than yours. My answers would probably be no to all the questions if I planned to stay long term. If that were my home, I'd spend the money and put up with the disruption to remove it.

I’d keep the mirrored wall and update your decor. It’s a lot of wood furnishings so I’d suggest adding some upholstered chairs even if it’s the head captains chairs. A new updated rug and some florals/greenery in the decor will refresh the space.

My goodness. Changing the chairs makes a world of difference in the room. I’d still hang a canvas on the mirror to minimize the reflection.

I would remove the mirror, for many of the reasons already stated by others.

I would keep the mirror, adding some "muntins". Remove the wall paper and paint the room all one color. Keep the table and change the chairs annd remove and change out the window treatments. When you have a mirrored wall and you want it to reflect the best.

I would remove it. I personally find them distracting and they make a room look busier. And that’s coming from someone that likes a layered room.

The wall paper is already in the works to be changed, as well as the table and chairs. Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions. I have a large 3’-“6x5’ piece of art that I was initially going to hang in front of the mirror looks like it might land there after all.

I would remove it. We once bought a house with a mirrored wall, and I removed it quite easily. I criss- crossed tape all across it, tapped it gently with a hammer, and then pulled the pieces off and placed them in a box for easy disposal. It made very little mess and was quite safe. Wear gloves.

Ilike what Bev did with the mirror.I see the pony wall; it needs lighting or mirror!

I would start by removing the wallpaper..,and blue walls.. which are distracting…then take a look at it again

Maybe these is too much? take down the half of pony wall at the kitchen side.

Design interior south and Bev both have great ideas for breaking up the solid expanse of mirror. The room is fairly dark so take a look at it again if you lighten up the wallpaper. However, I think the mirror adds visual interest and light to the room and could work nicely.

I would definitely not DIY. Not unless you’re prepared with an estimate of what it would cost to get somebody to remove it if the DIY doesn’t work. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I’m sure the mirrors are a later addition, probably 1980s as you surmised. If the adjoining rooms are still original to 1938, the mirrors are an arresting contrast. I feel that libraries and sunrooms lend themselves to such contrast, dining rooms don’t. But many people do like that effect. So I’d decide based on how I want the dining room to relate to the rest of the main floor. If you DIY the removal, please please wear gloves AND goggles.