Sunday, October 13, 2013

In search of The Perfect Mirror

I apologize, readers, because once again I don't have a whole lot of updates...but I will soon.  Believe it or not, I actually have been busy working on the bathroom, but just don't have a lot to show for it yet, so it still looks like this.


So what have I been doing?  I've been to at least 6 stores over the past couple weeks and have been visiting websites daily looking for mirrors.  I still feel like it's important to get the mirror figured out first and let that set the tone for the rest of the room.  But finding one that's the right size, right shape, right color, and right "feel" has been really difficult.  Plus, a couple different times I've picked one out and hesitated on buying it only to have it snatched out from under me (virtually, that is).  While I don't have a specific description of what I'm looking for, I do have some general guidelines:
  • Something that is oval or rectangular, and is fairly large-scale to expand the amount of reflected space in the room and hopefully make the room feel bigger
  • Something that is a dark brown finish (preferably wooden but not necessarily)
  • Something that has some texture - again, I picture something wooden, but it doesn't have to be that.  I think I'd like it to feel "natural" but not rustic.  It has to have a certain amount of polish. 
After all this difficulty, today I decided that waiting for The Perfect Mirror might take a million years, and I should pull the trigger on something inexpensive just to get things moving along.  So I actually bought two!  One I got for $30 from Home Goods (and am planning to return it), and the second one I found later on Overstock.com for $100.  It's rectangular, pretty good-sized, and has the right combination of texture and polish, so I thought it was worth taking a chance on.  Here's a picture of the detail:


I think it's pretty good, but having not seen it in person, I guess I could be wrong.  It'll arrive this week, so once I put it up, I'll give an update!

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