Ideas for Decorating with Round Mirrors

Use Round Mirrors To… Soften Spaces with Straight Lines

Let’s kick things off with my absolute favorite round mirror – the wood + iron one in our foyer. This beauty does a great job of softening the space by adding some more curves to all of the straight edges. If you’re struggling with what to hang over a chest, dresser, or console, the simple combination of a round mirror over a rectangular piece of furniture works every time!

A good general rule of thumb is to choose a mirror that’s between 1/2 – 5/6 the width of your furniture piece it’s hanging above (you can go closer to 1/2 for a wide furniture piece and closer to 5/6 for a more narrow one). My wood and iron mirror is a pretty big guy measuring in at 35″ – the best prices I’ve found on it are {here} and {here}.

Around the corner in our master bedroom, I have {this large round mirror} with a fun little faux hook at the top that reminds me of an old-time pocket watch: 

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It’s a pretty long dresser so even though my mirror’s fairly big, it needed some weighty pieces added to the top to fill up the space a bit. And while I’m sharing this mirror, I also wanted to share a little trick I used for changing the finish of it – it actually came in a bronze finish but since I couldn’t find a mirror that I liked the design of quite as much in the brass finish that I was looking for, I simply used {this gold leaf Rub ‘n Buff} to change it up. If you’ve never used Rub ‘n Buff, give it a try! It comes in lots of different finish options and is a super quick and easy and way to change the look of metals. To use it, I hung my mirror up, put paper behind it so the Rub ‘n Buff wouldn’t get on my walls, and then went around my whole mirror rubbing in a small amount of Rub ‘n Buff around the entire metal edge using a rag. It literally took me less than 15 minutes to do! So definitely always something to think about if you find a metal framed mirror that you like in a finish that you don’t. 

My oldest daughter’s room has a similar (but smaller) mirror that comes in brass if you don’t want to be bothered with changing the finish. It’s a steal at under $50 and is available {here} (it looks like right now it’s not available to ship but if you order online for pick-up in the store, you can get the online sale price!). 

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Use Round Mirrors To… Add Interest to the Back of a Bookcase

The back of a bookcase is a great place for a small decorative round mirror – starburst mirrors are my favorite for this! In our home office I have {this starburst mirror} that comes in both gold and silver options: 

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I have another starburst mirror as part of my art gallery wall on the other side of the room and a third one stashed in my hoard closet that I used in our old home but haven’t found a spot for in this one (but I love it so much I don’t want to get rid of it!).

Use Round Mirrors To… Reflect Light or a Favorite View

Our living room is one of the darkest rooms in our house so having a mirror on the mantel helps bounce the light around and also reflects some of the pretty view out the large bay window directly across from it. When our large rhododendron blooms in the spring, the color coming through our bay window plus the color that gets bounced around by our fireplace mirror turns the whole room pink – I love it!

It’s {this round mirror} that has the prettiest wood barrel frame!

Use Round Mirrors As… Simple Over-the-Bed Decor

Decorating the space above a bed isn’t always easy, especially if you have a taller headboard and shorter ceilings like I do – it doesn’t leave a ton of space above the bed left to work with. I’ve found that a single round mirror is a really simple, beautiful solution that almost always works! I have {this beautiful round petal mirror} over the bed in our guest room in CT:

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That wraps up my little tour of the round mirrors I chose for my own home and the ways that I use them – I’ll leave you with some round mirror eye candy including a few that I have and love along with several new favorites (I especially crushing on #3 – so fun!):

ONE – 28.5″ antique brass sunflower mirror available {here} | TWO – white rattan mirror in three size and color options available {here} | THREE – 34″ gold floral mirror available {here} | FOUR – 48″ (huge!) round wood mirror available {here} | FIVE – 30″ ball mirror with natural wood finish available {here} | SIX – gold or silver mirror with rays of steel wire available in two sizes {here} | SEVEN – 32″ antique bronze wire floral mirror available {here} | EIGHT – 37″ jute rope mirror available {here} | NINE – 24″ acacia wood mirror available {here} | TEN – 35″ layered natural wood mirror with black iron accents available {here} and {here} | ELEVEN – 36″ bronze metal framed mirror available {here}