Mirror in the kitchen: types, shapes, sizes, design, layout options in the interior

Feng Shui Design Rules

A few key recommendations:

• According to Feng Shui, the arrangement of the mirror cloth in the dining area is welcomed so that the table and the people sitting at it are reflected in it, this will allow attracting abundance and prosperity to the house.
• You can also place the product over the stove, but only if it will reflect the entrance to the kitchen. However, it should be taken into account that the flame of the gas burner is not reflected in it, because, according to Feng Shui, the mirror is a symbol of water.

Kinds

Popular varieties of mirror models.

Built-in

There are two types of embedded products:

• In the furniture. Reflective canvases embedded in various furniture items, such as wall cabinets, shelves, refrigerator doors or cupboards, allow you to create an unusual optical effect in a room and add complexity and versatility to the interior.
• Into the wall. Mounted in the walls or niches of the model, you can save space, add to it the missing volume, additional light and simply form a bewitching design.

Mirrors, thanks to light light play, significantly expand the boundaries of the room and deprive it of a feeling of tightness and congestion.

Floor

Elegant floor mirrors or psihe models have a particularly expensive and presentable appearance. Such convenient mirror specimens, thanks to a well-thought-out design, make it easy to change and set the desired angle of inclination.

Wall mounted

The easiest, most familiar and classic way of placement. When using wall-mounted products in a working kitchen area, it is advisable to place them at eye level or higher to avoid unnecessary contamination.

The photo shows a small rectangular wall mirror in the interior of a modern kitchen.

Shapes and sizes

A variety of shapes and sizes allow you to set the kitchen interior a certain mood and emphasize its features.

• Big ones. Large mirror paintings create a boundless labyrinth that goes into the depths and visually gives the room additional space and volume.
• Round. The perfect round shape is a universal option for room decoration, it due to streamlined lines, softens the atmosphere, making it more harmonious.
• In the shape of the sun. This form looks very impressive and original, gives the space a certain piquancy and does not burden the interior.
• Square. The correct square shape allows you to create a balanced and calm design.

In the photo there is a kitchen made in light colors with a large mirror in a golden frame on the wall.

Regardless of size and shape, mirrors, thanks to their amazing properties, transform a faded room, make it much brighter, more beautiful and fill the atmosphere with mystery and mystery.

Design examples of kitchen mirrors

Original design ideas using mirrors.

Mirror mosaic

Artistic mirror elements have a light reflective effect, giving the kitchen space a special airiness and at the same time exclusivity.

Panel

A decorative panel fills the room with a large number of highlights, creating the illusion of volume and endowing the atmosphere with magic and charm.

In the photo there is a mirror panel on the wall above the dining area in the interior of the high-tech kitchen.

Faceted

Peerless reflective canvas with facet, not only visually increases the space, but also due to the refraction of the faces adds to it incredible radiance and brilliance.

Furniture with inserts

A cupboard or a kitchen set with mirror inserts is a traditional design solution that allows the interior to be given some novelty and originality.

In the photo, the kitchen is in bright colors with a set decorated with mirror inserts.

With pictures

Canvases decorated with drawings using the sandblasting technique significantly transform the kitchen environment, fill it with expressiveness and brightness.

Decorated mirrors

Thanks to a variety of bizarre and spectacular frames, it turns out, not only to give the mirror enchanting, chic and picturesque, but also to easily revive the room, creating the right mood in it.

Backlit

The perfect symphony of light emanating from the backlight allows you to organically emphasize the shape of the mirror product and make it a refined interior decoration that will not be left unattended.

Ideas for the arrangement of mirrors in the interior

The most popular placement options for reflective patterns.

Apron

This arrangement is a fairly well-known design technique for the kitchen. Mirror apron due to its good reflective ability, increases the room and forms a sense of a single space in it.

Over the dining table

A dimensional mirror, a figured canvas or a small elegant product will be an excellent decoration for the wall near the dining area and will give it a certain solemnity, elegance and decorativeness.

The photo shows a modern kitchen and a wall near the dining area, decorated with a rectangular mirror.

On the ceiling

This placement visually doubles the space and makes the interior styling truly unique, luxurious and aristocratic.

In the photo there is a facet mirror with rhombuses on the ceiling in the interior of a spacious kitchen.

All over the wall

The reflective canvas, located throughout the wall, will be a particularly excellent solution for a small kitchen, as it visually changes the shape and dimensions of the room, expands its area and deprives the feeling of isolation.

In the photo there is a kitchen with an accent wall, decorated with a panoramic faceted mirror.

Above the sofa

Thanks to the product placed above the back of the sofa, it is possible to increase the intensity of natural lighting in the kitchen room and to form at the same time a simple, rigorous, elegant and stylish design.

Over the sink

Due to the fact that the mirror is not afraid of water splashes and other contaminants, it can be successfully placed even above the sink. Stains and stains that form from this surface can be easily removed with a damp sponge and cleaning agent.

In the photo there are rectangular mirrors in wooden frames located above the sink in the interior of the kitchen in an oriental style.

Over the stove

Quite unusual, but at the same time often used design option, which looks very impressive. However, the mirror model above the stove must have high steam and heat-resistant qualities or be made of special tempered glass.

Options in various styles.

Decorating ideas in popular styling solutions:

• Classical. Spacious kitchens or dining rooms can be decorated with large mirrors, decorated in curly, elaborate carved, forged frames or decorate the apron area with facet square or diamond-shaped models. Such decor options perfectly complement the surroundings of a refined, luxurious and elegant classic style.
• Provence. For Provencal design, not too elaborate products in elegant and thin metal frames, models with vintage wooden framing, or hand-painted canvases, for example, using art painting, weaving, carving or other hand-made, will be appropriate.
• Scandinavian. Laconic rectangular, round, oval or square mirrors in a wooden frame of a natural and natural shade will be an excellent solution for increasing space and an integral element of a Nordic, non-complex and not overloaded interior.
• Loft. The industrial style direction involves square, rectangular, triangular or rhomboid models in large, wide or even double metal, wooden, aged and burnt frames in cold or dark colors.

Pictured is a Scandinavian-style kitchen with a wall decorated with a small round mirror in a light wooden frame.

Thanks to the diverse design, mirror products provide the opportunity not only to create a sense of visual depth in the room, but also to choose the most suitable option for decoration of absolutely any style.

In the photo there is a floor mirror with a wooden wide frame in black in the interior of the kitchen, made in the style of a loft.

Examples of design in the kitchen-living room

Mirror paintings in the combined interior of the kitchen-living room, allow you to multiply the number of reflected beautiful objects, add space to the light, set it in the right shape and form a stylish and organic single design.

Photo gallery

The mirror, played out in the design of the kitchen, gives the room depth and volume, changes its shape, creates optical illusions and enhances objects, making the atmosphere more harmonious, proportional, comfortable and truly cozy.