Design Challenge: Misproportioned Mirrors (and a drexel mirror!)

Hey Guys!

I have a fun #thriftscorethursday post today! In fact, it’s not just a TST post, but also a design challenge post (a series where I share a design challenge I’ve run into and how I’ve resolved it- check out the first one where I chat about metals in our bathroom.). This time I’m chatting about my plans to hang a mirror above the coveted cabinet I was so excited to shave off an extra $65 off of that I wrote a whole blog post about the experience. The design challenge entered when the cabinet arrived and I went to hang the mirror I scored on the curbside 2 weeks ago.

Womp, womp. This mirror is much too big for this cabinet. I was mainly concerned with accessing the doorway to the left since it nearly hits the end of the hallway. I decided 15 inches was the max depth I could squeeze into this space. What I didn’t account for was the width of the mirror I had already planned on putting at the end of the hallway.

So I went back to the drawing board. I had a budget for this hallway makeover. I have already blown the budget and I could not justify spending a single dime on another mirror. I contemplating throwing a rug on the wall above the cabinet but I really needed a mirror to elongate the space visually and reflect light to brighten things up (those are 2 tips from my tips for low light hallways– it’s a good read!)

Thankfully, and I say that loosely, I’m a Craigslist score hoarder. Real bad. I love things that are $20 and less. It’s almost impossible for me to pass up the good stuff for that little. I scored this, I believe to be Drexel, bamboo and brass mirror. It’s pretty cool, right? I’m not sure what’s causing the haze but I love the vibe it brings to this space.

(PS- I’ll have a new camera on Friday, pictures should be much better here on out)

For a smaller cabinet like this one, I think it’s safe to go as small as 1 inch smaller on either side of the mirror (2 inches smaller overall), but for larger cabinets you’ll want to extend that distance the larger your cabinet is to keep proportions visually pleasing and to keep the wall from getting to heavy.

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