Decorating with mirrors is a wonderful way to make your house appear brighter and more spacious. Discover versatile ways of using mirrors in your home décor.

• If you are going to use decorative mirrors, make sure to select frames that match the room's style. For example, to complement a nautical or tropical home décor choose a mirror framed in sea shells. Or if you have a lavish home with ornate furniture and lush oriental area rugs you will want to choose a traditional ornamental frame. Or if your curtains, area rugs and upholstery have floral designs, you may want to pick a mirror with a similar decorative frame.
• When placing a mirror, always consider what it is going to reflect. Ideally, the mirror should reflect only attractive items, like a beautiful painting, for example. Consider placing a mirror opposite the window for adding extra light, or main entrance for increasing the visual space of the room.
• To make a narrow stairway or hallway look wider, hang mirrors on both sides, preferably right opposite each other.
• Similarly, to make a room appear larger than it is in reality, place big mirrors on the opposite walls, or put one mirror right across the entrance of the room.
• Double the impact of your decorative accents by placing mirrors behind the items. Display your collectables in mirrored showcases; keep your china set in a mirrored cupboard, or let a mirror multiply the effect of your antique chandelier. The ideas here are virtually unlimited.
• Consider grouping small mirrors together - make sure they match in size and shape, or share a common detail, like frame color. You will know you have got it right, if all the mirrors in the group create a harmonious look.
• If you are really in an experimenting mood, try decorating your ceiling with a mirror mosaic - it will complement to any kind of lighting and make a room look stunning with clusters of reflected light around.
• Use miniature decorative mirrors to stylize your curtains, soft furniture and cushion slipovers, tablecloth, etc.
• Decorative mirrors can be combined with paintings to adorn space above a sofa or fireplace.
• Remember that mirrors can be customized; use this to your advantage - get a mirror of the exact size and shape you want and make it the centerpiece of your room. Even a frame can be custom-made according to your specifications!
• Make sure that the majority (if not all) of your mirrors are placed at a usable height - at the end of the day, having so many mirrors around and not being able to see yourself in them can be frustrating.