Mirror in the hallway and corridor: views, design, choice of location, lighting, frame color

How to hang a mirror correctly?

With the help of a well-placed mirror product, it turns out not only to organically decorate the interior, but also to change the geometry of the room, for example, for a narrow corridor, panoramic models built into a wardrobe or installed against a side wall are perfect, they will help to visually expand the space.

Feng Shui location rules

Recommendations on how best to place a mirror product in the corridor:

• According to the Feng Shui method, it is not advisable to place a mirror opposite the front door, since it is believed that such placement contributes to an incorrect reflection of the energy flow.
• The best place for a reflective surface is on a wall perpendicular to the front door.

Types of mirrors for the corridor

There are several varieties.

Built-in

There are two types of built-in mirrors:

• Into the furniture. A mirror cloth built into a wardrobe with a clothes hanger, a shoe cabinet or a trellis will become a very practical and convenient design for the corridor, since it performs not only an aesthetic function, but is also an excellent storage place.
• Into the wall. Thanks to such an expressive design tool, which has a magical ability to transform a room, it turns out to create incredible visual effects in space.

Mirrors are able to create visual illusions, enliven the environment, make it more interesting and add spatial depth to the room.

Hinged

These hinged wall models are a must-have in almost any hallway. With the help of such a beautiful decorative element, it turns out to give the interior a very elegant and stylish look.

In the photo there is a hinged square mirror in the interior of a spacious hallway.

Outdoor

This design takes up a lot of space and is therefore more suitable for spacious and well-lit corridors. Floor mirrors can be moved and deployed, they can be framed, equipped with a special stand that allows you to change the angle of inclination, have an oval or rectangular shape.

The photo shows a modern hallway with a rectangular floor mirror in a white frame.

Photo of the design of mirrors in the interior

Interesting mirror design ideas.

Large full-length mirror

Full-length canvases look great in the corridor, do not make it heavier, but on the contrary expand it, adding some airiness and lightness.

Framed

With the help of the frame, you can further support the overall style concept and form a uniform design.

Baguette

A high-quality beautiful baguette frame completely influences the perception of a reflective canvas. It allows you to add style, status and good taste to the interior.

Wooden

The natural wood frame has a truly unique appearance that gives the atmosphere a special energy.

The photo shows a corridor with a rectangular mirror in a wide frame made of wood.

Leather

Thanks to such a non-standard, but at the same time very elegant frame made of leather, leatherette or eco-leather, it turns out to create a very elegant design. To decorate the frame, leather products with different colors and structures are used, for example, smooth, embossed, laminated or printed.

Wrought

This frame gives the canvas a special chic, stylish and luxurious. Forged patterned or monogram elements bring a touch of antiquity to the atmosphere of the corridor and form a calm and peaceful interior.

With furniture elements

Combination of mirrors with furniture elements:

• With a shelf. Products placed vertically or horizontally with a small compact shelf will become a very practical decor for the corridor. On the shelf, you can conveniently place various necessary little things, such as keys, combs or gloves.
• With a curbstone. Thanks to the cabinet with drawers or shelves with various modifications, it turns out to create a rather multifunctional design.
• With a table. This design allows it to be used as conveniently as possible for practical storage of various little things or an excellent place to place a phone, lighting fixtures or other decor.

The photo shows a wall mirror with a cabinet in the hallway, made in light colors.

Rhombuses

Diamond-shaped figures unusually reflect light, fill the surrounding space with playing highlights and give the room a ceremonial splendor.

With facet

Thanks to the modules of squares with beveled edges and edges, an unusual volumetric effect is created that looks extremely original, stylish and extravagant.

Panel

Mirror panels are a very bold, extraordinary and creative interior solution that creates incredible visual illusions in space.

Surface drawings

Reflective surface design options:

• Sandblasting. With the help of this technique, original, luxurious and very effective designs of any complexity are created, characterized by durability and resistance to external factors.
• With photo printing. High-quality photo prints or impressive volumetric compositions allow you to skillfully transform the surface, making it much more sophisticated.

How to decorate a mirror?

Various interesting decor options effectively complement the mirror sheet and turn it into a key element of the entire design, harmoniously matching the environment. For example, a product can be beaten using decoupage technique, decoration with decorative stone, stucco or mosaic.

Examples with lighting in the hallway

Such a closed room as a corridor especially needs additional and high-quality lighting.

Sconce

With the help of a sconce, you can gracefully emphasize the overall interior idea, complement the furnishings with the missing touch and bring light and warmth into it.

Contour lighting

Allows you to fill the space with some fabulousness and magic. Contour lighting adds a soft, warm, diffused, candle-like light to the hallway.

Lamp

Lamps located above the line of sight will create high-quality and correct lighting for the area near the mirror and for what is reflected in it.

The photo shows a modern hallway and a round pendant mirror combined with lamps.

Spots

Thanks to the directed light flux, you can illuminate not only the reflective canvas, but all the dark corners of the hallway, giving it a special sophistication, chic and thoughtfulness.

Where to hang the mirror?

Most popular accommodation options.

At the front door

This design solution allows you to save space and create the impression of a more spacious room, which will be especially appropriate for a small or narrow corridor in a Khrushchev-type apartment.

The photo shows a mirror placed on the white front door in the hallway.

Near the door

This location option is most appropriate not only according to the rules of Feng Shui, but also from a practical point of view, since there is always a great opportunity to look into it when leaving.

In the corner of the wall

Pendant or floor models located in the corner are quite an interesting design option that allows you to reflect objects from any angle.

All over the wall

This decor has many positive qualities. The panoramic design from floor to ceiling, combined with good lighting, will become a bright and effective interior element, significantly expanding the space.

In a niche

Designed niches with mirrors, decorated with lamps, allow you to get a three-dimensional illusion in the room and fill it with rainbow highlights.

Ideas for shapes and sizes

With the help of original geometric shapes and sizes, you can create very unusual interior images.

Big

Large models significantly expand and increase the space, emphasize its proportionality favorably and fill it with additional light.

In the photo there is an entrance hall and a pier, decorated with a large rectangular mirror with a clock.

Oval

They have an aesthetically pleasing appearance and, due to their rounded shape, soften the geometry of the room, making it more harmonious.

Round

Round elements represent a symbol of infinity and completeness, which allows you to create a calm and cozy design.

Rectangular

With the help of such a correct, reliable and comfortable figure, it turns out to add special neatness and order to the interior.

Narrow

The long, narrow shape will become an elegant, laconic and accent interior touch, contributing to a stylish and functional design.

Curly

Curved models in the shape of a wave, canvases in the shape of the sun, hexagonal honeycombs or other asymmetric shapes will become a bright and dynamic design and provide a lot of possibilities for decorating the hallway.

What color are the frames?

The most common color schemes.

White

The white frame will be the perfect complement to the mirror cloth, it will allow you to complete the entourage and give the product a fresher look.

Wenge

Framing the shade of wenge will fill the atmosphere with aristocracy and a certain brutality, forming a reliable and stable interior.

The black

Always up-to-date, fashionable and stylish black color, has a truly sophisticated, expensive and solid appearance and endows the room with a certain austerity and efficiency.

In the photo there is an entrance hall and a wall mirror in a black frame in combination with light ottomans.

Gold

The frame of a golden hue favorably emphasizes the mirror, giving it a special nobility and high cost, and creates an interior composition ideally consistent in style.

Silver

Depending on the overall color and stylistic solution, a silvery hue can bring coldness, elegance and mystery to the space.

Design options for mirrors in various styles

Mirrored products in the interior of popular styles.

Modern

This style is distinguished by its particular harmony, aesthetics, practicality and lightness. The best option for decoration would be frameless mirrors with simple shapes and lines, or rectangular and symmetrical models with edging in cold silver or solemn light shades.

The photo shows a panoramic mirror consisting of squares in the interior of a modern hallway.

Loft

Square, round or rectangular mirrored canvases in a laconic frame made of iron, rough untreated wood or metal painted in non-trivial colors, will especially organically fit into an industrial-style corridor.

Provence

For a sophisticated Provencal direction with a unique flavor, antique, vintage products in wooden frames with an aged effect or with forged edging in the form of flowers and floral motifs will be appropriate.

In the photo there is a Provence-style hallway with a small figured mirror located above the chest of drawers.

High tech

In this direction, mirrors without frames or tinted canvases with a metal frame look great, with simple, strict and graphic lines that organically emphasize the entire geometry of the space.

Classical

Rectangular models in massive carved wooden or forged frames in balanced bronze, gold or silver tones, simultaneously combining richness and simplicity, laconism and sophistication, will endow the classic design with even greater originality and sophistication.

Photo gallery

The mirror allows you to create a cozy and comfortable space. With the help of various varieties and models, it turns out to achieve the most satisfactory design results in the interior from classic to minimalism.