Mirrored compartment doors in the interior

Recently, mirrors have become particularly actively used as a decor for various interiors. They decorate not only walls, ceilings and cabinets. Recently, mirrors have taken pride of place on door designs. Mirrored compartment doors in the interior can liven up the atmosphere and make the room more attractive, regardless of the style in which it is landscaped.

Different objects, products, goods and things created by human hands, can not be absolutely perfect, without flaws. All of them, including mirrored coupe doors, have their own advantages and disadvantages - positive and negative sides, which form the general impression of a particular product.If more than the first, then the thing is considered good, if the latter prevail, then it is quickly forgotten.

Regarding the mirrored doors, it can be noted that these creations are not in a hurry to go into oblivion, and there are enough reasons in the form of many advantages.

The advantages of doors with mirrors include:

• the ability to optionally increase the area of ​​the room;
• permissible installation in openings of any size;
• strengthening the threshold of illumination (mirrored door, located opposite the window or lighting device, will add light to the room);
• the convenience of use;
• ease of care.

As for the negative side of using mirror systems, the whole picture is spoiled only by the high cost of such compartment doors and the complexity of their installation. Also, this design does not always fit the selected interior.

Each owner of an apartment / house, while organizing an interior, wants to make it special, unique and inimitable. Increasingly, contemporaries for these purposes are trying to preserve as much free space as possible, to visually make it larger. The load of the room with different pieces of furniture, additional accessories and textiles is now very few people involved. In fashion simplicity, freedom, independence.

The last criteria helps to realize the mirrored doors: they reflect in themselves what is around, thus the products continue the room, as it were, which is an indisputable advantage for small rooms.

Such systems have found their application not only in the design of small apartments. Often they are used in spacious country houses, as well as public buildings (restaurants, bars, cafes, boutiques, shops, beauty salons, etc.).

Mirrored coupe doors are successfully used in different rooms:

• Living room. To the room where guests are received, looked wider, it is better to choose the door with a mirror on the entire canvas. The maximum width of such a product depends on the dimensions of the opening.

• Bedroom. In this room, mirrored doors to a greater extent perform an aesthetic function, especially if, in addition, are decorated with prints, patterns or stained glass inserts.

• Bathroom. In this room, a door with elements of a mirror will help household members to fully assess their appearance before leaving the house.

• In public places sliding mirror systems play the role of decoration, allow you to visually increase the space, perform the main function of mirrors.

Despite the apparent fragility, modern door designs with a mirror are safe to use, they will not break even if you slam the canvas hard. Such parameters are possible due to the fact that the mirror, which occupies most of the surface, is covered with a protective film in the factory. It withstands any stress and protects the surface from mechanical damage.

Door systems with a mirror are made from a variety of materials:

• natural wood;
• Hardboard;
• MDF;
• plastic;
• aluminum.

There are differences and the mirrors themselves. They can be made from a natural glass mirror or from a pseudo-mirror (a derivative of plastic). Also, all options have different degrees of tinting.

There are three types of the latter:

• Ordinary mirrors. They are produced by spraying amalgam (an alloy of silver and mercury) on one side.

• Tinted mirrors. Available in two variations. In the first, the glass is tinted around the entire perimeter, in the second - an additional color coating is used.

• Matte mirrors. Glass is treated by sandblasting.

The use of mirror elements in the creation of door designs gives designers unlimited possibilities for the realization of any fantasy. Using different methods of decorating and combining them with each other, specialists achieve amazing results. To help the masters come frameless door systems with mirrors of different ways of finishing.

The main ways to design mirrors include:

• Surface matting. In a production environment, a film with a pattern created by plotter cutting is glued onto a glass plane of a given size. Then the whole product is treated with a jet of air under pressure with an abrasive (more often - purified sand).

• Photo printing. Thanks to modern technology, any image can be applied to the mirror surface. The pattern may be deaf or translucent.
• Engraving. Any engraved mirror will decorate the room. Wide facets - decorative chamfers, applied around the perimeter of the mirror, can complement such an unusual pattern.

• Color mirror. The combination of different types of mirrors in one factory or combined doors of different materials in one interior will make the design of the room unique.
• Stained glass windows. Based on the chosen design direction of the room, stained glass windows can be monochrome, color, or mirror.

Despite the fact that interior mirrored coupe doors have a number of advantages, and it would seem that they are suitable for interiors of any stylistic direction, the choice of finishing should be approached with the utmost care and attention.

Classic design design in the style of Provence perfectly "get along" with sliding mirror canvases. Such door systems in this direction can be decorated with ornamental drawings. Will look great in this interior and design with stained glass windows, paintings with mirrors, decorated with engraving.

Modern interiors in modern style, contemporary, hi-tech, art deco will perfectly complement the mirrored doors with different patterns of sandblasting processing technology. Cloths with photo printing will also be a bright, catchy highlight. Drawing in these styles can be completely different - ornamental, plot, fantasy.

Minimalism does not need a lot of accessories in the decoration. It requires maximum simplicity in everything. For such interiors, sliding frameless systems are relevant. In the decoration of mirrors it is better to abandon prints and patterns, but you should pay attention to the color options or fully frosted mirrors. Stained-glass windows in this case are inappropriate, as well as other techniques for decorating mirror surfaces.

Interesting options for mirrored coupe doors are presented in the next video.