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Decor Hack of the Day: Full-Length Mirrors

Enhance your space and a sophisticated touch to your unit with this designer mirror trick

by Katherine Lopez and Tala Singson Published Feb 12, 2015 Feb 12, 2015

Mirrors are added in small condo rooms to create an illusion of bigger space. "[Wall-to-wall or full-length] mirror treatments are usually done to give a room twice the space than it really has. The room seems deeper because the solid wall behind the mirror is replaced by the image of the room. But it has to be done also from floor to ceiling. Cutting it halfway won't give the same illusion," explains interior designer John Vigilia.

Here are a few pointers to guide you.

Photos by Vincent Coscolluela (left) and decoratingsmallspaces.com (right).

Read the original article in the August 2014 issue of Real Living Magazine. Download your digital copy of Real Living on the Real Living App now! Log on to summitnewsstand.com.ph/real-living for more details.

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