<p>We have a square dining room. Just bought a round table - table base is teak, top is glass. Six chairs around the table. On the inner wall, we have a teak hutch/china cabinet. I’d like to put a mirror on one of the walls - but am having a hard time deciding what shape/size mirror would look good. Large rectangular framed mirror ? Or should I go for a round/oval mirror? Another thought was perhaps to use two/three rectangular mirrors - the simple over the door mirrors, mounted horizontally on the wall. The furniture in the room is all teak - not quite traditional, not quite contemporary. The walls have been painted a nice deep red over the chair rail and a muted gold below the chair rail.
Should I be looking for a wood framed mirror? Or black? Argh - too many choices… </p>
<p>Why do you want mirrors? Just asking:)</p>
<p>Three mirrors is a nice idea. Rather than going for the simple kind perhaps a textured metal would look nice to provide some character? </p>
<p>Or you go for either an oval or circle shape. </p>
<p>Both mirror shape can work although the framing makes a large difference. </p>
<p>Mirrors are not my favorite look. With glass and teak I’d go for something modern. I’d probably do one mirror, but I’d go for art work over a mirror any day! Maybe a mirror that is a piece of art like this one: <a href=“http://artdata.net/elegant-and-modern-wall-decorating-ideas-in-living-room-designs/futuristic-abstract-wall-mirror-in-modern-living-room-wall-decorating-designs-ideas”>http://artdata.net/elegant-and-modern-wall-decorating-ideas-in-living-room-designs/futuristic-abstract-wall-mirror-in-modern-living-room-wall-decorating-designs-ideas</a> or this one: <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O90EWQ?tag=desswa-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000O90EWQ&adid=0SHJZZXGGJ93W83JTGYE&”>http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O90EWQ?tag=desswa-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000O90EWQ&adid=0SHJZZXGGJ93W83JTGYE&</a></p>
<p>I am personally not a fan of mirrors in the dining room. My MIL had a mirror in her DR and I hated eating there, since I was always aware of my appearance and all my mannerisms. We do a great deal of entertaining in our DR and I don’t want to make my guests uncomfortable. </p>
<p>HOWEVER, that said, if I were to get a mirror in a room with a round table, I’d go for a rectangle. I think a round mirror would be too “cute” along with a round table.</p>
<p>And where, pray tell, did you get your table? I’m on the hunt for a round one also.</p>
<p>@VeryHappy we got a beautiful round table in Jordan. :D</p>
<p>@mathmom, do you think I can use Amazon Prime for delivery?? :)) </p>
<p>Only if you have the table delivered in a cement mixer :)) </p>
<p>I have a room similar to how you have described yours. I put two mirrors on one wall. Because they are not made as a solid expanse of mirror, they don’t make you uncomfortable (as Very Happy described), but reflect light and seem more like art pieces. My dining room is rather dark, so the mirrors across from the only window in the room help lighten up the room.</p>
<p>They look almost identical to this:</p>
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<p>The style of my room is transitional (leaning towards more contemporary, but absolutely not ultra modern).</p>
<p>I’m not crazy about mirrors in a dining room–we once rented a house with a mirror in the dining room that
covered one entire wall (above the chair rail). I hated eating in there. </p>
<p>I’d go for artwork on the walls rather than mirrors although I like the first link that Mathmom posted. To me, that mirror is more like a sculpture.</p>
<p>Here’s a round table. I’ve got one like it in an eating area near my kitchen.
<a href=“Edo Collection - Modern and Ageless Furniture with a Nod to the East”>http://www.thosmoser.com/collection/edo/product/1310/edo_round_dining_table/</a></p>
<p>Would mirrors combined with a glass top table be too much?
I think I would go for some paintings or prints instead.</p>
<p>IMO, the use, shape and position of a mirror depends on what it is reflecting. I can’t picture your dining room but I would probably prefer the mirror on top of a sideboard. See this link. [Love</a> this mirror on a sideboard](<a href=“RH”>RH) I suggest visiting the online site Houzz to get some inspiration.</p>
<p>thumper - LOLOLoL! :D</p>
<p>Mathmom, your links are dangerou$$$$!! ;)</p>
<p>I didn’t look at prices. @Bromfield2 - love that table! Then I saw it was Thomas Moser and thought, “No wonder”. Back when I was working for an interior designer we used to use their stuff a lot. I always lusted after it, but I couldn’t justify the expense. Our round table looks like this one: <a href=“http://www.jordanjewel.com/”>http://www.jordanjewel.com/</a> Very different style, but it makes me happy and brings back good memories.</p>
<p>I don’t know how large your space is but I love this mirror from Pottery Barn (which also come in a very large version if that would work for you). <a href=“http://www.potterybarn.com/products/eagan-multipanel-small-mirror/?pkey=cmirrors&cm_src=mirrors||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-”>http://www.potterybarn.com/products/eagan-multipanel-small-mirror/?pkey=cmirrors&cm_src=mirrors||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-</a></p>
<p>With a round table, I would stay with rectangular shapes on the wall. Three panels would look nice…odd numbers are better than pairs unless you are flanking something. If they are quite decorative without a big expanse of glass, I don’t think they’ll compete with the table.</p>
<p>JoBlue, I love that mirror from Pottery Barn. I wanted to find a place to put that in my house, but there really wasn’t one (well there is one, but I already had a mirror there and couldn’t justify dumping a perfectly nice one for the other, but who knows, maybe I’ll work a couple of extra shifts and go ahead and do it). I had a picture of the larger version of that mirror in my idea book.</p>
<p>Here, Horchow has at least a hundred styles to choose from. Something for everyone.
<a href=“http://www.horchow.com/Decor/Mirrors/cat000092/c.cat”>http://www.horchow.com/Decor/Mirrors/cat000092/c.cat</a></p>
<p>No opinion on what kind of mirror, but a mirror in the dining room is considered to be very good Fung Shui, as it reflects the bounty on the table and “multiplies” the happy times shared with friends and family.</p>
<p>I don’t believe in feng shui- I don’t have to as I’m not Chinese. I also do not like mirrors in dining rooms or any rooms except bathrooms over sinks and rooms one does not stay in (ie a hallway works). I dislike seeing myself, especially in a dining room setting where a person can’t switch to be out of the view. From the number of elements in the room it also seems to add too much busyness. Making a room look larger sounds good on paper but any room I’ve been in where mirrors were purposed for that are terrible. Thought of the trouble it would take when we saw a house with a full wall dining room mirror a couple of years ago and another- yuck. How to ruin a room- no matter how much money you spend/waste on it.</p>