Guides on Choosing a Vanity Mirror
Pre-fabricated bathroom vanities are often sold with optional mirrors. The advantage of this is that, although the suggested mirrors usually match the vanities, if you have other ideas about the mirror, you can exercise your options.
If you do want to exercise this, you will need to do some careful planning, and you will have to make some decisions. Mirrors can be circular, rectangular, square, or oval. They can be framed or frameless, having only beveled edges. Frames also come in different materials and designs. These are choices you will have to make if you’d rather have a mirror different from the stock and standard version.
The size of the mirror is largely dictated by the size of your bathroom and vanity, although you may have a little flexibility relative to its shape. Most double vanities are limited to rectangular mirrors while single vanities work well with all mirror designs. Stand-alone sinks can use circular and oval mirrors.
Mirror frames are either made of wood or chrome. Your choice will probably be dictated by the kind of vanity you have. Vanities that have wood cabinets require wood frame while those made of glass or acrylic will look better with chrome frames. You can, however, choose the design and size of the frame.
Wood-framed mirrors generally look better if they are narrower than the width of the vanity counter. You can use the width of the vanity lights as a guide to determining mirror width. Chrome-framed mirrors, on the other hand, can be aligned with the countertop. They can even go right up to the ceiling if there are no vanity lights.
Beveled mirrors can work with most vanities regardless of the material of their construction. It looks clean and uncluttered as it is pure mirror without any embellishment. Care, however, should be exercised when installing them as their edges can easily chip ruining the entire mirror. Like wood-framed mirrors, they should be narrower than the countertop.