Mirrors are a necessity for getting ready, for driving, for ensuring our form is correct at the gym. But you do not have to settle for the mirrors that come with your home. Custom mirrors can be a way to both personalize your home and increase functionality in a number of ways. 

Perhaps you would like to add a gym or ballet studio to your home – you can have custom mirrors installed there. Perhaps you are tired of seeing the same styles of mirrors everywhere and would like something more you. Custom mirrors can do that.

Here’s everything you need to know about custom mirrors. 

Benefits Of Custom Mirrors

Custom mirrors have a plethora of benefits. 

Personalization

Custom mirrors help you add personalization to your home; you can pick the shape, size, pattern, color. You aren’t restricted to what your house came with or what the stores sell, you can go with something more unique and more you. 

Your mirrors can be an unexpected way to personalize your home. They can both function as a traditional mirror or be a statement piece. They can both be functional and decorative. They can add life to an otherwise drab, dull room. 

Custom Mirrors Make Your Space Seem Bigger

Mirrors make your space look bigger than it is. This is because of their reflective properties. Mirrors reflect what’s already in your room, which means that, especially if you have a large mirror, this causes the optical illusion of the space seeming to more more depth and space than it actually does. 

Increase Natural Lighting

Mirrors can also help to add natural lighting to your home, if placed correctly, if placed where light comes into home through windows, can reflect throughout the home. This makes your home more cheerful through brightening it, as well as increasing the energy and focus of those who live there because natural light is a natural energy boost, as well as providing extra exposure to vitamin D. 

They can also help save on expenses through how they increase natural light. This is because if mirrors reflect light throughout the house, there’s less need to turn on the lights in order to have a brighter space. In addition, if you have any plants, mirrors can help them get the necessary amount of sunlight they need to ensure they flourish. 

Increased Functionality

Adding mirrors to your home gym, studio space, or bathroom area increases the functionality of those areas. It’s easier to apply skin care and make-up if you can properly see what you are doing, and it’s safer to workout and dance if you have a mirror showing you your form and how you can improve it. 

Types Of Custom Mirrors

Now that you know some of the many benefits behind custom mirrors, you’ll likely want to know how, exactly, they can be customized. This can be done through the shape of the mirror, the edge finishes, and the frames or lack thereof.

Mirror Shapes:

• Round mirror
• Oval mirror
• Rectangle mirror
• Gym mirrors

Edge Finishes:

• Flat polish edge finishes are when there’s a straight edge to your mirror with clean leans. This is often used in frameless mirrors. 
• Beveled polish edge finishes are when the edges of a mirror are cut and polished to your desired angle, turning the edges themselves into art.
• Seamed edge finishes are when the glass edge is lightly sanded. This is not decorative, and can be paired with a decorative frame.

Framed Vs Frameless Mirrors:

Framed mirrors are easy to personalize with your frame choice. You can go for something stately and elegant or you can go for something vibrant and abstract. Frames are an excellent way to take your custom mirrors’ personalization to the next level. However, framing a mirror makes it seem smaller and frames can be prone to damage.

Frameless mirrors give full coverage because there’s no frame to cover up any part of the mirror’s surface. These are personalized in shape and size. Frameless mirrors are prone to chipping because there is no frame to protect the edges. 

Would You Like Custom Mirrors?

Here at Moyes Glass, we use only the best quality mirror sheets for your custom mirrors. We make our mirrors to avoid shattering and can customize them in a variety of ways. To see the kinds of custom mirrors we create, visit our showroom in Ogden, Utah. For more information about custom mirrors or to request a quote, please contact us at Moyes Glass today!