The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
M IRRORS USED
TO LIGHTEN
ROOMS

For the room that is too dark,
there is asways a first assistant in
the art Of reconstruction to be had in
the ever-obliging mirror says the
Christian Science Monitor. One can
find mirrors that will fit into any part
of a rooms wall space, that will har-
monte with almost any color scheme.
Beginning with the room that seems
too dark, one can easily solve the
problem of introducing more sunlight
or daylight, at least, by the proper
adjustment of a mirror or two These
should be hung opposite the windows
where they will reflect stray sun
beams, or where brilliant colors that
have been used in the room will be
reflected. A small, rather dark Ii
brary, furnished and paneled in dark
wood, had three small easement win
dows at which were hung curtains
of terra Gotta silk. On a table near
the fireplace and on one of the low
bookcases stood great brass bowls of
the orange-podded flower, sometimes
called Japanese Lanterns" A wide
seat beneath the windows held many
pillows, covered with dull green or
terra Gotta silk.
Opposite the windows hung a mir
ror, which measured about four feet
in height and about one foot and a
half in width. In it were reflected
the light that came into the room, the
the colors of the curtains, and one of
the brass bowls. In a second mirror,
hung opposite the fireplace, were re-
f1ected the other bowl with its orange
flowers and the painting of a gay
procession which was hung over the
fireplace. Thus there seemed to be
no absence Of light, and the room was
filed with color.
The room which is too small needs
mirrors more than any other room
for a carefully placed mirror will
bring all outdoors into the room
Hanging the mirror opposite a win
dow is a good plan; but, if one wish
ed to give feeling of space, the mir
ror should be hung where it would
reflect a picture of wind-swept plains
or great mountains. The reflection
of the picture is often more potent
than is the picture itself, in bringing
the outdoors into the small room
since in the reflection the picture i.
apt to seem more real. Hanging E
mirror opposite a door which can BIZ
left open makes the room seem larger
and, also, relates the room to the
rest of the house. In this way,
small hall may be made part of tn,
rooms into which it opens, or, a.
in one successful instance, a small
room can be made an actual part O
the garden, just outside it's windows
The room of irregular shape need
mirrors, since one which is hung Of
a corner that juts away from the res
of the room will reflect the room an
SO make the corner a. part of it. Mir
rors hung in the larger part of tn
room reflect the corners, and so brin
them into relation with the whole
For uses such as these, the miro
having a picture framed with it j
less successful than that plainl
framed in polished wood. Decided
interesting frames for mirrors can b
had, those of lacquered wood, of nat
ural woods unstained but highly DO,
t ished, or of painted wood, being Ell
fective. Since it is the object of tn
mirror to focus the attention on whs
t it reflects rather than on itself, it
: better that the frame should not b
e too ornate or too highly co1ored.