Full-length mirror is a daily essential tool in the home, everyone goes out and takes a head-to-toe photo, thinking about the right clothes for the day, what shoes to wear, and what bag to wear with it.
When you are decorating your home, you should also think about every aspect of the Full-length mirror in advance. For example, where to place it, do you need to reserve space, and how much space is appropriate?
This article will tell you where to place the Full-length mirror, how to arrange the lights around the mirror and the types of mirrors.
Placement of Full-length mirror
The first thing to consider in a space environment is the comfort of people in the space. For example, if the Full-length mirror is directly in front of the toilet or bedroom, it is easy to be scared when you come out in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, so there is something to learn from the installation of dressing mirrors.
The words in the preface of the book “Environmental Psychology” are very illustrative: “Many architects are very confident that the building will determine the behavior of people, but they “often ignore what kind of damage the artificial environment will bring to the people, and seldom consider what kind of environment is suitable for the survival and development of human beings”.
Suitable location for Full-length mirror
(1) Full-length mirror in the entrance hall
As an articulated transition space, the entrance hall, especially the entrance wall, is the right place to place a wall-mounted Full-length mirror. Full-length mirror as a design are also very cost-effective decorations.
But Full full-length mirror is best not directly to the door, if the Full-length mirror is directly to the door, if people open the door when a sudden look, there will be a kind of opposite someone rushed in feeling, easy to give people misunderstanding and shock.
(2) Full-length mirror in bedroom
The bedroom can choose a floor-to-ceiling Full-length mirror, Full-length mirror is best placed side by side with the bed. But generally do not face the bed, that is to say, a full-length mirror can not be placed on the opposite side of the bed, either in front or behind, waking up in the middle of the night easy to scare.
Now there is a lot of design will be a Full-length mirror inlaid in the closet door, when used in the open, not when it will hide.
(3) Full-length mirror in living room
In the center of the living room, a Full-length mirror should be placed in the direction of the entrance door. The main purpose of Full-length mirror placement in the living room is to choose a floor-to-ceiling Full-length mirror to be placed parallel to the indoor passageway, case as not to obstruct walking, expanding the vision of the living room space, so that people in the space activities also add interactivity and interest.
The living room is also an active space, choose to put a Full-length mirror in the living room, can usually be convenient to do aerobics, yoga, etcétera.
(4) Place Full-length mirror in the checkroom
In this scenario, the size of the dressing mirror has a lot to do with the shape of the checkroom. Smaller cloakrooms can save space by hiding the dressing mirror in the cabinet.
U-shaped checkrooms usually choose wall-mounted Full-length mirrors, so that the mirror can be hidden behind the door or inside the sliding door of the dressing room; L-shaped dressing room, you can put the mirror on the third wall without cabinets.
Not suitable to place Full-length mirror location
(1) Not suitable for placing it against the front door –
Many people want to be convenient and will wear a Full-length mirror placement location chosen near the entry door, but a little carelessness will map the indoor situation to the outdoor, which will unintentionally expose the indoor private activities, lack of security, and privacy.
(2) Unsuitable for places with strong indoor lighting-
Especially in the living room, the light reflection effect of a Full-length mirror will cause indoor and outdoor light pollution, and choosing the placement of a Full-length mirror in a place with strong indoor lighting will cause great inconvenience in life and action.
(3) It is not suitable for bedroom windows and beds placed–
A full-length mirror placed against the window, the reflection of the night will make people sleep unsettled and weirdly; placed against the bed, sometimes opening your eyes to see yourself in the mirror will inevitably frighten, long-term can lead to people’s mental state not good.
Full-length mirror and the choice of lighting
With full-length mirror placed in different locations, the existence of the environment is naturally different, such as Full-length mirror placed in the entrance, the natural light will be poor, while placed in the living room, the natural light will be sufficient.
Simply put, the light source should be in front of the person.
Sin embargo, sometimes the mirror may not be able to be placed in a place where there is enough natural light, such as placed in the darker entrance hall, this time we need to install some lights to assist lighting, such as an LED Full-length mirror. but where to install the lights?
Different angles of light can affect the human face. Here, the photographer Lauren Haroutunian demonstrated 7 different angles to hit the light method and effect.
(1) Frontal Light
Shining the light horizontally on a person makes the shadows of the five senses less obvious, but if the angle of the light is adjusted upwards, the chin, nose, and other parts of the face will appear in the shadows.
(2) Top light
Many people’s impression of lighting may be placed in front of the character, slightly side angle, or backlighting there is another method for “top light”. If you use this kind of lighting, the top of the head, nose, and forehead are bright enough, but the eyes, cheeks, and other parts are darker, highlighting the mystery.
(3) Bottom Light
From the bottom of the angle for the figure to light, the expected effect, is the face and features are very clear, but the top of the head position is darkened. This makes it look a bit hideous, so you might want to try it if you want to shoot a sense of horror.
(4)45-degree angle light
In this case, because it is not the front to the portrait of the light, so in the illumination of the face at the same time, more shadows can be presented, such as the right side of the face of the nose, etc., the formation of the two sides of the face of a slight contrast. At the other end of the lighted face appears a bright area in the shape of an inverted triangle, that is, Rembrandt-style lighting (also known as triangular light, Rembrandt light).
(5) Side Lighting
Constantly moving the light from a horizontal angle, you can see the changes in the details of light and shadow on the face of the portrait. Lighting the figure from the side emphasizes the strong contrast between the bright bit of one side of the face and the dark bit of the other side of the face, presenting a different effect than when the front is at a 45-degree angle.
(6) Edge Light
Adjust the light to the back of the character at an angle of about 45 degrees, many movies have used this method, so that the light is concentrated on only a small part of the character’s face on one side of the position of the other parts such as the eyes, nose, mouth, etc.. remain in the dark state, the feeling is more mysterious.
(7) Backlighting
The last is to put the light completely behind the character and shoot the effect of backlighting, only the edge of the bit appears light bit, but the face of the five senses are dark bit.
Having said that, where can the light be placed in front of the mirror?
It is best to let the light more and fully from the front of the person, that is, as we said before similar to the state of natural light. For example, on the side near the mirror, install spotlights with the light shining toward the part of the person standing.
Choose the type of mirror you want to wear
The type of dressing mirror can be roughly divided into four categories: folding, wall-mounted, floor-standing, and removable.
（1） Folding
A folding dressing mirror is one of the most common types of dressing mirrors, it is characterized by: its mirror legs can be folded to achieve easy storage, and when not using the dressing mirror can be folded to save space. Usually, the price of this folding dressing mirror is very affordable. We need to pay extra attention to its legs when choosing this dressing mirror is stable.
（2） Wall-mounted
This dressing mirror usually does not have a mirror leg, so we can choose a wall at will and hang it on the wall. We can adjust the placement according to the layout of the space. Whether hanging horizontally or vertically is possible.
（3） Floor standing
Usually floor floor-standing dressing mirrors will have a sturdy base, so they can be placed in any space safely. Many designers will add a lot of storage space when designing this mirror so that the floor-standing dressing mirror can not only serve as a piece of mirror but also become a cabinet.
（4） Removable
The movable dressing mirror will be equipped with four universal wheels at the bottom, not only can be placed safely, but also be able to move at will, suitable for people accustomed to frequent changes to the location of the space, even if the mirror does not move, but also be able to adjust the angle of the mirror, for us to save time.
（5） Wardrobe all-in-one dressing mirror
In addition, many wardrobes are also designed with mirrors on one door. The long mirror body is inlaid on the door, which is combined with the wardrobe, which is very space-saving. I happened to take out the clothes in the wardrobe and change them, so I looked in the mirror by the way to see how they matched
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