Mirrors are one of the most versatile tools in interior design. Beyond their practical use, they can transform a room by adding light, depth, and character. Whether your style is modern, classic, or eclectic, mirrors offer endless decorative possibilities. The key is knowing how to use them intentionally rather than treating them as an afterthought.

Mirrors can be used very wisely on walls to give a new look to walls that pose a dark appearance. Hence they can give the feeling of wideness to any dark area and one can feel the room to be even more spacious.

Mirrors can also be used in such a way that they are used as partial decorations to decorate a room without covering the overall wall or ceiling with mirror at a go. One can perfectly decorate a room or an overall flat or workspace with mirrored furniture in this way. Hence one can use mirrors on table tops, dressing table, or in closets or washrooms. Also, mirrors can be wonderfully fixed with designer wall panels in order to complement the wall paint or any background frame, which this increases the range of illumination of that space.

Below are five effective ways to decorate with mirrors and elevate the look and feel of your space.

1. Use Mirrors to Maximize Natural Light

One of the most powerful uses of mirrors is their ability to reflect light. When placed correctly, mirrors can brighten even the darkest rooms.

Position a mirror across from or adjacent to a window to bounce natural light throughout the space. This works especially well in small apartments, narrow hallways, or rooms with limited windows. The reflected light makes the room feel more open, airy, and welcoming without adding extra lighting fixtures.

For best results, choose a mirror with a clean frame that doesn’t distract from the light reflection.

One can also use mirror to give a unique touch to wooden furniture and it can be used to serve the visual interests of the spectators or the guests. Thus mirrors can remain in two different lines or parallel to each other to create a beautiful illusion.

2. Create the Illusion of More Space

Mirrors are a classic design trick for making rooms appear larger than they actually are. In compact spaces such as entryways, powder rooms, or small bedrooms, a well-placed mirror can visually double the size of the room.

Large wall mirrors or floor-length mirrors are especially effective for this purpose. Leaning a tall mirror against a wall can instantly add depth while also serving as a stylish focal point. This technique works beautifully in modern and minimalist interiors where clean lines matter.

One can even use mirror to customize any room, whether it be a bath room, a study room, a kitchen, or a bedroom. Mirrors are used and hung in such a way, by many people, that it gives a feeling of newness, every time we enter into the room. Hence, we need not have to spend money again and again on renovation of that particular room after every few years. So, they can be added in such a way, that they help to add charm to the room.

One may also choose to decorate any boardroom with a long, standing mirror. You may also decorate wardrobe with a mirrored surface on its outer side and a glowing electric lamp on the interior surface to give a lavish look to your bedroom.

3. Make a Statement with a Decorative Mirror

Mirrors don’t have to blend in—they can stand out. A bold mirror with an ornate frame, geometric shape, or unique finish can act as wall art while still serving a functional purpose.

Consider using a statement mirror above a fireplace, console table, or sofa. Round mirrors soften sharp edges in a room, while rectangular or arched mirrors add structure and elegance. The frame material—wood, metal, or glass—can tie the mirror into the rest of your décor.

Use mirror to customize any room, be it your bathroom or a study room, as well as your kitchen, or the master bedroom. Mirrors can be used and hung in such a way that they may offer a precise feeling of perfection and newness that can be felt every time you step into the room. With less input, you can earn big accolades for your room decoration with proper placement of designer or custom mirrors.

4. Use Mirror Groupings for Visual Interest

Instead of one large mirror, try arranging multiple smaller mirrors together. A mirror gallery wall adds texture, personality, and visual rhythm to a space.

You can mix shapes and frame styles for an eclectic look or keep them uniform for a more polished appearance. This approach works particularly well in staircases, dining areas, or accent walls where traditional artwork might feel predictable.

The reflections add subtle movement and depth, making the wall feel dynamic rather than flat.

5. Incorporate Mirrors into Functional Furniture

Mirrors aren’t limited to walls. Furniture pieces with mirrored surfaces—such as cabinets, side tables, or wardrobes—can add elegance without overwhelming a room.

Mirrored furniture reflects surrounding colors and light, helping the piece blend into the space rather than feel bulky. This is especially useful in smaller rooms where heavy furniture can feel overpowering.

Used sparingly, mirrored furniture adds a touch of glamour while keeping the overall design balanced.

Final Thoughts

Decorating with customized mirrors is about more than just placement—it’s about intention. When used thoughtfully, mirrors can enhance light, expand space, and add style without clutter. Whether you prefer subtle accents or bold statement pieces, mirrors offer a timeless way to elevate your interior design.

By experimenting with size, shape, and placement, you can use mirrors to transform your space in ways that feel both practical and beautifully designed.

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V-Grooving

Bear Glass is the 4th generation family business specializing in working in glass. We are the largest stocking distributor of Walker glass in the nation.  Bear Glass products, offer a wealth of opportunities to architects, interior designers and decorators.  Any pattern can be designed by engraving a groove in the surface of the glass.  Our V-Grooving equipment is capable of producing custom engraved designs (commonly know as V-Grooving), with different profile engraving tools.

V-Grooving can be done on any architectural flat glass and mirrors.  Our V-Grooved glass can also be heat strengthened, tempered, and laminated.  Custom profiles are also available here at Bear Glass.  This is glass that has a groove or grooves put into it to create simple to complex designs for your liking.  Grooving can be used alone or even in combination with other design elements, such as silk screening, to create a myriad of patterns.

While most glass groovers are looking for high volume orders, which we like too, we’re happy to work with you to fill your low volume needs.  Polished, unpolished, straight, patterned, silhouetted.  These are just some examples of what Bear Glass can accomplish for you with our v-grooving.  If you want to add depth and beauty to an otherwise plain panel of glass for your new door line, wall system, window line, etc., you have found the right place!  Bear Glass is a world leader in v-grooving capabilities and is completely self-sufficient for v-grooving glass panels for doors, windows, and architectural applications.

Bear Glass is the largest capacity v-groove manufacturer in North America, and possibly the world.  We hold several U.S. patents in v-groove technologies, and with our ability to dress and shape our wheels in house, we are continually experimenting with new grooves and patterns.  Bear Glass V-grooved patterns split incoming light—almost like a prism—into a full spectrum of colors while exuding elegance and beauty.

Polished, unpolished, straight, patterned, silhouetted.  These are just some examples of what Bear Glass can accomplish for you with our v-grooving.  If you want to add depth and beauty to an otherwise plain panel of glass for your new door line, wall system, window line, etc., you have found the right place!  V-Grooved glass can also be heat strengthened, tempered, and laminated.  Custom profiles are also available.  Grooving can be used alone or in combination with other design elements, such as silk screening, to create a myriad of extraordinary patterns.  Bear Glass‘ V-Grooving glass allows you to have a unique look to your windows and doors without having the traditional grids block your view.

While most glass groovers are looking for high volume orders, which we like too, we’re happy to work with you to fill your low volume needs.

For more information on our V-grooved Glass please contact Bear Glass at:

Bear Glass New York

Address: 399 20th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

Phone: 718-832-3604 718-832-3604

Fax: 718-832-0786

E-mail: bearglass@yahoo.com

Bear Glass New Jersey:

Address: 359 Essex Road Tinton Falls New Jersey 07753

Phone: 732 901 2626 732 901 2626

Fax: 732 901 2266

E-mail: Sales@BearGlassNJ.com

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Bear Glass is excited to announce that in addition to our existing Brooklyn NY and Tinton Falls NJ factory’s we have now added two new location in upstate New York as distribution centers!

Oneonta, NY 13820

Cobleskill, NY 13820

Bear Glass will now have four location with trucks on the road five days a week delivering to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.

Bear Glass also offers our rent a glass truck program. Whether big or small pieces we guarantee professional quality service, as well as quick delivery.  We are willing to properly and securely package the glass. We have the proper equipment to package glass artwork, showcases, and aquariums. We have glass truck racks that can transport large mirror and glass pieces. We insure fast and timely delivery to your business, company, factory, apartment, or house. After delivery we are fully capable of installing and setting up the glass in requested location. We will even move other people’s glass.

Bear Glass Does it all! There’s no order too big or too small, we want them all. When it comes to glass and mirror Bear Glass is proud to offer many products and services that our competitors don’t. Some of these products and services include: back painted glass, custom antique mirror, custom fish tanks, fire rated glass, laminated glass, mirrored furniture, mirror re-silvering, painted glass, patterned glass, sandblasting, tempered glass, two way mirror, wire glass, and v-grooving.

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Bear Glass can be contacted as follows:

Bear Glass New York

Address: 399 20th Street

Brooklyn, NY 11215

Phone: 718-832-3604

Fax: 718-832-0786

E-mail: Sales@bearglass.com

Bear Glass New Jersey

Address: 359 Essex Road

Tinton Falls New Jersey 07753

Phone: 732 901 262

Fax: 732 901 2266

Email: Sales@bearglassnj.com

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Frequently asked Mirror Re-silvering questions

Q: Is re-silvering needed?

A: Sometimes mirrors appear to be dirty or streaked on the front surface. The silvering on the back has no problem. So clean the mirror surface properly to check that it has no damage on the front surface.

Q: Is it possible to re-silver a small portion of the mirror?

A: Yes, it is possible to re-silver a portion of your mirror to re-silver. Unfortunately, satisfactory results are not guaranteed and are not always achieved by doing so. If you want the best result a complete re-silvering of the mirror is recommended.

Q: How long does Re-silvering last?

A: The re-silvering should last for decades. However, we can’t control the conditions in which mirrors are hung or mounted. Bathroom mirrors or other mirrors subject to excessive moisture has higher chances of getting disturbed quicker than mirrors in the bed room or other places.

Q: What is used to silver the surface of the mirror?

A: In Earlier mirror making silver was used to coat the glass surface. But in more recent times sputtering powdered aluminum or other compounds have been used in the place of silver. Therefore today, this process is also known as aluminizing. Which makes this service more cost effective.

Q: What if the edge of the m irror has Deterioration?

A: This is very common, frequently occurring on bathroom mirrors where moisture has puddled on the edges. It might not have been installed or sealed properly in the first place. If the mirror is large simple rectangle without bevels it will be cheaper to buy a new mirror than to have it re-silvered. One solution for the problem is to cut off the damaged area and then remount the mirror. Bear Glass also provides mirror cutting services for any thickness.

Q: Does Silver Paint touch up works as re-silvering?

A: No, It doesn’t. Using paint for re-silvering a mirror will get disappointing results. Mirror re-silvering process does involve many steps and techniques that is not possible at home unless you have the proper knowledge.

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For a quote on glass or mirror please contact  Bear Glass at:

Bear Glass New York

Address: 399 20th Street

Brooklyn, NY 11215

Phone: 718-832-3604 718-832-3604

Fax: 718-832-0786

E-mail: Sales@bearglass.com

Bear Glass New Jersey

Address: 359 Essex Road

Tinton Falls New Jersey 07753

Phone: 732 901 262

Fax: 732 901 2266

Email: Sales@bearglassnj.com

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Lately our customers have been asking us if we have grey glass in stock. And the answer is YES! Pilkington super grey glass combines stunning exterior aesthetics and unsurpassed interior glare control with the best solar control performance of any tinted float glass in the industry. On the outside, low-reflective super grey glass tinted Float Glass offers a dramatic, deep cool-grey appearance that increases visual privacy and dramatically reduces read-through from interior shading devices. Inside, it softens bright daylight and reduces glare, making it perfect for applications near computers and video display screens.

Product features & benefits include:

• An uncoated float glass that provides the performance of a reflective glass.

• Enhanced visual privacy and reduced read-through from interior shading devices.

• Best solar control of any uncoated glass, super grey glass provides the lowest shading coefficient of any float glass and a better shading coefficient than many reflective glass products. This means super grey glass can help enhance interior comfort and reduce cooling loads.

• Unsurpassed light and glare control improves visual privacy and reduces the need for blinds or shades. Super grey glass softens bright daylight and helps eliminate glare, making it the perfect “user-friendly” glass.

• Low interior and exterior reflectance reduces interior glare and minimizes exterior daylight reflectance. Super grey glass is ideal where architectural designs or restrictions prohibit structures with high reflectance.

• Ideal for Skylight applications requiring solar control with very low interior reflection, especially at night.

• Distinctive aesthetics inside and out. Super grey glass offers a deep, cool-grey tint from the exterior, while providing a remarkably crisp, comfortable view from the interior. Super grey glass also provides color-neutral visibility from the inside, resulting in an undistorted, natural view

• Uniform, no-read through look between spandrel and vision glass areas. The uniform appearance of super grey glass may eliminate the need for an opacifier in the spandrel glass.

• Low UV  transmittance that significantly outperforms other tinted and coated glass products. 6mm super grey glass blocks 99% of the sun’s damaging UV rays.

• Excellent Availability,   super grey glass can be inventoried for short lead times and improved control of project costs.

For more Information on all Bear Glass has to offer Please Contact Us at:

Bear Glass New York

Address:

399 20th Street

Brooklyn, NY 11215

Phone: 718-832-3604

Fax: 718-832-0786

Email: Sales@bearglass.com

Bear Glass New Jersey

Address:

359 Essex Road

Tinton Falls New Jersey 07753

Phone: 732 901 2626

Fax: 732 901 2266

Email: Sales@BearGlassNJ.com

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