The Design Journal

Claris MORENO backlit LED mirror over a vanity, an alternative to a medicine cabinet

Medicine Cabinet vs Mirror: Which Belongs Over Your Vanity?

Storage or width, light and shape? A plain comparison of the medicine cabinet and the mirror, with the wall checks that decide it.

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Bronze mirror panel in a horizontal capsule shape with a round clear mirror, hung above a wooden console

Tinted Mirrors: Bronze, Graphite and Smoked Glass Explained

Bronze warms a reflection. Graphite quiets it. How tinted mirrors compare with clear glass, where each one works, and how Claris builds them.

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Black framed pill shaped mirror, backlit, hung vertical above a stone vanity with a wall sconce

Pill Shaped Mirror Guide: Sizes, Orientation and Lighting

A pill shaped mirror softens a vanity wall without losing its straight lines. Sizes by vanity width, vertical or horizontal, and how to light it.

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ALHENA bronze frosted mirror above a floating oak vanity, a Japandi bathroom vanity style

Bathroom Vanity Styles and the Mirror That Suits Each One

Seven bathroom vanity styles and the mirror for each: the shape, frame and light that match the cabinet below, with Claris pieces for every look.

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SOUL backlit floating vanity mirror above a wall-hung oak vanity

Floating Vanity Mirror Guide: Which Mirror Suits Each Vanity

Floating or freestanding vanity? The sizing rules stay the same. The mirror style, the height and the wall planning change. Here is the mirror for each.

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ALICE freestanding floor mirror with a bronze-toned glass panel on a pale stone cube base in a living room

How to Choose a Floor Mirror: Height, Stability and Glass

A floor mirror needs reflecting glass at least half your height, a way to stay upright, and glass worth looking into. The numbers, and the choices.

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STONE backlit organic mirror above a cylindrical stone basin in a powder room

The Powder Room Mirror: Size, Shape and Light for a Small Room

Size the powder room mirror to the vanity, then let the shape carry the room. The numbers, the light, and STONE and PEBBLE compared.

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ORSO backlit round mirror over a vanity, sized narrower than the cabinet with open wall on each side

Round Mirror Over a Vanity: What Size Fits, Inch by Inch

What size round mirror over a vanity: diameters for every vanity width, why the smaller size is the safer call, and the rounds that fit each band.

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VITA LED mirror above a floating vanity in a travertine bathroom by Claris Company

The Art of Reflection: Designing the Modern Bathroom Mirror

By Beverly Gene, Design Consultant, Claris Company. Every recommendation in this guide is checked against the specification sheets of the mirrors we build, and re-checked when the guide is updated. VITA in a travertine bathroom. Glass, light, and form, settled...

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