Mirror Mosaic

Along with the glass mosaic, the mirror mosaic is also gaining popularity. It provides huge opportunities for creative interior design and opens new horizons in the decor of the room.

Mirror mosaic is a fashionable decor technology, in which the ornament is laid out from small pieces of mirrors of a certain shape. It is made from an alloy of siliceous sand and other components with coloring oxides, powdered gold or aventurine. This type of decoration can be used both in interior items (mirrors, vases, curbstones, shelves, ceilings), and in the lining of apartments and bars. In fashion clubs, for example, small pieces of mirrors cover the floors, columns and walls. In the light of disco lights, this looks especially creative.

Properties of tiles from mirrors

Each facing material has its own characteristics, among which one can distinguish both advantages and disadvantages. This applies to the mosaic of the mirror. It has the following advantages:

The only drawback of the mosaic is that it is rather difficult to mount (if it is individual small tiles), and if this is an author's work, it is very expensive.

At the moment, manufacturers offer not only a mosaic of the usual white mirrors, but also tinted with gold, bronze, silver and black shades. Surprisingly, fragile square mirror plates with a thickness of 5 mm and a size of 25x25 mm are quite difficult to damage. The material is characterized by durability and strength. In addition, the mirror mosaic tiles are not subjected to temperature and chemical effects.

Mirror mosaic in the interior

In each room decorated with a mirror tile creates a special festive atmosphere, so most often it is used in places of mass recreation (clubs, cafes, restaurants). Along with this, with the skillful use of tiles, you can decorate the hall, the kitchen with the entrance hall. A classic example of the use of mosaic is the facing of the bathroom. Let's consider each example in more detail:

  1. Places of mass recreation . In clubs, mirror tiles often overlap the dance floor, columns and part of the walls. In addition, from small pieces of mirrors create club discoblins, which, when hit by rays, shine with a mass of sunny rabbits. In water parks, tiles are laid out with sideboards and basin bowls.
  2. Living rooms . In the hall and in the hall sometimes you can find amazing panels of multi-colored mirror tiles. This can be an individual thematic composition, or framing mirrors and photo frames. Designers create from miniature mirror tiles beautiful vases and even pictures.
  3. The bathroom . The bathroom has traditionally been tiled, but the use of mosaic in this room indicates a great taste of the owners and financial security. In the bathroom reflective tiles are usually lined with a certain element to accentuate on this area of ​​attention. It can be a table top, a shower or a place where a mirror weighs.

Very often mirror mosaic is used for ceiling lining. If it is a relief structure made of plasterboard, then certain of its openings are decorated with tiles, which visually raise the ceiling and create the illusion of infinity. The reception of a mirror mosaic in the interior is well revealed with correctly defeated light. In this case, the tile will play with all the colors and become a bright decoration of the room.