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Small Spaces · Explainer · 4 min ·

Do mirrors really make a small room bigger? Slide one and see

A mirror does not add floor space, it adds a picture of it, and it can carry daylight into a dim corner. Where you put it decides which of those two things you get.

Slide a mirror around a plan of a small room and watch where the light goes, then switch on the "second room" to see why a bigger mirror works harder than several small ones.

Top-down plan of a room: terracotta light rays from a window bounce off a mirror on the side wall as green rays across the floor

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