Posts Tagged ‘antique’

Every Room Needs One

Monday, November 19th, 2012

Dreamwalls Bronze Antique Mirror Funky Bedroom

Dreamwalls Bronze Antique Mirror

In an Associate Press article, Melissa Rayworth wrote about some ideas for “Letting the Sunshine In” to your home and interior spaces by interviewing HGTV personality Genevieve Gorder, “Design Star” producer Brian Patrick Flynn, and LA designer Betsy Burnham for their best tips. (To view the full article, click HERE.)

• Whatever a person’s taste, “I think almost everybody wants to maximize the light in their living space,” says HGTV host Genevieve Gorder.

• “People can think it sounds a little ’70s or dated, but not if it’s an antiqued mirror and if it’s just a small part of your room,” Burnham says.

• Smaller mirrors can be used anywhere. Line the backs of bookshelves with mirrors or arrange several on one wall.  ”If you stick them on your wall, left to right in a diamond pattern, it’s so beautiful and really affordable. You can go across an entire wall,” Flynn says.

What are these three different designer’s easy top tip for bringing more light into a space? MIRRORS. I’ve always claimed it’s the interior designer’s “secret weapon”. It can make a space feel more spacious by visually opening up the space, doubles the light by reflecting the existing light back into the room, and it can even shift view and reflect desired ones to direct the occupant’s gaze. But it’s nice to hear such experts in design take the same stance,…and to call out antique mirrors specifically.

Here are some of the designers’ tips for using mirrors for great effect:

  • Antique mirrors have a softer reflection when you’re not needing precise reflection for fuction
  • Beautiful custom framing is often worth the price for a perfect piece
  • A large “leaner” type mirror allows spaces to feel less cramped
  • Small mirrors arranged on a wall draw the eye with excitement and pattern
  • Lining a bookshelf with mirrors can highlight a collection, make shallow bookcases feel deeper, or draw the eye
  • Using mirror as a tabletopper creates instant, airy glamour on a coffee table
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A Creative Classic

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

samples of Dreamwalls Antique Mirror in clear and bronze versions

Dreamwalls Antique Mirror samples in clear & bronze

Antique mirror is new again, and Gardner Glass Products makes it better than ever before. The consistent, subtle pattern of Gardner’s Dreamwalls® Antique Mirror never feels obtrusive. Gardner’s Dreamwalls Antique Mirror is perfect for use as interior walls, tabletops, furniture inserts and other interior uses for a classic feel in any environment.

We’re proud to offer this product for our customers, and we have a new, updated webpage and downloadable PDF to help spread the word at our website HERE.

Dining room featuring Antique Mirror option

Dining room featuring Antique Mirror option

Consistent and calm for a wide variety of applications

Dreamwalls® Antique Mirror was developed to feature a standard antique pattern that was calm and consistent, without large splotches or flares which may detract from the desired effect. That same pattern is also applied to bronze mirror, for a warm chocolate effect in interiors. Dreamwalls antique mirror has been used as tabletops, cabinet inserts, wall installations and in furniture applications.

Going big is what we do best

Dreamwalls® Antique Mirror is crafted without limitations. Largest custom size capability is a stunning 100 in. x 144 in. (note: minimums may apply). That means that large installations have fewer seams, and sheet optimization is more efficient. Alternative sizes, glass thicknesses, custom water-jet fabricated shapes, drilled holes, cut-outs, tempering, and additional fabrication are all available upon request.

Download the PDF at our website HERE or feel free to contact us at 1-800-334-7267 for more information or to request 4 in. x 6 in.  samples.

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Grandmother’s Antique

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Grandmother And Child by Yuri Lev

Grandmother And Child by Yuri Lev

“Never turn down an antique, even if it clashes. If it was your grandmother’s and it’s pretty, take it. Someday you’ll be glad.”

- Nancy Blair, Decorator

As quoted in Domino “Quick Fixes” Spring/Summer 2012

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The Comfort of Antique

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Bronze_antique_mirror_on_wall“Antiques can be like an old overcoat that tells you about its life. When clients move into a new house, they must feel as comfortable in their rooms as when they put on an old overcoat.”

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Lovely Antique Applications

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

My buddy Patricia, over at the Looking at Glass blog, scours the internet constantly. She sees the “best of the best” in glass applications and art. and then puts it on her site so you don’t have to do all the hard searching. When she saw our Antique Mirror posts, she pointed me in the direction of some recent interior designs using antique mirror to a wonderful effect.

The first, is this amazing Industrial Chic & Glam condo in the Victory Park area of Dallas, TX designed by RSVP Design Services. This antique mirror wall using artisan antique glass fills the entire wall in the guest room. Absolutely to die for. Read more about the entire project on designshuffle. What I loved about this space is how the different textures create an inviting and interesting space. From the industrialized mirror, to the crystal chandelier,…the alpaca pillow, to the tufted velvet,…everything about this room begs to be touched.

RSVPDesignServices_guestroom

RSVPDesignServices_guestroom

The second, is from an interior by Denver, Colorado based designer, Andrea Schumacher of O Interior Design. It is in an urban townhome in Denver, and was named “Our Favorite Room” in the August 2009 issue of Colorado Homes and Lifestyles Magazine. The repeating inset creates dimension and opens up the very narrow space, but the antique mirror keeps the reflections subtle and the lighting subdued. Selected works from Schumacher’s portfolio is also featured on the houzz blog.

Metropolitan Loft contemporary
Thanks Patricia, for sharing these with me. I am so very grateful for her friendship and keen design eye. Thank you to all the fantastic designers out there doing such beautiful work and sharing it with us all. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Introducing Bronze Antique Mirror

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Dreamwalls Antique Mirror - Regular and *NEW* Bronze

Dreamwalls Antique Mirror - Regular and *NEW* Bronze

Our antique mirror is huge right now. Literally and figuratively. We can do incredibly large sizes – up to 100 x 144 inches – which means you can use antique mirror effects for wall designs with fewer seams and less waste. And we’re able to make it in a production process for predictable effects and perfect for large quantity production.

But now, we also offer it in Bronze. The effect is a yummy, chocolatey reflective surface that would be fantastic in commercial applications such as restaurants, bars, and hotels. But really, it’s great any place where you want to set a mood.

What do you think? Where would you use Bronze Antique Mirror?

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