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THE MIRROR
Jul. 25th, 2021 06:40 amOkay, so when we FIRST saw the new house (on open house day), I thought to myself, 'hm, they put a huge mirror in the living room, that sure is... a choice.'
[NOTE: Having now seen the wall o' mirrors in the condo next to ours, I will admit that 'huge' was not the correct way to describe this mirror. It's large -- about five feet wide, which I really feel is more mirror than necessary, and it's split into three panels.]
When we actually moved in, the mirror was still there. None of us could figure out how exactly it was attached to the wall. Since we're on good terms with the previous owners, we (tactfully!) asked them about it.
'Oh,' they said. 'Yes, it was there when we moved in.'
(!!!)
Apparently they made some effort at removing it, but couldn't wrangle it down, and decided to just leave it. So the mirror has been on the wall for AT LEAST 17 years, and all methods to remove it seem likely to cause anywhere from mild to severe damage to the wall behind it. (Also, we'd probably need to break the mirror. Which would be a pain to clean up.)
Still, I don't love the mirror. BUT! Today I hung a curtain over it, which was a huge improvement (I think), and this made me realize -- what's something that's wide, tall, and comes in an enormous variety of patterns for not a huge amount of money? SHOWER CURTAINS.
I feel this idea has some potential.
[NOTE: Having now seen the wall o' mirrors in the condo next to ours, I will admit that 'huge' was not the correct way to describe this mirror. It's large -- about five feet wide, which I really feel is more mirror than necessary, and it's split into three panels.]
When we actually moved in, the mirror was still there. None of us could figure out how exactly it was attached to the wall. Since we're on good terms with the previous owners, we (tactfully!) asked them about it.
'Oh,' they said. 'Yes, it was there when we moved in.'
(!!!)
Apparently they made some effort at removing it, but couldn't wrangle it down, and decided to just leave it. So the mirror has been on the wall for AT LEAST 17 years, and all methods to remove it seem likely to cause anywhere from mild to severe damage to the wall behind it. (Also, we'd probably need to break the mirror. Which would be a pain to clean up.)
Still, I don't love the mirror. BUT! Today I hung a curtain over it, which was a huge improvement (I think), and this made me realize -- what's something that's wide, tall, and comes in an enormous variety of patterns for not a huge amount of money? SHOWER CURTAINS.
I feel this idea has some potential.
