G-M006 Wall Mirror: 25 x 110cm for the wall with no room

Every house has a strip of wall that defeats mirrors. The plaster between two doors, the return beside a window reveal, the bit of hall wall left over once the radiator and the light switch have had their say. Most mirrors are too wide for it. The G-M006 Wall Mirror is not: a geometric gold frame listed at 25 x 110cm.

25cm wide is the whole point

Twenty-five centimetres is a little wider than a sheet of A4 turned portrait. That is narrow enough to sit between a door architrave and a corner, or above a radiator shelf, or on the flat of a boxed-in pipe. The 110cm of length is what makes it still read as a mirror rather than a tile: enough height to show a face and a shoulder, and enough presence to look chosen.

The listing gives the pair of figures without labelling them, so if a tight gap is involved, confirm with the shop which of the two is the width. At this shape it matters more than usual, since 110cm across and 25cm high is a completely different object.

Where a narrow mirror goes

• Between two doors. The classic use. A slim mirror there bounces light from one room into the other without needing clear wall.
• Beside a window. Set on the wall at right angles to the glass, it picks up daylight and throws it back into the room.
• In a cloakroom. Above a small basin, where a wide mirror would overhang the tiling.
• At the end of a narrow hall. A single vertical line of reflection makes a corridor feel less like a tunnel.

Hanging a slim frame straight

A narrow mirror is unforgiving about level, because the eye checks it against the door frame beside it. Measure from the architrave rather than from the corner of the room, since door frames are usually truer than plaster. Mark both fixing points from the same reference line, not from the floor. And if there is a single hanging point, a small adhesive bumper at the bottom corners stops the frame drifting out of true every time the door shuts.

The listing states no weight and no fixings, and gives no frame depth. Ask the shop for those before you buy fixings, especially if the wall is plasterboard or the mirror is going over tiles.

Grouping, instead of one big mirror

Two or three slim mirrors hung in a row, with an even gap between them, cover a wide wall in a way that is more interesting than one large sheet, and each one is easier to carry and to hang. Keep the gaps equal and the tops aligned, and let the group sit within the width of whatever furniture is below.

If a ready-made set is what you want, the G-M015 Gold and Black Wall Mirrors (2 Pack) is sold as a pair, though it is a different shape: two round mirrors listed at 90cm across, one gold frame and one black. For a round gold piece in the same warm family, the G-M002 Wall Mirror is 80cm across. Everything else is in Wall Mirrors, and the G-M006 Wall Mirror is on its own page with the measurements and photographs. Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store and £50 beyond.