This mirror is for the almost done bathroom, of course. This week, tile gets put in, the shower fixtures go in, the sink goes in! The end is in sight! Now just finish details in the other rooms, like covering the 6" diameter black pipe that runs through my living room, for instance.
The perfect mirror
I almost gave up.
The plain rectangular mirror,
small oak frame looked fine to me.
After five flea markets in three towns,
cool frames with mirrors which no longer reflected,
reflective mirrors framed in white wicker,
nice ones all the way round for $200,
beautiful ones, too big or too small,
Carrie insisted I keep looking.
(in between admiring ice cream dishes, of course)
We spotted it at the exact same moment,
the perfect mirror, old, but not too old,
big, but not too big, nice shape, affordable.
I almost gave up,
but I didn’t.
I almost gave up.
The plain rectangular mirror,
small oak frame looked fine to me.
After five flea markets in three towns,
cool frames with mirrors which no longer reflected,
reflective mirrors framed in white wicker,
nice ones all the way round for $200,
beautiful ones, too big or too small,
Carrie insisted I keep looking.
(in between admiring ice cream dishes, of course)
We spotted it at the exact same moment,
the perfect mirror, old, but not too old,
big, but not too big, nice shape, affordable.
I almost gave up,
but I didn’t.
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4 comments:
And the mirror looks perfect! All of that "laborious" antique shopping has paid off beautifully. ;)
Just for the fun, some thoughts on perfect mirrors:
In theory, a "perfect mirror" is a mirror that perfectly reflects light (and doesn't transmit and/or absorb it). So, common mirrors are not "perfect mirrors" in that theoretical sense.
MIT researchers created a perfect mirror: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1998/mirror.html
Would it work in your bathroom ?
And don't you enjoy the hunt as well as finding the treasure? Antiquing is definitely one of the benefits of remodeling. I agree, perfect mirror!
Mirrors like love ... let us only see what we want.
Love like mirrors ... can make us feel good but it really depends on how much light we shed on the subject.
... look quickly when the subject of your love is in a good light but never, never look too hard!
YCB
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