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Mirror Mirror on the wall

Round ones, long ones, fat ones, we've got them all.  Mirror reflects the existing light, adding more light to a space. Mirrors also reflect the room opposite the mirror. If a mirror faces an open space, it will help to make the room appear more open and, therefore, larger.

 

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who invented you? The silvered-glass mirrors found throughout the world today first got their start in Germany almost 200 years ago. In 1835, German chemist Justus von Liebig developed a process for applying a thin layer of metallic silver to one side of a pane of clear glass!