{"product_id":"coastal-style-beaded-grey-wooden-framed-round-mirror","title":"Coastal Style Beaded Grey Wooden Framed Round Mirror","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhy a Round Frame Keeps Traditional Detail From Looking Formal\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eOrnate frames are almost always rectangular. Gilt overmantels, carved pier glasses, panelled surrounds: the detail arrives in a shape that reads as period, and the room has to meet it halfway. Put the same kind of detailing on a circle and it behaves differently. The shape has no corners to formalise it and no obvious top or bottom, so the beadwork reads as texture rather than as a statement about the age of the room. That is why this mirror suits a coastal or informal scheme as comfortably as a traditional one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eThe frame is banded rather than flat. The beaded runs step inward in concentric rings toward the glass, which gives an 800mm circle something to do across its width instead of ringing the reflection with a single line. It also handles light well: each band catches it on the upper edge and shades on the lower, so the frame reads with depth from across the room and shows its detail up close. At 30mm deep the whole piece still sits tight to the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003e800 mm across, 30 mm deep, 5.95 kg. Plain glass. A paulownia wood frame with moulded gesso beadwork, hand-painted in soft mid grey and gently distressed, on an MDF backing with D-rings fitted. For the same hand-painted character in a rectangular format, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/hand-crafted-antique-style-leaner-mirror-cream-mr79cr\"\u003eHand Crafted Antique Style Leaner Mirror in Cream\u003c\/a\u003e takes it to full length in a warmer painted tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h d-hu\"\u003eWhat the Beaded Bands Bring to a Wall\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eConcentric beaded banding.\u003c\/span\u003e The runs step inward toward the glass rather than sitting as one flat rim. The eye is drawn into the reflection instead of stopping at the edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eMoulded gesso detail.\u003c\/span\u003e The beading is formed in gesso over the timber, which is how an even run of fine detail is achieved right around a curve.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHand-painted, gently distressed.\u003c\/span\u003e Worn back by hand along the raised bands, where a frame would soften naturally with handling and dusting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eSoft mid grey.\u003c\/span\u003e Cooler under north light, warmer under south. It picks up the colours already in the room rather than adding another.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003e30mm depth.\u003c\/span\u003e Enough profile for the banding to cast shadow, slim enough to hang close to the wall or prop on a mantel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003e5.95 kg.\u003c\/span\u003e Manageable to hang and level single-handed, and undemanding on wall fixings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhat Gesso Beadwork Is and Why It Matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eGesso is a chalk-based paste bound with glue, used in framemaking for centuries. Brushed on in thin coats it fills and levels timber grain, and built up thicker it can be moulded, which is how ornament like beading, rope twists and rosettes is formed without carving the wood underneath. That is what has happened here. The beaded bands are gesso work over a paulownia frame, then painted and distressed by hand. The advantage on a circle is precision: an even run of beading around a continuous curve is difficult to carve and straightforward to mould, which is why detail like this is rarely seen on round frames done any other way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhere to Put It and What It Will Do to the Room\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eAbove a hallway console, where the circle breaks a wall of straight lines and the grey keeps it quiet. Propped on a mantel shelf, sitting close against the chimney breast. Over a painted chest of drawers in a bedroom. On a dresser or sideboard, leaning behind a run of ceramics. In a coastal or country scheme where the detail suits the setting but a gilt frame would be too much. Soft grey works against white, chalk, bone, sage, duck egg and pale blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eThe Practical Details Before You Buy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003ePropping needs a stable surface.\u003c\/span\u003e If the mirror is standing rather than hung, use a mantel or shelf deep enough to take the whole base with nothing overhanging, set back against the wall. Where there are children or pets, hang it on the D-rings instead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHand-finished, so no two match.\u003c\/span\u003e The paint is applied and worn back by hand, so tone and the degree of distressing vary between units and against the photography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eDust only.\u003c\/span\u003e A dry, soft cloth, worked gently over the raised bands. Damp cloths, polish and solvent cleaners will lift a distressed finish, and gesso detail does not respond well to moisture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eFixings rated for 5.95 kg.\u003c\/span\u003e Wall plugs and suitable screws into masonry, or hollow-wall anchors or a stud fixing on plasterboard. A picture hook is not adequate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Urban Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56795340145020,"sku":"MR404G","price":136.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9672\/1715\/files\/round-distressed-grey-wall-mirror-above-wooden-console-table.jpg?v=1779286868","url":"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/coastal-style-beaded-grey-wooden-framed-round-mirror","provider":"The Urban Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}