{"product_id":"organic-pebble-shape-oak-wall-mirror","title":"Organic Pebble Shape Oak Wall Mirror","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eMost mirrors hang portrait. This one doesn't.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eTaller than wide is the default, and it is a default with a reason behind it: mirrors were made to reflect a standing person, so they were built to the proportions of one. Decoratively that habit has outlasted its purpose. At 800 mm wide against 780 mm tall it spreads across a wall instead of climbing it. On paper the difference is twenty millimetres. On a wall it changes the entire relationship between the mirror and everything underneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eFurniture runs horizontal. Sideboards, consoles, chests of drawers, headboards. Hang a portrait mirror above a wide low piece and you leave dead wall on either side, which is why those arrangements usually need lamps or prints to close the gap. A landscape mirror does not create the gap in the first place. It picks up the line of the furniture below and carries it. In a room with a low ceiling the effect goes further: a portrait format emphasises the height the room does not have, while this one widens the wall instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eThe proportions: 800 mm wide, 780 mm tall, 37 mm deep, 5.6 kg. Plain glass, no bevel. The frame is solid oak in a natural finish over an MDF backing, hung landscape on D-ring fixings. For the same honest timber in a formal shape, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/walnut-wooden-oval-wall-mirror-mr550wl\"\u003eWalnut Wooden Oval Wall Mirror\u003c\/a\u003e takes a true oval and a darker grain in portrait format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h d-hu\"\u003eWhat solid oak and an uneven edge bring.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eOrganic pebble silhouette.\u003c\/span\u003e Softly rounded, close to circular, deliberately not exact. 800 mm wide against 780 mm tall. The asymmetry is what makes the shape read as natural rather than drawn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eSolid oak frame.\u003c\/span\u003e Real timber, not a printed or foil finish over board. The grain follows the curve and varies between pieces. Every frame is different, which is the point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eSlim 37 mm profile.\u003c\/span\u003e The frame sits close to the wall rather than standing off it. The shape does the work, not the depth, so the mirror reads as a soft outline rather than a heavy object.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003ePlain glass, no bevel.\u003c\/span\u003e An irregular edge and a bevelled edge compete. Plain glass keeps the silhouette as the single detail and lets the reflection run clean to the timber.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eLandscape orientation.\u003c\/span\u003e D-rings set for horizontal hanging. Because the shape is asymmetric, the orientation is a design decision rather than a technical one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003e5.6 kg, D-ring fixing.\u003c\/span\u003e Solid timber gives it weight without bulk. Use fixings rated for the load, particularly on plasterboard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhy solid oak beats a printed grain.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eMost oak-look mirror frames are board with an image of oak applied to the surface. At a glance the difference is small. In a room it is not. A printed grain repeats on a cycle, runs in one direction regardless of the shape it wraps, and stops dead at the edge where the pattern meets the substrate. Solid oak has none of those tells. The grain turns as the frame turns, the end grain shows at the profile, and the tone deepens with age and light rather than staying fixed. On an irregular shape this is what separates a considered piece from a cut-out. The timber and the silhouette are describing the same idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhere an off-circle beats a circle.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eAbove a bed where a true circle would read as too formal a full stop over the headboard. In a hallway on warm plaster where the soft edge takes the hardness out of a narrow space. Above a sideboard or a low console in a living room, the landscape format echoing the horizontal of the furniture rather than fighting it. In a bedroom against a room already full of straight lines: wardrobe doors, skirting, window reveals. On a sage, clay or off-white wall where natural oak sits in the same tonal family and the shape provides the only relief from the geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eBefore You Order.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eEvery frame is different.\u003c\/span\u003e Solid oak carries its own grain pattern, figure and tone. Expect variation between units and against the product photography. This is inherent to real timber, not a fault.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eLandscape only.\u003c\/span\u003e The D-rings are positioned for horizontal hanging and the silhouette is composed for it. Hung the other way the shape does not read correctly and the fixings will not sit level.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eIndoor dry positions.\u003c\/span\u003e Solid oak on an MDF backing. Suitable for bedrooms, hallways and living spaces. Not for bathrooms, en suites or anywhere with sustained steam.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Urban Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56795338735996,"sku":"MR275O","price":152.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9672\/1715\/files\/organic-shaped-oak-wall-mirror-in-modern-neutral-interior.jpg?v=1779278193","url":"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/organic-pebble-shape-oak-wall-mirror","provider":"The Urban Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}