Metal White Mirror - Indoor | Outdoor

Metal White Mirror - Indoor | Outdoor | Online8 New Zealand

This one is built to go outside. The metal frame and antique white finish are rated for exterior use, which puts it in a small category — most mirrors will not last a season on a covered deck or a courtyard wall. Used outdoors it does something an indoor mirror never can: it opens up a small garden, throws light into a shaded corner, and gives a narrow courtyard the illusion of carrying on past the boundary.

Why It Stands Apart

• Rated for outdoor use. The metal frame and finish are specified for exterior conditions rather than merely tolerating them, so it can live on a covered deck, a courtyard wall or a fence.
• Antique white, not stark white. The softened finish weathers gracefully against timber, brick and planting, where a bright white would show every mark.
• A garden-sized proportion. At 470 x 1150mm it reads as a window opening in a wall or fence, which is exactly the trick that makes a small courtyard feel larger.
• Light where there is none. Positioned opposite a gap in the planting it will bounce daylight into a shaded corner that gets none directly.

Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

Where should I position it in the garden?
Out of direct, sustained sunlight. A mirror in full sun concentrates light and heat onto whatever sits opposite it, and against dry planting, a fence or a timber wall that is a genuine fire risk in a New Zealand summer. A shaded or north-facing wall, or a spot under an eave, gives you the light-bouncing effect without the hazard.

Will birds fly into it?
They can, and it is the most common complaint about garden mirrors. Birds read the reflected planting as open space. Mounting it higher rather than at ground level helps, as does siting it where it reflects a wall or fence rather than open sky and foliage. Partially screening it with a climber or a trellis breaks up the reflection and largely solves the problem.

Can it go in a bathroom?
Yes — a metal-framed mirror handles bathroom humidity well. Keep it out of direct shower spray so water does not sit against the bottom edge and work in behind the silvering.

How should it be fixed?
Into something structural, whether that is a stud indoors or a fence rail or batten outside. Outdoors, use fixings rated for exterior use so they do not rust and stain the finish, and remember that wind loading on a mirror this size is real — a fixing that is adequate indoors may not be on an exposed wall.

What does it weigh?
The weight recorded against this product is a placeholder from a bulk supplier import and is too low for a mirror of this size, so we have not published it. Call the showroom and we will confirm the actual figure.

How is it delivered?
Shipping charges are available at checkout.

Can I see it?
Please give our showroom a call at 09 278 8881 to check if this is on display.