Mirror - position hanging

[harryandmarv]

We have a lovely Ikea mirror in our lounge. It was hung on the wall above the sideboard. The sideboard has since been moved to the other side of the room but the mirror remained where it was. It’s now just sort of hanging there. In-between the settee and dining table, it looks odd, it’s not even central iukwim.

It would look much better moved across to the other side of the room, either above the sideboard or above the electric fire. DH is reluctant to move it because it was a ball ache to hang & it means more drilling holes again & filling the hole where it’s been.

I think a mirror does need to be hung above something, it looks odd just hung there with nothing underneath it!

I'd have to move it...I agree with you. If it was central on the wall it might look a better but that still involves moving it!

Yeah a mirror needs to be hung over something otherwise it's just floating in no mans land and will look a bit silly I'd therefore be moving it I afraid x

Well he doesn’t agree with me that it needs to be moved, so it’s there, stuck in stupid spot. I would actually do it myself, only it took both of us to hang it in the first place so he ain’t going to help hanging it elsewhere. And if even if I did go ahead and do it myself, he’d have the biggest shit fit ever, I’d never hear the end of it. He won’t even listen to my perspective, just thinks I’m being ridiculous for wanting to create more holes in a ‘perfect’ wall while the mirror already has a place.

Did you post about this yesterday too?

He's an idiot. I'd tell him we need to move it together or I'll get someone in to move it. Better still if you're fortunate enough to be able to have your Dad move it.

A random mirror neither centred nor over something just looks ridiculous.

RevolutionRadio, yes, I began a thread in AIBU after this one, after DH refused to move it/disagreed it needed moving!

Anyway, I’m working on it, the mirror will move, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but it’s not staying there, it’s making me cringe

So I have some command strips (I think I might be crazy!) which say they hold up to 7.2kg, the mirror weighs 3.4kg approx so in theory the command strips should hold the mirror up, after all DH’s main objective was he didn’t want to drill anymore holes in any walls! I could do that. It’s just the shitstorm after. And if the command strips fail....

I have the IKEA Nissedal mirror which is nearly 5kg on command strips and it's stayed up for over a year. For the first few weeks I kept pressing it into them to make sure they were still well attached but I don't think about it anymore. I used 6 of the long skinny command strips which was overkill according to their instructions but it makes me feel better.

I’d not be hanging a mirror with command strips. I’d only do it with something unbreakable. They are known to fail.

I don’t understand your husbands issue, it’s not a particularly heavy mirror, I was thinking you were talking about one of these massive ones that can act as leaners,

One hole with a raw plug will do it, unless you’ve got very flimsy walls and a relative new build?

No, I’m not going to use command strips, it was a moment of madness I think!

He, DH just doesn’t want to have to drill holes in another wall, then have to tidy up the other wall where the mirror has been, I.e, fill in those holes & paint over (i’ve already said I’d do it). Also there’s some little box shelves that are hung on the wall where I want the mirror & they’ll need moving across slightly to accommodate the mirror & DH is like ‘why move something that looks good to fit something else’ - I think it’s just turned into a battle of wills now, it’s not about the mirror, it’s more ‘it’s what I say and that’s it.’

My view is that’s it’s moving a mirror, it’s not a huge job, yes there’s some tidying up to do, I’m prepared to do it. It’s just frustrating as I know it will look so much better.

It’s sorry I didn’t answer your question, not flimsy walls & it’s not a new build!

I have to be honest my husband is the same, he’s an engineer too and he hates drilling holes, it’s a bun fight whenever something needs doing and he whinges like fuck. I’ve no idea why.

So second last time I just thought I’m not going through this again, got the drill out and did it myself, it was to hang some blinds. He came up at the end and helped me put them actually up.

So the last time he did it fast without whinging, but I habe to be honest, for a man who is an engineer he’s pure shit at it. He uses the wrong size, breaks the drill bit, drills in the wrong place, it’s unbelievable. So now it’s an argument as in “I’ll do it, no I’ll do it” kinda thing.

I’d just do it myself if I was you. It’s not hard.

I would just do it myself.