the deliberate arch (xramfy 24×36 arched wall mirror)

the arch is the shape i keep coming back to when i look at the wall. not because it’s fashionable—although it is, and i’ve been aware of that, and i’ve been holding that against it—but because an arch is a formal decision. it implies load-bearing. it implies something above it that needed support. the arch doesn’t belong in this apartment the way it would belong in a pre-war vestibule or a french provincial kitchen, and that discrepancy is exactly what makes it interesting. put something that doesn’t quite belong in a room that doesn’t quite belong to you, and they either cancel each other out or they generate something new. i’m betting on the latter.

this one is 24 by 36 inches, black aluminum alloy frame, explosion-proof tempered glass. the frame is powder-coated—it won’t rust, it won’t yellow, it won’t develop the specific sadness of a chrome-plated mirror in a rental bathroom. the arch top is a simple clean curve without ornamentation, which is the right choice. ornamented arch frames are making an announcement; this one is just making a shape. it comes with mounting hardware and can hang vertically, which is what you want for a wall that needs height. the glass is clear enough that it functions as an actual mirror—meaning it also brings more light into the room, which is still, technically, the ongoing project.

julian asked if it was for the bathroom. i said it was for the living room wall. he said “is that a thing.” i said the arch predates the bathroom by roughly 4,000 years, so yes.