Have you seen the Pottery Barn Eagan Mirror? Love! The Lettered Cottage had a great tutorial that can be found here! We used Kevin and Layla's tutorial for this project. But make sure that you do your own measurements because 8" mirrors can vary in size. The ones from Michael's were just shy of 8 inches and the ones from Walmart were exactly 8 inches and that small amount of size makes a big difference especially if you have the bigger mirrors. The only thing we changed from their tutorial was we cut the back board slightly smaller and put molding on the side to hide the hardware in the back. Then just glued the other molding and a smidge of the mirror to the molding.
Total cost for the entire mirror was about $80.
Mirrors were purchased for $3 each at Walmart for a total of $32.
Molding for sides was about $10.
Skinny molding for insides was $8-10.
We used particle board for the back and it was $14 for two 2'x4' sheets. One sheet we only used a few inches of and can use the leftover for another project.
Liquid nails for mirrors was about $6.
Rust-oleum metallic paint was $8 a can. It only took one can and we sprayed behind the mirrors as well.
Project in progress.
Back. We attached a mirror hanging hardware kit to hang it. Just be sure to buy hanging hardware that says it can handle the weight of your mirror. Ours said it would hold 50 lbs.
Oil rubbed bronze paint. Only took about 3/4 of a can. There were a few little scratches when we attached the mirrors and I just sprayed some extra paint into a plastic cup and applied with a really tiny paint brush. It worked great and was better than trying to tape off all the mirrors.
Finished. LOVE!
The molding really ends up looking like metal. We didn't do the rosettes but might add them later if I remember to order some.
I love my new mirror. It took about 3 hours from start to finish plus a few days drying in the garage.
The mantel/shelf is also a DIY project. Details on that can be found right here! It was only $60!
13 comments:
WOW! Looks great!
SWEET! It looks fantastic! :-)
This looks great! What a wonderful project!
Beautiful, I love the beveled edges!
I totally love this whole project! It's now on my to do list for this year! :)
wow!!! that looks so great!
I am so impressed. Any girl that does a wicked PB knock off is FABULOUS in my book. :)
Cheers~
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Rocs! Did you also make the white shelf ledge out of different moldings stacked on each other?
GREAT job! I will be doing one as well, but I am waiting for warmer less snowy weather to arrive for the painting!!
That is totally awesome! I found you from That's My Letter! I love this project!! And seriously.... who can afford that pottery barn one anyway??
can you tell me what measurements is your back wood? and the pieces that are long? I can't get the right measurment. I have my molding. I was going to make mine the same size are yours. The other places Ive found this it was way too big. thanks
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This looks awesome and yes, I've been eyeing that mirror and really was hoping someone would show me how to do it! Thanks.
I have seen this mirror. I can't believe how well you replicated it. Well done!
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