Generally, when purchasing a home, the bathrooms tend to come with really drab mirrors. You know, the ones that are builder's grade, glued to the wall and exhibit absolutely no decorative feature at all?
I'm not a fan of the drab, unoriginal mirrors. I tend to hear "Upgrade Me!" screaming at me in my head.
When we bought our house, the mirrors were one of the first things on my list of things to change. The husband didn't necessarily agree, but luckily, I make my own decisions:).
I searched far and wide for mirrors that would replace the space of the drab mirrors in both our guest and master bathrooms. I didn't want to spend a fortune so I hit up Hobby Lobby (armed with a coupon of course), HomeGoods, Kirkland's and NFM.
Everything seemed to fall short. I wanted something simple, yet decorative and modern. Nothing too fancy or metallic, just a dark wood, so it was still appropriate for years to come.
The sizing was a whole different story. I couldn't find anything that fit the space right. I wanted to utilize the space as much as possible, without compromising the wall area between the vanity and the light fixture, and accomplish this without making the mirror look miniature. No luck.
Somehow, I moved my craze with switching out the mirrors to the back of my mind and forgot about it for awhile. Until one lazy weekend when the Mr. and I were watching HGTV and they easily upgraded a drab mirror. We were out the door and headed to Lowe's within seconds.
We purchased exactly what they showed in the HGTV show: decorative floor trim, liquid nails and a dark walnut stain.
First step, stain the trim pieces. Next, Brian cut them with a miter saw to fit directly over the drab mirror. Last, glue directly on top of mirror with liquid nails. Sounds easy, right?
For the most part, it was. Except that the liquid nails would NOT adhere the trim to the mirror. One more trip to Lowe's and a 2nd try at gluing with epoxy (stronger and faster bond than liquid nails), it worked like a charm!
I could not be more pleased! It made this bathroom look so much richer and upgraded. These pictures really don't do it justice.
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE & AFTER
8 Comments:
Looks great girl!
OMG this is a brilliant idea! I love it and have to try it! Looks so great!!!!
That is awesome! I'm just impressed that you actually went out, bought the stuff, and made it happen. That is the kind of project we'd want to do and talk about forever, but never actually do it.
What a difference!
I have been trying to convince Andrew that we need to do this in our guest bath forever - going to show him it's doable!
I'm with you about the builder's grade mirrors, BORING. Good idea for an update!
Dude, the mirror looks rockin! So impressed with your DIY skills!
LOVE it! Nice work!!
You're right, it makes the whole room look upgraded. Also, I really enjoyed, "luckily for me, I make my own decisions"...I'm gonna have to start making my own decisions if anything is going to get done in my house. :)
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