Building A Wood Mirror Frame

We stained the frame rustic gray and roughed it up a bit with a sanding block nails and a rough gloss treatment.

Building a wood mirror frame.

It s time to step it up buttercup and give this mirror a makeover. We attached our wood frame to the mirror using a few joist hangers and at the bottom we used a few command strips. With any size and type of mirror building one with a wood frame is an economically practical way to add the illusion of space to a room wood can be chosen painted and customized to match with any decor style and this diy project only takes some basic building skills and attention to detail. The project took less than a weekend to make and cost less than 100 in materials.

Materials needed full length leaner mirror mine measured 60 x 18 inches here s a smaller option from wal mart and a larger option from wal. Build a mirror frame an old mirror from a sliding closet door is repurposed with the help of new molding and paint. First i painted and then i built a shoe cubby grab the free build plans here. If you have a large mirror you would like to display make a wooden frame for it.

However this method can be used with any wood type of at least 3 4 thickness including ornate trims. Today i m sharing the next step in my entryway makeover. Since this frame is floating on not attached to an existing mirror already mounted to the wall a margin of overlap is left to conceal the edge of the mirror. A plain basic full length mirror that s doing nothing for your home decor game.

A tutorial for building a wooden mirror frame. In this diy post i ll show you how to build a rustic wooden mirror frame. Be sure to leave at least 2 of material to the outside of the frame. Right now on my blog i am working on a series of entryway makeover posts.