Hey there! It’s time to do something with the mirror I now have. If you remember when we gave Kristin’s bathroom makeover we swapped mirrors. To see her bathroom makeover you can click here BATHROOM MAKEOVER.
Before I get started, I want to tell you about a challenge I am joining in. Two blogging girls gathered up a group of us for a Thrift Store blog hop challenge, Tara Stilettos and Shiplap and Emily LeCultivateur are the host of the hop. The rules are each one purchases an item or items from a thrift store, garage sale, flea market, or find something in someone’s trash pile, we take what we find and create something we can style in our homes. I will have all the participates names and photos at the bottom of my page.
Back to the mirror.. I know this wasn’t in Kristin’s trash, but if I didn’t swap with her I know our daughter too well, it would had been tossed in the trash! I think it qualifies with the rules of this challenge.
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Here’s the mirror I started out with, it looks brighter than my furniture, plus to me it’s to matchy-matchy if I were to painted it the same color as the dresser.
In place of the white frame I changed it up with some sanding and paint. Let me show you what I did to achieve the look. First, I sanded off some of the white paint from the frame.
I used 80 grit sand paper , removing the amount of paint I wanted. It wasn’t hard at all, but boy was it ever messy!!
I left most of the white paint in the cervices.
To remove all the saw dust I used a damp cloth.
I like the looks of Waverly Antique wax on wood I used it instead of a minwax stain.
I applied the wax with a baby wipe.
To give the frame a white distressed look I used Waverly chalk paint in Plaster. The inspirational look was the candle holder I am showing below.
I dry brushed, lightly, the paint onto the frame. I did this with a light feather motion and made sure not to swipe the paint brush in the same area too much, I wanted a rough look.
It turned out the way I hoped it would. It looks close to the candle holder.
To seal the frame I used two coats of Minwax Finishing wax as the directions stated.
After the wax was good and dry I placed the mirror back on the dresser.
Before…
After!!
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