I've had a cheap mirror from Walmart for over a year now and it leaned against the wall in our guest room where I get ready in the morning. It was moved frequently when someone stayed with us or I needed to get ready somewhere else. Well today I decided to change that.
First we went to Lowes and got some cheap wood to frame it. We chose one 1x6x10 and 1 1x6x6. We had them cut it in the store for us for 25 cents a cut. Someday we'll have our own saw but for now it won't fit in our apartment.
The long sides we cut to inches and the short sides we cut to inches.
We bought a few corner mounts and mounted them between the two pieces.
Then the fun part, burning the wood.
I have no idea why we have a blow torch but it came in handy today. We found that you have to move it slowly and hold it very close to get it to burn to the color we wanted.
While my boyfriend attached the mirror I decided to try it on our floating shelves in the bathroom we've had for months unfinished. I stacked them on top of each other and rotated them around until all were torched at least a little.
We mounted the mirror in the hallway between our bedroom and the guest room. It's a perfect place for whoever needs to get ready and it doesn't have to be moved. The best part is it only cost about $25 for lumber and parts to assemble.
