Ever since we've moved into this house (3 years ago), Chris has wanted to replace the standard, plain mirror in the guest bath with something nicer, more modern. I agreed, however until we were able to get this great mirror from his grandparents house to fix up to our liking, it wasn't possible. So here is the guest bath before:
Like I said, very standard - rectangle mirror held in place by those plastic brackets. So, I took it off
and used the bathroom wall color paint to fill in the blank space (after filling the bracket screw holes and sanding down the wall). I had just a small sample of the original color we painted a few years ago that I had gotten for touch-ups. There was plenty in there to cover the area I needed. I also sanded the wall again after the first coat of paint and did a second coat so that it looked like it blended into the original.
Here's the fabulous mirror we got from Chris's grandparents house. The outside rim has great detailing - it was gold and there was a wooden strip on the inside so I knew I wanted to paint it before hanging it in the bathroom.
I started with a light colored brown for a base coat that I wanted to show through my top coat. I covered it pretty evenly, covering the original.
Here it is pretty much covered. Don't you love my colorful scrap paper I used to cover the mirror :)
Then using the semi-gloss dark, dark brown that we had left over from painting our kitchen and guest bath cabinets, I painted the mirror frame again. Loving that the light brown was showing through on the detailed edges.
Here's a look up close!
And here's the finished mirror in its new home on the newly painted wall. We both love it!!! So much that I had to put a little fall arrangement in the corner of the vanity. Now, we would like a new, fabulous light fixture to go above the new mirror. We'll see!!
