Guest Bath Mirror Upgrade

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!!