Easy DIY Framed Mirror

I wanted a Cool Framed Mirror for Madison’t Bedroom and to buy one the size that I wanted, it was going to cost around $70 – $100.  Being the cheapskate frugal DIY gal that I am,  I decided to make one.

 

I had a builders’ mirror from my last house that I had already cut to size (we just moved before I got around to framing it).   While I did not intend to have this crappy piece of mirror carefully crated and shipped to our new home, I wasn’t watching everything that was going on at the same time.  I only have 2 eyes, after all.  So, here it is.

I decided to use the mirror AND the crating wood for my frame.  Free!

I cut my crate wood to size and cut Rabbets on the edge of all the pieces.  For that, I lowered my saw blade to 1/4″ and ran the wood through a few times until the rabbet was about 3/8″ wide.

*The outside edge is covered so I cut the rabbet all the way to the end of each board.

I assembled the frame using pocket hole screws and then covered the entire back with a 1/4″ piece of hardboard!

 

There are so many different ways you could finish a DIY Framed Mirror.  It would look really cool at this point to stain it really dark and distressed.  Like I did my Distressed Wood Countertops in my Workshop.  However, that would not have worked in Madison’s bedroom.

 

I added some trim to the inside and covered the outside edge with strips of 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ MDF.  At this point, the whole Mirror could be painted and you’d be done…

 

…but I didn’t.  I cut a WHOLE bunch of thin strips of wood and painted them in shades of grey and blue.  And just a few yellow.

 

I used a handy Thin Rip Table Saw Jig I bought from Rockler.

 

I used an 18 ga nail gun .

 

I wanted to see the holes.  It’s rustic.  If you don’t, you might want to use caulk to glue them on (same as you would Applying Beadboard to Cabinets.)