Comments on: Framing those Boring Mirrors

By: Design on a Dollar » Blog Archive » Frame Me!

Design on a Dollar » Blog Archive » Frame Me! — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:03:47 +0000

[...] a more luxurious feel. I’ve seen this concept on HGTV and found a tutorial of sorts from this blog. I purchased the molding from and odds and ends sale at a local cabinet shop for next to nothing [...]

By: mombrud

mombrud — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:31:27 +0000

I did this same thing with my old house as we were staging to sell. Not knowing if they would want to use the same colors I found a great idea on HGTV! I used larges self-adhesive velcro squares to put my moulding up. It held really well with 4 or 5 2″ squares on each piece of moulding. Just an idea if you think you might want to repaint or are a little scared you might not get it exactly straight the first time!

By: Sonya

Sonya — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:45:06 +0000

Rhoda,
Thanks so much for sharing your project “Framing out the Mirrors.” That is exactly what I want to do with my big mirrow. And now, I have the exact instructions what to tell my husband and Lowe’s. Now there should be no excuse for not doing the project!!!!

By: The Neppers

The Neppers — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:28:27 +0000

Incredible change. I love it! Great idea Rhoda!

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:33:00 +0000

I posted on April 19, 2009 5:01 PM, and had the problem with the boards falling off. I went to Lowe’s and got a good glue gun , the kind that takes the longer sticks and voila it’s staying up.

By: Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality

Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:43:00 +0000

HI, Anon & others,

I've heard from a couple of you who had trouble with the hot glue gun sticking. I'm not sure what the problem is with yours, as mine worked fine. Is your glue gun a larger one with large sticks. That's what I have & would suggest that. Mine is a HOT temp glue gun too. I had no problem at all with gluing the MDF to my mirrors, but did have a bit of a problem with the REAL wood, that's why I'd recommend using MDF only.

If you do have a problem with the hot glue gun, I'd tell you to scrape it off & use Liquid Nails for small projects. It comes in a small tube & is very sticky. If you press it down with the glue & use blue painters tape to hold it in place til dry, it should hold just fine. Either method will work!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:01:00 +0000

I did this to my bathroom and my pieces just all fell down. What kind of glue gun do you have? Maybe mine isn’t good enough. Thanks.

By: Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality

Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Thank you all for stopping by from Tip Junkie! Nice to meet you & I hope you'll stick around for a lot of fun projects.

Nan, you can definitely ask me about your mirror color, I'd be glad to help! Make yourself at home & thanks for following.

By: michellejohnnie

michellejohnnie — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:57:00 +0000

I will totally do this at my house. Thanks for the Tutorial. I linked to it!

By: nan

nan — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:36:00 +0000

Hi, I am am new to your post, in fact new to all of the wonderful blogs that I have found! Where have I been? I think I was up all night since I discovered yours!! I was just thinking about my awful, plain bathroom mirror a day ago and could not believe that I found this idea of yours! I had an idea, but the hubby will see how it is possible and how worthwhile it will be! Thanks! May I send you a pic to help me out on color?
I will again be up all night reading right here!