This is my old bathroom in Georgia. We put in the furniture piece complete with sink and marble tiles and it really turned out pretty. I loved this vanity, the feet, hardware and everything about it. That was back when wallpaper and borders were really in (hello 90’s), but I don’t miss either, however, and it was time to move on to Alabama and a new house.
This was a classic dining room buffet in a former life, but worked out well for a new vanity in the bathroom. And yes, that is indeed a cat’s tail you see in the pic. My sweet kitty that I used to have loved drinking water out of the sink.
Now, here’s the part I really wanted to show you. This mirror was framed out using square blocks and fluted moldings and glued on with Liquid Nails. These were painted and glued on the mirror by me. And just to clarify, YES…they are glued directly on top of the mirror, not the wall. So, you don’t need extra space on either side of your mirror at all. No more crackle finish this time around, but I’ve got big plans for these……
And 2 naked bathroom mirrors just crying out for some bling. You’ve probably seen this done before, but it’s a great way to frame out a plain bath mirror without taking it down and starting over. You’ll see soon enough and I’ll show off both of them! I’m working on the first one now.
I had NEVER considered doing anything like this – until now! Thanks bunches….
What a great idea! I wish I would have thought of this idea before spending a small fortune on new ones. I will have to remember this one~ Countdown till Blissdom!!!!
You’re right, I have seen this done before, but on a MUCH smaller scale. I love how bold you are!
I am getting so many great ideas from you, girl…and I don’t even HAVE a house yet!!! lol
Very pretty. At first I thought the wallpaper was a faux finish…that was working! Love the mirror.
And to think..right now, you’re adding some beautiful bling – can’t wait to see it. 🙂
Oh boy, Rhoda! I can’t wait to see! I like projects like this!!
xo,
Sheila 🙂
Can’t wait to see the finished product. Thanks so much for praying for my sweet friend.
The only thing that would be better would be if I were there learning with hands on!! I have been thinking of doing this, so this is so timely! I can’t wait for the tutorial to walk me thru it!! Thanks!
Suzanne
I love it!
What would you do about a builder grade, mirrored medicine cabinet? I would love to frame my mirrors, but I don’t know what to do with the medicine cabinets.
Liquid nails!! (hits self in head) I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out how to frame out a mirror with no mitering and no nails! Thank you!
Cool. I have a huge plate glass mirror that needs some help in my master bath. Maybe I’ll have a Met Monday post someday!
That’s a great project – looking forward to the finished mirror. That was one beautiful vanity in your previous bathroom. Sally
LOL It is amazing to me how many times we are thinking about almost the same things! I was JUST asking my sisters boyfriend the other day did he know how to miter joints? He said he did and I asked him to teach me. I have a VERY LONG piece of chair rail molding in my attic that’s already stained and everything that I wanted to use for around all my bathroom mirrors. Right now they are sooooo plain with nothing around them. I really LOVE this idea but wouldn’t want to glue it down to the wall with the liquid nails because at some point I might just want larger or smaller mirrors. lol I guess I could glue all the wood together and just use screws to mount it to the wall. Your bath is/was soooo very pretty!!!! And LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! That would look VERY NICE and expensive. 😉
Thanx for sharing with us Rhoda!
I love this idea…the miters would definitely have prevented me from ever attempting it 🙂
The whole room is stunning, and I love that even the cat is coordinated!
Staying warm?
-Nat
I wish our mirrors weren’t pushed up against our walls. Great idea!
rhoda – i love that idea! and i have 2 bathrooms in need of just this, too, so i can’t wait to see yours turn out.
your old bathroom was beautiful (i used to crackle everything back in the late 90’s).
Great idea! Does it look okay from the side? Can’t wait to see the 2 that you are working on!
I laughed out loud when I saw your cat’s tail and when you said your cat liked to drink out of the sink. The cat we adopted won’t drink water out of a bowl. It will only drink water from a running faucet…so it jumps in the bathtub and meows until we turn on the water. Never saw such a crazy cat!
OOOH!! I’m going to try that in my master bathroom. Can you just liquid nail the wood directly to the mirror, if there’s not enough dry wall to glue to?
We framed two bathroom mirrors in this house. Love it.