Building A Wood Mirror Frame

First i painted and then i built a shoe cubby grab the free build plans here.

Building a wood mirror frame.

It s time to step it up buttercup and give this mirror a makeover. Materials needed full length leaner mirror mine measured 60 x 18 inches here s a smaller option from wal mart and a larger option from wal. A tutorial for building a wooden mirror frame. Be sure to leave at least 2 of material to the outside of the frame.

Since this frame is floating on not attached to an existing mirror already mounted to the wall a margin of overlap is left to conceal the edge of the mirror. We stained the frame rustic gray and roughed it up a bit with a sanding block nails and a rough gloss treatment. How to assemble a wood frame for a wall mirror. The wood frame itself is made from pine boards.

Right now on my blog i am working on a series of entryway makeover posts. A plain basic full length mirror that s doing nothing for your home decor game. Build a mirror frame an old mirror from a sliding closet door is repurposed with the help of new molding and paint. Today i m sharing the next step in my entryway makeover.

With any size and type of mirror building one with a wood frame is an economically practical way to add the illusion of space to a room wood can be chosen painted and customized to match with any decor style and this diy project only takes some basic building skills and attention to detail. However this method can be used with any wood type of at least 3 4 thickness including ornate trims. If you have a large mirror you would like to display make a wooden frame for it. We attached our wood frame to the mirror using a few joist hangers and at the bottom we used a few command strips.