Bathroom Mirror Frame

The month of August was practically non-existent.  Sam had a business trip to Colorado, I took the babies to visit friends and family in Arkansas, and we stayed busy doing other little things around the house.  So…after putting this off for over a month, we FINALLY tackled the bathroom mirror!  It wasn’t nearly as much work as I thought it would be (granted, my husband did most of the work)!  This project could be done in one day; however, it took us 3 days.  Two kids can be a handful sometimes! =)

Of course, this project was inspired by this pin from pinterest.  We didn't follow the directions exactly as the person explained, but this is where the idea came from.

Back in July we bought trim from Lowe’s.  We got the cheap pieces, so we spent about $8 on trim.  We had to buy caulk, liquid nails, and paint as well, so this project ended up costing us $19 and some change.  Seriously, not bad for the end result!  We looked at already framed bathroom mirrors and they were $150 and up!  CRAZY!  So, I’m thinking $19 and a little bit of work is well worth it!

The supplies we used

Measured and marked

Making the cuts

Avery was afraid of the circular saw!

Sam measured the sides of the mirror and then cut the trim.  I’m not going to lie; he made a few wrong cuts before getting it perfect!  Thankfully we had plenty of trim for mistakes!  Once he cut the pieces, he sanded down the edges so that they would sit flush against each other.  Now they’re ready to paint!

Painted trim

 

This is the mirror before the frame

When putting the liquid nails on the trim, make sure to put it in the center of the trim so that when you push onto the mirror, it won’t ooze out.  Also, the trim is likely to slip once you let go, so we had to get crafty:

Painters tape did the trick!

I googled how long it takes for liquid nails to dry.  What I found was that it takes one hour to dry and 24 hours to cure.  

I did not take pictures of this next part, but the day after putting the frame on the mirror we went back and filled in with caulk.  We put caulk in the cracks where the trim pieces came together, and also on the inside where the frame met the mirror.  The day after caulking, I painted over the caulk with paint to match the frame.  FYI: BABY OIL gets paint off of the mirror (and fingers)!

 Finished product!

   

 Looks fancy-shmancy and it was easy-peasy!  The last thing I want to do in this bathroom is change out that ugly light fixture!  But that might be a while.  I have a couple of other projects I would like to tackle first!!