Featured Writer: Sarah from The Winthrop Chronicles
I love recycling old home decor. Recently I decided to recycle some old mirrors I picked up at a garage sale a few years ago. The mirrors were stowed away in my attic, until I had an idea of how to update them. My mirrors were already painted white, so I was able to skip that step and move on to the taping.
Use painters tape or masking tape to create the design you want on your frame.
Paint your frames. I chose yellow and grey to go with the color scheme in my daughter’s room.
After the paint dried, I used sandpaper to rough up the wood. I wanted to give it a well-worn look.
And that’s it! It was a pretty quick and easy project and the best part is that it was free because I used items I already had. And it was a good way to tie in some colors from her art wall.
Sarah is a former NBC news reporter turned stay at home mom. She loves spending time with her three little ones. Her days include picnics at the park and potty training, and she tries to squeeze in some crafting and sewing time when she can. You can follow what she (and her family) are up to and what her latest project is at The Winthrop Chronicles.
Cute!
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So cute! I love the grouping. And the bird fabric is one of my favorites. I’ve used it in a different color. = )
Hello! I’m visiting from Country Momma Cooks. great idea! Love the way it turned out. I’m going to pin this to my craft board.
Sharon @ mrs. hines class
I love this. I still have a hard time visualizing how you set it up, but the reltuss are awesome. Looks like a fun day off. I hope you got some rest, too.
Thanks so much for linking up this cute project @CountryMommaCooks….have a wonderful Sunday:)
Love these! I can’t wait to try these out on some of my old picture frames. What a great way to change things up with little money.
Really, really nice! I love grey and yellow together and that pop of turquoise is so pretty! Thanks for the tutorial!
Love these! Great idea, can’t wait to make some!
Cute idea! We recently moved into a home where someone left an old mirror…I am now inspired and have a project to begin.
ooooh, these are so pretty! love the colors, love the stripes, love the distressing. now i need to hit up some garage sales for some of these! we’d love for you to link this to our Sunday Best link party going on right now. http://griffithsrated.blogspot.com/2012/04/sunday-best-link-party_22.html
-marie
I love all of these mirrors- they are beautiful! I love the effect of using sandpaper! I’m visiting from Jillify It!
http://somekindoflovelyride.com
I live for projects like this! Nothing beats a few project! I would love for you to come share at my link party!
Amy@Homehappyhome
I love these! What a great makover using just a little paint. I featured these over at So Very Creative, thanks for linking up!
http://soverycreative.blogspot.com/2012/04/mirror-makeover.html
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Those frames look fantastic!
They are amazing! i’m heading over to see the tutorial on your daughter’s picture on wood art!
Love your frames, very cute. Love the colors that you used. Thank you for sharing your fantasitc project.
These turned out so cute!! We loved having you link up to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” Hope you’ll be back soon! -The Sisters
So pretty! love the yellow one. Thanks for sharing at Terrific Tuesdays.
Rachel
adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com
This is a great project! I love they turned out. Would you consider linking it up to my Pinworthy Projects Linky Party over at Just Us Four?
Love the yellow striped mirror! Thanks for linking up at Sunday Blog Love! Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
Love how your mirror turned out! I LOVE stripes!!
loving the diagonal yellow stripes! Will have to work up the courage to paint my own frames… but I’d love to try it out!
Great idea, love it!
What a fun and easy way to repurpose mirrors. Thank you for sharing at What Joy Is Mine.
Super cute and easy!
YOu were featured!
http://www.thesasselife.com/2012/05/crafty-sasse-wednesday-link-party-35.html
well how darn cute are those?! Perfect!!! I am inspired! Thank you for the inspiration!!! AND thank you for linking up at my place!!!
Jaime from Crafty Scrappy Happy
great idea!
All clones. I had a blast mniakg this. Believe it or not, it’s just two mirrors. I held them together at the top and separated them at the bottom to get this effect. The closer together they were, the more reflection I got in the middle! I’m going to experiment some more with these.