Hey! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Ours wasn't too exciting, but I did finish a project and I'm so excited to share it with you!
Have you all seen the Pottery Barn "Eagan Mirror"? It's beautiful. But it's crazy expensive, and way too big and heavy for the house we have now. I decided we needed a smaller version of it for right inside our front door.
I know there are a few other tutorials about how to copycat the Pottery Barn "Eagan Mirror," but none of them were exactly what I wanted. I wanted something smaller and I wanted it to hang flat against the wall.
Here's how you can make your own --
Supplies:
8 - 8x8 beveled mirrors (mine were from Hobby Lobby)
Piece of 1/2" or 3/4" plywood, 34.25x16.75
1 - 1x2 @ 6'
1 - 1x2 @ 4'
Trim (I got 1/4" x 3/4" @8')
Plastic mirror rosettes (I got these)
Cut tacks
Mirror adhesive
Wood glue
Tools:
Miter saw (or saw with miter box)
Hammer and nails (or nail gun))
If you didn't have your piece of plywood cut at the store, cut it to size. Then frame the whole thing using the 1x2s by laying your 1x2 on it's side and cutting a 45 degree cut. Then measure and cut the other end at 45 degrees too, ends not parallel. Use glue and nails to attach it to your plywood, leaving about 1/2" overhang on the front edge. (You'll want the front edge of your 1x2 'frame' to line up with the front edge of your mirrors.)
Lay your mirrors in place and measure to fit your trim. I made one long piece of trim horizontally and then cut 6 shorter pieces to run vertically. Glue and nail your trim down, using your mirrors as guides. (Each mirror is a little different, so put each mirror where they will go in the end.) Take all your mirrors back out.
It's time to add your rosettes. I think these are pretty much exactly like the PB ones! Use your cut tacks and hammer them through the rosette into your trim, centering it and turning it straight.
That's all the building you have to do! Fill your nail holes and sand. Then it's time to paint. I used
Rust-oleum's oil-rubbed bronze and covered the whole mirror, even over where each mirror will sit. That way if your mirrors don't line up exactly, you don't see wood through the gaps.
Once it dries, use your mirror adhesive to glue in your mirrors. Make sure you read the tube, mine took 48 hours to fully cure. Since I didn't want to break any mirrors and end up with seven years of bad luck, I waited a little more.
That's it! Hang that baby on the wall. On Friday I'll share how I hung mine. I used a french cleat, which is something I've never done before, but it worked so well I'll be doing it a lot more in the future! Thanks for reading today! Here are a few more pictures.
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