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by Suzie September 14, 2011

Aged Frenchy Mirror

I’ve had this mirror sitting around for awhile.

I got it when I was a freshman in college and it’s been with me ever since!  It’s been in a closet for too long…I decided something fun needs to be done with it.
So I went to Home Depot and bought about 8 feet of this cabinet trim.


After giving the mirror a couple coats of paint, I cut the trim in to smaller pieces to make a nifty little design.

You might say to yourself: “Hm. That’s a lot of cutting.”

Yup. It was.

But I think it was worth it!
After I had all of the pieces and the frame of the mirror painted, I just glued down the trim, using my right angle to make sure it was all straight.


And here it is complete!


I used two different methods of aging the frame.  To get the chippy paint look like the picture above, I used vaseline.  I’ll give a  how-to soon.

And on the picture above, I used sand paper.

Here’s a breakdown of the angles:

I can’t wait to see how it looks hanging up.  Maybe above a window, maybe in the kitchen, maybe in front of a window.

Now that’s just crazy talk.

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  1. Katie @ Wildwood Creek

    September 14, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    The mirror turned out fabulous! Very creative idea.

  2. Emmy

    September 14, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    I love it! Great job. Love the look of it.

  3. Maury @ AFabulessHome

    September 14, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    This is AWESOME! What a great idea. I dont think I could handle all that cutting, but it’s super cute.

  4. Hiker Girl

    September 15, 2011 at 9:19 am

    Great idea and it turned out very cool. What tool did you use to make all those 45 degree angles? I also have to ask a stupid question… what kind of saw did you use? Circular saw?

    • Suzie

      September 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm

      Hey momma, sorry I’m just now getting back to you. It’s the saw that I showed you when you were here! The miter saw…it’s really easy to cut 45 degrees angles.

  5. Kathryn Griffin

    September 19, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Wow, I’m so impressed! The mirror turned out wonderful! Found you via Between Naps on the Porch. Toodles, Kathryn http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2011/09/few-finished-projects.html

  6. Julia @ 551 East Design

    September 19, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    This is FANTASTIC! And totally original! LOVE it! I’m a new follower. 🙂

  7. Catie

    September 19, 2011 at 8:20 pm

    Nice job Suzie! It looks fabulous. It would like rather nice over my bed. ; )

    ~ Catie

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    September 21, 2011 at 10:03 am

    YOU are one CREATIVE girl! I love everything you do! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

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    September 22, 2011 at 1:39 am

    Love this mirror!! It was such a creative idea by you, well done!! And if you’ve got any extra patience hanging around, throw some my way, I definately need it! Thanks so much for following me, I appreciate you!

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    October 6, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    I LOVE how your mirror turned out!! So pretty and the perfect amount of distressing!

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