Framing Mirror In Powder Room

A few weeks ago I shared how I updated the

 cabinet and painted  Faux Granite Counters

 in our main floor powder room. 

Remember?

BEFORE

See the smaller frame?

and now

 

AFTER

See the beautiful gilded frame?

 

Okay, so during this time of updating I knew I wanted

to frame out the mirror. 

 Did you know that they have

larger already made up frames at Hobby Lobby?

Well I didn't.

  But I decided to wander back to the framing section

and boy did I get a huge surprise.

 With my measurements in hand I began the process of

seeing which ones met up with what I needed.

 

Of course this gilded gold frame was my first

choice and ended up being PERFECT!

And...it was 50% off,

or just $52!

I snagged that

baby up real quick and brought it home.

And guess what?

Hubs really liked it! Yay

 

Mounting to me was going to be the challenge.

But, with an engineering hubby we actually decided

NOT to glue this to the existing mirror.

What we did decided to  do was

add a couple of mounting

holders to reinforce the existing mirror to

be able to withstand the added weight of the frame.

 

In our looking for ways to mount

 the frame we found out that

Command Strip Brand now has an amazing

line of Damage Free Hanging Velcro strips

that can hold up varying weights.

We used ones that hold up 16lbs in 4

strips, bought two packages,

 and used all 8 strips, just to be safe.

(I was NOT compensated to tout this product ;))

I am so thrilled with how well this all came

together! What an additional POP of elegance this

mirror now makes to this tiny room.

 

Now this has me wondering how to frame

 the other LARGER bathroom mirrors we have.

I think these made need to be done a bit differently.

Stay tuned!

 

Now, do ya see that ugly

*hollywood* fixture...

well I have an idea running in my

head, we will see how it works out.

 

 

Yep...this one is making me smile real big!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Linking to:

 WOW us Wednesday

Home {work} Wednesday

Inspire Me Tuesday