I browsed the wood and trim aisles of home depot and picked out a primed 1 4 inch trim board.
Diy wood frame around bathroom mirror. We installed two large mirrors during our home gym remodel with the plan to add a wood frame. Transform the look of a bathroom by installing decorative trim around a plain plate glass mirror. This diy mirror frame tutorial will save you hundreds over buying a framed mirror in the store. Add a wood frame to a plain ole mirror to add character and style.
James lunday frames an old mirror with molding to create a masterpiece. However this method can be used with any wood type of at least 3 4 thickness including ornate trims. Determine trim style and positioning of trim around mirror to obtain. So for the price of one small sized hanging mirror we framed out two huge bathroom mirrors in an afternoon.
If you had to buy everything new at the store it would cost around 32 and you d have a ton of supplies leftover like with more cheap wood you could probably frame 10 more mirrors. Transform the look of a bathroom by installing decorative trim around a plain plate glass mirror. But for our bathroom with the big longer mirror i really want to do a thicker chunkier frame. Our bathroom has two separate vanities with huge builder grade mirrors.
Since this frame is floating on not attached to an existing mirror already mounted to the wall a margin of overlap is left to conceal the edge of the mirror. For 5 30 depending on the type of wood trim you use and just an hour or two of time you can make your plain bathroom mirror look much more upgraded than it is. We framed vanity mirrors for less than 40 in wood. Buying a framed mirror can cost several hundred dollars or you can diy your own for a fraction of the cost.
2 1 4 boards cut to match the width of your mirror plus a half inch. Let me show you how. This diy bathroom mirror frame is such an easy project to. I could have gone.
We had most of the items on hand as they re fairly common for many home improvement projects. Because of the overall style of the bathroom squared cedar was selected as the frame material. I had originally thought i was going to go with a more detailed trim to frame out the mirror but after i checked cost on the trim i wanted to use my mirror was big and reconsidering i decided to go with a more basic clean look. Measure the mirror on the wall to determine the length and width of frame image 1.
Measure and cut the boards. Here s what you will need. I took my mirror measurements to lowe s picked out 2 straight 1x4x8 white wood boards and had them cut to size right in the store so all i had to do was put them together when i got home. Diy experts show how to apply a wooden frame to a plate mirror in a bathroom to match the vanity and lend a clean look.
I framed in our guest bathroom mirror you can see that here. Diy stick on mirror frame materials.