Joel had brought me a standing mirror that his friend was getting rid of, and I am
kicking myself now for not taking a before picture! How can I describe it... it was in pieces, missing hardware, and it looked like someone fell asleep while they were priming it. All in all though, it was a solid wood mirror in great shape, with plenty of potential. I mulled over it for a while, and finally came to terms with the fact that I have, and will, always love the color teal and all it's siblings in the turquoise department. So, thinking back to this
chandelier project, I wanted to re-use that wonderful Jade color paint! It was hard to find, but amazon brought it home to me. Here's the best picture I could scrounge up for a "before" of the mirror:
However, the paint was not in such nice condition! So in I started on the jade, and after seeing that all the wonderful wood grains were showing through the paint, I went with a black glaze. I wanted to utilize the back of the mirror too, which was just wood. So I made it into a magnetic chalkboard. Here are the pictures, I hope you like it! It's for sale in my
etsy shop.
I painted the hardware black and distressed it a bit, to match the rest of the mirror.
The holes for the hardware were completely open, so some wooden plug in black make a nice accent. So there you have it, the Jade Standing Mirror. I'm so happy about the magnetic paint! I hadn't used it before and it has really surprised me. I tested it out and it works great!
Have a wonderful weekend.
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