My friend Alyssa (who just started a cute new blog centered on home improvement adventures... you should check it out!) inspired me to write a post about a spray paint project that I recently did. This mirror came with a dresser that I got from craigslist... the total of the dresser and mirror together was $25. Love. I am in the process of spray painting the dresser black so I can put it in my entryway, but since I already have a mirror in my entryway I needed another spot for this one.
Here's how it started out... It's not so bad... just needed a little help :)
I started by taking the back off so I could take the mirror out and just have the frame. I did it this way so I didn't have to tape and be precise. All I had to do was pry some staples up and then take them out with a pliers. Easy peasy!
Once the back and mirror were out I was left with a frame. I laid it on some paper bags in my garage and lightly (like REALLY lightly) sanded some spots down. Then I wiped it all down and began to apply the spray paint.
Here's the kind of spray paint I used. Peyton will be moving down to the guest room in October when she is 2 and Vandis is 6 months, so with that room painted teal I decided to add grey and purple to start making it girly for my girl. I thought a grey mirror would be perfect for her room!
Here it is after the paint! Yes, I got some on my garage floor. And garage wall. There was a spider.
I left it to dry in the garage while I ran errands with the kids and thought it would be dry enough once I got home to reattach the back. I was wrong.
There will have to be a few touch up's... no biggie!
Here it is on the bed in the guest room... Cute right?
I like it, I like it a lot.
Hope you are inspired to transform something in your house with spray paint! If you do, let me know about it :)