Recognize this mirror?
No? How ’bout now?
As you may recall, it cost me $12.99 plus tax at my local Salvation Army. I lugged it home (that baby is solid wood and heavy), painted it black and distressed it. Mr. Native Texan hung it by the front door for me. While I would prefer to find a really cool floor length mirror for this space, I’m satisfied with this one for 13 bucks and some paint.
Now I can check out my coat/scarf combos without dashing back and forth to another room! (The coat closet faces the mirror).
NOTE: I learned something in the process of painting this mirror. While I do recommend protecting the mirror with paper of some kind, I do NOT recommend leaving the paper there while the paint dries. I slid the paper into the tiny space between the mirror and the frame, and when the paint dried, the paper remained stuck to the frame inside those cracks. I worked hard to scrape all the paper out, but there are still a few spots of paper stuck to the inside of the frame. It’s not a huge deal, especially because not many people will even see this mirror (we rarely use our front door). But I can see the spots and strips of paper reflected in the very outer edges of the mirror, and it bugs me. 
Moral of the story: if you ever paint a mirror, do protect the surface, but be sure to remove the paper (or tape) before your paint dries. You can always clean spots of paint off a mirror, but removing dried on paper from a tiny crack is nearly impossible (and may risk shattering the mirror).
Here it is again, the finished product. Overall, I’m pleased with the results. Decorating with junk, woo hoo!
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It looks AMAZING, Kathleen! I am so impressed with your many talents!
Jeane’, you are too kind. I’ll continue the love fest by pointing out that your many talents are impressive as well.
Look great! Did you use Milk paint?
Nope, just regular ol’ latex paint (2 coats) and some sandpaper.