Beaded Glass Mirror
by
Cheri Reichart
(IC: homeowner)
7 Materials
After my mirror mosaic and many changes in my master bath I wanted something just as different in my other bathroom. I had a large builder's grade mirror and this time I glued glass beads from the Dollar Store directly to the mirror.
Why not do something different to my other blah bath...
Why not do something different to my other blah bath...
My nasty boring other bathroom. As you can see I was living in a state of turmoil. Not enough space to store my items under the vanity so most everything stayed on the vanity or on the floor...Imagine a 4 door vanity to a 2 door.. it was awful...
I started by painting the walls from the boring blue that was existing. I didn't quite like the shade so I added more colors until I had a shade of blue I liked.
Then one by one I started adding glass beads to the mirror. At $2 a bag you can't beat it. I used 5 bags picking out the ones I liked. I found that Lotite clear silicone worked great for me.
I painted and primed the existing vanity and sprinkled glitter on top of wet paint. Once dry I applied 2 coats of polyurethane.
Same to the floor. Scrubbed, primed 1 coat. One coat of white latex paint. I sprinkled glitter on the still wet paint and let dry. Once dry I applied 2 coats of polyurethane.
Old drawers from a old cabinet. Everything came from a thrift store. Washed and slapped on a coat of paint.
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Suggested materials:
- Minwax Oil based polyurethane (Home Depot)
- Latex Paint (Home Depot, Ace Hardware)
- Glitter (Dollar Store and Michaels)
- Sargent Art Acrylic Glitter Glaze (Amazon)
- Knick knacks (Thrift stores)
- Glass Beads (Dollar Store)
- Loctite Clear Silicone (Dollar Store)
Published December 30th, 2016 7:18 PM
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Cheri Reichart on Feb 17, 2017Wow! I love it. The back splash and the cat! You have made me rethink what I am going to do in my kitchen. Thank you!
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Sharron Christie on Dec 20, 2019
I spray painted a border around our bathroom mirror to cover areas where the silver was flaking. Looks good but the bead idea is even better to enhance it. A plus for me, the paint will be a perfect background for the glass beads. Thanks so much for sharing! (Loctite works really well.)
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