Stenciled Vintage Mirror

Interior Redoux
by Interior Redoux
2 Materials
$25
30 Minutes
Easy

I found a couple of vintage mirrors at a flea market about 2 years ago. And I decided that I wanted to use one of them on a blank wall in my guest bath.


But I thought it needed a little embellishment.


So I stenciled it!


It's so fun and easy to do!


All you need are a stencil and some acrylic paints.

I used Classic French Gray, Silver Marlin and Cottage White acrylic paint.


First, clean your vintage mirror well with 1 part distilled water and 1 part rubbing alcohol and a microfiber cloth.

Then center your stencil on the vintage mirror and tape it down.

I mixed the white with the blue (Silver Marlin) to lighten it up.

Then I used a foam stencil brush and dipped it into the paint and then off-loaded it onto a paper towel so the brush was pretty dry.

Then you just pounce the paint onto the stencil. It works best to do multiple thin, dry layers. You want to make sure the paint doesn’t seep under the stencil. You can see here I didn’t get enough paint off-loaded from the sponge but it still turned out beautiful.


If you make a mistake, don’t worry — you can just clean it off with a little soap and water and start over.


Just carefully remove the stencil once all the paint is dry and you're done!

I did the fleurettes in the Silver Marlin and all the lettering in the French Gray. I lightened both colors by mixing them with the Cottage White.

I love the way it turned out!

And you know you don’t have to have a vintage mirror to do this, right? You can use any mirror!

If you haven’t seen our Guest Bath renovation, you can read about it HERE and HERE

So I hope I’ve inspired you to rummage through your attic (or your mom’s attic!) and scour yard sales and flea markets for an interesting mirror you can turn into a work of art!

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  • Em Em on Mar 24, 2021

    It is beautiful, but how do you clean it without wiping off the paint?

  • Sailor Sailor on Mar 24, 2021

    How do you clean the mirror without removing stenciled portion?

  • Jean Jean on Apr 24, 2021

    I have old windows that I would like to stencil. Is there a paint that would work for that. Where would I get stencils? I’m in Canada.

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  • Dl.5660408 Dl.5660408 on Mar 24, 2021

    It came out so pretty, never would I have thought to stencil a mirror ❤️

  • Robyn Garner Robyn Garner on Mar 27, 2021

    Next time try doing this with glass etching cream. It will make the lettering appear grayish-white, etched into the glass. Then you can clean without any concern of "wiping off" your design.

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    • Interior Redoux Interior Redoux on Apr 06, 2021

      Good to know! Thanks

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