DIY Easy Sunburst Mirror

by Joanna _ ARTbyJWP

$10

2 Hours

Medium

I never thought that it would be so easy to make a sunburst mirror and especially a mirror that would seem nice from very close. The inspiration came from Healthy, Wealthy and Diy's blog to transform a beautiful handmade round mirror that the last three years was hidden in the closet because it doesn't match with our current furniture and decoration. So, I decided to paint it silver and change it to a sunburst mirror in order to hang it over our fireplace. My main problem to this project was that I don't use spray paint because I can't handle their flow and I don't like their smell. Fortunately, the result was very good despite the fact I used acrylics and the bamboo sticks for rays, which here in Greece are the synonym of our famous food "souvlaki", made the project very affordable.

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materials

round mirror

small bamboo sticks

white chalk paint

black and silver acrylic paints

brush

paper tape

hot glue and silicone pistol

*** instead of acrylics you can use a silver (or gold) spray paint to make the process less complicated.

step one

I think there are two options in making a sunburst mirror. The one is to choose a round mirror without a frame and neglect this step. Or, you choose a framed round mirror, like me, and if it hasn't the desirable colour, you will have to paint it. With a spray paint, the job is done quickly. Of course, you have to cover the mirror with a round paper taped with paper tape. But, if you aren't a spray fan like me, the procedure would last longer.

Firstly, you will need to paint the frame with a base paint in order to apply the silver acrylic paint above. Here, I used white chalk paint and little black acrylic to make a grey base. When it dried, I painted with a silver paint two times. And, in order to give a textured effect in the surface and to avoid ugly brushes, I took a plastic bag, folded in my hands and pressed it briefly to the frame to make an imprint.

step two

I turned over the mirror and started placing the sticks around it using a paper tape. I agree that this was the difficult part of the project, as I was trying to keep the symmetry. Some of them were moving and falling. When I placed all the sticks - I needed less than on bag - I started gluing them with hot glue.

step three

When the glue dried, I painted the sticks silver with the same method. You can just spray them for a quicker result.

Despite closeness, the mirror on our fireplace seems amazing. I always have this doubt with DIY projects because sometimes their imperfections are too obvious. But, I must admit that this DIY project was completely successful!!!

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Carol Cole on May 23, 2019

You did a great job. I love the mirror.

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Debi on May 31, 2020

I tried to make a sunburst wall piece using the wood skewers and two metal hoops, one 12 inch and the other 6 inch. I had seen this on Pinterest or YouTube but could not find again for directions. Anyway the whole piece was spray painted gold and it was stunning. Well I went to put this together and I could not find anything to get the sticks to stick to the hoops. I tried hot glue, superglue, gorilla glue, you name it, but it was a fail. I have no idea how they accomlished this. But this DIY looks doable. TYFS.

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