Framed Bathroom Mirror

So I have been CRUSHING for sometime on FRAMED BATHROOM MIRRORS!  Especially when I saw THIS tutorial by Impatiently Praying for Patience.

I knew I just HAD to try it in MY bathroom!

And so--about 6 weeks ago--my hubby and I decided to tackle our Master Bathroom mirror. 

This is what we had to work with:

A Plain Jane builder grade bathroom mirror.

So we did some CAREFUL measuring:

And then we trotted off to Lowes with ALL of our 4 little darlings in tow.

Needless to say--we were in and out of there with our trim in RECORD TIME--on account of the fact that all 4 of our children were misbehaving SO BADLY acting LESS than fabulous--that we grabbed the FIRST trim that looked good to us and LEFT!

Now this is unusual for us--as we are such ANAL PENNY PINCHER'S that we usually have to look EVERYTHING over--compare prices--then drive to 2 other stores to make sure we are getting the BEST DEAL!!  But NOT THIS TIME.  Sorry to say--our kids were just THAT bad that day.  We needed to leave the store soon before they murdered each other--or before we murdered them!  (Ever have one of THOSE shopping trips?)

Anyhoo.

So we got the trim home and my Hubba Hubba Hubby trimmed it with his Miter Saw:

Then we did a little spray painting.

(We were hoping that this would suffice as far as painting goes--and we would just have to touch up after spackling--but we were WRONG--as we had to repaint the entire thing later on.  So this step was pretty much a waste of time.  But I took a picture--so I am sharing it.  Just keeping it REAL!)

Next we applied LIQUID NAILS to all the pieces and then taped them into place right on top of the mirror.

(And YES there is a child having a bath in the background!)

We allowed it to dry with the tape on for a couple of days--just to make sure it was good and stuck!

From here--all we had to do was fill these little gaps as the corners with spackle and then touch up the paint.

Well SOMETIMES those silly little jobs of FINISHING off a project can take the longest time to get around to doing... and then when you do get around to doing them--they SOMETIMES don't work out EXACTLY like you wanted and so that SOMETIMES you get to RE-DO them.  And so SOMETIMES those LITTLE projects can turn into much BIGGER projects!

Lets just say--THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES!

We tried to finish off the frame with caulking--but our gaps were a little too big and the caulking just didn't do the trick!

So then we tried to spackle over the caulking.  We sanded and painted it--only to have it look HORRIBLE!

So then we got to dig out all of it in some areas and start over.  And the other corners my hubby had to re-apply more wood filler and then sand it within an inch of its life!

Then once we were FINALLY satisfied--I go to paint the whole thing with SEVERAL coats of white paint (because of all the sanding and such--a little touch up paint was just not going to do it).

But we painted and perservered...AND NOW AFTER ALMOST 2 MONTHS--ITS FINALLY DONE!!!

So just because I LOVE Before and Afters--Here We Go:

Before:

After:

And even though we had a little trouble with the finishing work--it really is a SIMPLE AND EASY project!

AND It really was worth it!

P.S.  And I just wanted to mention--no children were harmed in the making of this project or this post.

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