Mirror mirror off the wall

[sunshine]

I have this huge mirror that is out of date....it's a heavy well made mirror and had it for sale for a week now but now that it is sitting here..I am getting into a  creative mode...paint it tourquoise and distress it so it looks antique like.   







Sorta like this...


  And then I can have a bouquet of flowers with toruquoise and blue  and some  peacock feathers....your opinions welcome... please. :-)

[luvtimes]

honest opinion...

keep trying to sale the mirror as is...

when I moved here I had a hugh hugh mirror over the fireplace... I told one of the guys I wanted them to break it up and get rid of it...

well it sat cause no one wanted the bad luck... but one guy came back and hauled the mirror out of here in one piece...we became friends and there that mirror is in his home after years still in one piece...

no one want a mirror that huge any more... I don't think... and it does not match the beautiful antique vanity you have... I have one almost like that that I removed the stain and varnished it with clear... a pretty piece I think... but no...

I say sale the mirror but keep that vanity.... if you wanted to dress up the vanity... I'd look for a vanity mirror that matched... or purchase a round mirror to go with it...so that it can hang from the wall...

you asked...

[sunshine]

Luv...I don't have the vanity. I want to paint the mirror to look similar to to vanity. I figured if I paint the mirror and don't like it, I can still sell it on craigslist.

[emilyB]

If nobody's bought it by the weekend, then I'd paint it and see if you like it.  If you don't you can still sell it and somebody else might like the color.

[takncarabizniz]

I love the distressed look.  I think Emily's suggestion has great merit.

[luvtimes]

again my opinion

those types of mirrors belong in traditional homes with very large great rooms...

I'll go and find some pics I can post to let you see...

I know it's late here but I'm up...

I'll go see....

[luvtimes]

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT7tQOQlUH.EAg99XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0c21lbWU2BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM3Nl8x?_adv_prop=image&fr=ipad&va=huge+mirrors+in+traditional+Homes

look at some of those mirrors...

I had some heavy door mirrors here and the images were so you couldn't see  images very well anymore... but the glass was fine.... I checked at the stores to see if I could restore... and it takes a fortune... I was not willing to spend...

so I removed the backing with a razor blade and have  2 wonderful beveled clear glass of a door sized mirrors but the glass is really old and heavy and you can't find that kind of glass anymore....just waiting to find the right art to put on canvas so I can frame it to a door.... I want one to hid a door and make it look like a work of art...on the wall... that would mean framing the door....

with your mirror Sunshine....and considering the size...I'd remove the backing and insert some kind of art project and stick it on the wall somewhere in your new home...

I found here a artist and his work is unbelievable... when I look at him I say huh?

Talent don't match the way he looks....

I've asked him to do something here and now that you brought that mirror into play... I can ask him to use the canvas I have for the project and he can do something.... but what I say... it's got to be something I can look at for a long time...

hope you can understand this thread... I'm heading for

[takncarabizniz]

Like these sunshine?

[sunshine]

Taken...that's the look I am going for or maybe a tad brighter in color.   I'm going to have a nice sized dining room that the wall will fit on and it will refelct more light in there.  I saw some really pretty tourquoise placemats at Pier  One I have my eye on...just wish they would go on sale.

But the plan is a emily says...I will paint it this weekend and if I don't like it, I can put it back on craigslist.

[sunshine]

Instead of gold like in taken's, I need to do the dark like in the vanity I posted. My light fixtures will be dark bronze and the dining room chairs are black.

So step one has begun........paper up the mirror because I don't want to undo the back. I put plastic tape all over the  paper to prevent paint going through. I am heading out for paint this morning. Gonna spray some primer on first....will keep you posted.

[sunshine]

Nice!! I just went online to Lowes and they sell sample paints for $2.98. Perfect size for this project..paints 4 x 4 sq feet. And they have peacock blue....whick looks tourquoise.

[takncarabizniz]

Thumbs Up !!!  Go for it !!!