THE BLANK SPOT:
I want to share an area of my house that was causing some unease. You know that spot in your
house that isn’t really a spot. Not
quite a nook, not really space but a blank area that just needed....something.
It’s the internal wall where our bi-fold doors stack when they are open, so I needed a versatile solution, nothing too heavy or permanent.
I popped into Gogo Furniture and spotted the Replica George Nelson bench and knew it was exactly what I had been looking for. The colour, style, the size all fit and for a bargain price of $259 for the medium bench.
When we put it together, it looked great but obviously the area wasn’t finished. I jumped onto pinterest to see how other people had styled their George Nelson bench. Of course, I was drawn to the bench/oversized round mirror combo by megtimjakebay (below) from instagram. Pinterest link here
THE OVERSIZED, ROUND MIRROR DIY:
The picture
instantly reminded me of a heap of images of oversized, round mirrors that I had recently pinned on Pinterest which I wanted to incorporate into our renovation as some stage. Check out my Pinterest boards here .
1. The Design Chaser Blog - the home of Hanna Wessman
2. Decorfacil.com
3. Minosa Design
4. Image via Laurel & Wolf Blog
I literally went down to my local mirror/glass shop, Fremantle Glass that same day to get a quote for a round, 1 metre in diameter mirror. Before I knew it (less than 3 hours!), they delivered it - all for the bargain price of $200.
I asked their advice about the black tubing surround for the mirror edges. They showed me some tubing that was exactly what I needed.
It was 4mm window glazing rubber to fit my 4mm mirror. So in less than four hours, I had the completed mirror ready to be hung.
Hanging it was a bit of a challenge which luckily wasn't my department. We considered a couple of methods including:
- Glueing it directly on to the wall but we didn’t like the permanency of this
- Spring loaded mirror clips – nope
- French Cleat method - nah
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French Cleat Method |
We ended up using liquid nails to stick a wooden piece to the back of the mirror.
One piece at the top and a piece at the bottom for stability. We then screwed a wire into the wood to form a loop which we hung on a screw in the wall.
Simple !!
I think the
finished look is exactly what I was looking for and it all came together really
quickly - just as I like it.
If you have any questions on making your own oversized, round mirror - drop me a line.
If you have any questions on making your own oversized, round mirror - drop me a line.
