How To Easily Frame A Bathroom Mirror

A little of the back will show against the mirror using square trim pieces at the corners avoids messing with mitered corners.

How to easily frame a bathroom mirror.

Acrylic mirror strips measure 60 in. Liquid nails ln 700 is recommended. Because of the overall style of the bathroom squared cedar was selected as the frame material. Let me show you how.

I discussed in this post the different styles and ways you can go about framing in your builder basic mirror for cheap. It eliminates difficult miter cuts waste and carpentry skills. Apply at least two coats of paint to wood that will be used as frame for your bathroom mirror. The one that we made was for a friend s bathroom and she wanted farmhouse style so that s what we ended up doing.

The goal for this bathroom mirror frame project was to keep everything as simple and easy as possible. It is a diyer s dream. The acrylic mirror finish looks like a real mirror and the strips are easy to size and cut for a proper fit. Our bathroom has two separate vanities with huge builder grade mirrors.

I m going to show you how to make a diy mirror frame for one of those clip mirrors and hang the frame so it s easy to remove and do this for 25. So for the price of one small sized hanging mirror we framed out two huge bathroom mirrors in an afternoon. We framed vanity mirrors for less than 40 in wood. Start by determining the size of the existing mirror as well as the new frame.

I measured the mirror and had molding cut to size at home depot then primed and painted it on both sides. Gluing the boards right to the wall eliminates the need to find studs and saved us from having to fill nail holes on the frame. Let dry on non stick paper for 12 hours before installation. Instead of nailing the boards to the walls we decided to use construction adhesive to mount the boards to the wall.

Adding décor to the bathroom by installing mirror decorative framing. It is so easy to use and a bit more decorative then the plain molding i used to frame my mirror. An easy to sew sink skirt will solve both problems providing style and function to a bathroom. In this case the mirror was 84 x 36.

With this size i knew i wanted to frame it with 1x4 for good proportions. Framing strips apply to existing mirrors with included double faced tape squares plus adhesive glue which can be purchased separately.