I’ve mentioned it before, but Young House Love is one of my
favorite blogs out there. I’ve been quite inspired by a lot of their projects,
and today’s post is no exception.
A few weeks ago, they posted about hanging a little mirror
low on the wall so that their daughter could see herself in it. I thought my
girls would enjoy that so much, but since we have little kiddos at
our house just about every week I knew any mirror we hung needed to be super
light.
On a miracle solo trip to Target last weekend, I found just
what I was looking for. I picked up a little plastic white mirror for about $5
measuring just under 16” across. The plain white plastic frame wasn’t doing it
for me, but that’s where YHL came in again.
Taking a cue from their herringbone doll cradle, I bought a
set of gold Sharpies (on clearance at Target for only $.88!) and dove right in.
All it took was my mirror, my gold Sharpie, and a straight edge—in my case, I used
the side of the box of our Mousetrap game. Mr. Bug hung with me and I knocked
it out while we watched the newest Mindy Project episode.
It’s not perfect but I was happy with the results and the
girls were really excited. Not sure if I'm going to add any paint colors to any of the sections the way they did or just leave it as is. I'm also pretty stoked that I got this whole project done for around $6!
It’s not hung in their room yet, but I’m shooting
for getting it up there in the next few days. I’ve had some sort of weird
cold/fever/nausea thing the past couple of days so I’ve taken a break from all
things housework-y. I haven’t even put away all of the groceries I got at the
store yesterday. No judging, please : )
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