![]() ![]() Also make sure to use a small paint brush to clean up any excess glue that has pressed out from under the appliqués. Once you place the appliqués, use clamps to hold them in place until the glue is dry. I think either would work fine, I was in a hurry and didn’t give the wood glue the needed time to fully dry and ended up going with the liquid nails. ![]() I tried attached the appliqués using wood glue and liquid nails. These are the ones I ended up using here, here and here. I got the appliqués from Amazon, although you can find some pretty ones at places like Lowes and Home Depot, or Michaels and Hobby Lobby. I also used the same stain and method to stain wooden appliqués. I ended up doing three coats of stain to get the look I wanted. You can read all about that method in this post. Mixing the two creates a beautiful, splotch-free, professional finish. Step 4: Stainįor the stain I chose to use my favorite staining method, mixing my stain with satin sheen polycrylic. I used plastic wood to fill any gaps, and then used a sanding sponge and my multi-tool detail sander to smooth the corners. I also used very small wood screws so they didn’t go through the front of the moulding/frame. Note, my mirror was 1/4″ thick, make sure you use clips made for the correct thickness of your mirror. I also used two packs of them, so 8 clips total to give as much support as I could to the mirror since my frame was on the thin side. I didn’t want to see the clips from the side of the mirror and I wasn’t planning to extend the frame to cover that area. I preferred the metal because of their lower profile. To attach the mirror I used Liquid Nails along the back of the frame (**make sure to use a Liquid Nails meant for mirrors), and then secured the mirror to the frame using metal mirror clips. I used corner clamps to hold everything in place while the glue dried. Like.what Check out the Amazon Primrose dupe here. And this one looks astonishingly similar to the Primrose. For around 500, you have two options for sizes of this gorgeous French style gold mirror. Using wood glue and staples to secure the mitered corners (cut on my miter saw). Amazon Gold Mirror: This one kind of blows my mind. I used picture frame moulding to create a frame. Here’s how it went down! Step 1: BUild the frame Some creativity and wrestling of our vanity mirror later, and I had my dream mirror. I’ve been wanting a large, floor mirror for a while, and I love the Anthropologie Primrose mirror and the Amelie mirror from Arhaus, but my budget was not in concordance. It had been sitting in our girls playroom, acting, as a makeshift dance mirror for over a year until one day I had the idea to turn it into the mirror of my dreams. ![]() We took down the large mirror in our main bathroom and replaced it during our renovation. And it is gorgeous! DIY Anthropologie Mirror Dupe So I created a DIY Anthropologie mirror dupe repurposing our old bathroom vanity mirror. But if you’re like me, spending that kind of money on a mirror just isn’t in the budget. Frame measures 3" wide and has a mirror surface area of 23" w x 43.25" h.ĪRHAUS collection:AMELIE department:Decor page:AprilS page:BF22 page:entryway page:instock page:JUN23SALE page:PresidentS sub_department:Mirrors sub_type:Wall Mirror type:Mirrors 42192050946219 GOLD 599.00 599.00 ///shopifycloud/shopify/assets/no-image-2048-5e88c1b20e087fb7bbe9a3771824e743c244f437e4f8ba93bbf7b11b53f7824c.gif InStock GOLD 42192050978987 ANTIQUE SILVER 499.00 599.00 ///shopifycloud/shopify/assets/no-image-2048-5e88c1b20e087fb7bbe9a3771824e743c244f437e4f8ba93bbf7b11b53f7824c.Raise your hand if you have been drooling over the Anthropologie mirror that is making rounds in the social media and design world? I’m raising mine! The Anthropolgie primrose mirror is blowing up as THE mirror to have. ![]() Hangs vertically from back-mounted D-Rings.Color and texture will vary slightly making each Amelie truly unique. Each mirror features a hand-applied antiqued finish. ![]()
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