Hello my lovely peeps. I am very excited to share this project with you today. To be honest, it does take up the most time out of all my projects...but man is it worth it in the end!
When I moved into my new apartment with my boyfriend, I seriously had to cut down on what I could bring with me in terms of my closet...and *sigh* my beautiful vanity at home...*tear*... As a girlie girl and makeup addict, I still needed a vanity of some sort for all my stuff...I am a woman after all! With limited funds, I needed something that would stay true to it's function while satisfying my diva creativity *snaps fingers*.
Thank God for Ikea and Pinterest!
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| Before: Boring Wall |
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| After: Glam Wall! |
You will need: (all found in Homedepot or Amazon)
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| -Any mirror you like ( I got the Godmorgon Mirror from Ikea for $25 ) - Ruler / Leveler/ Measuring Tape - one inch Paint Brush and a smaller fine tip paint brush. -Painters tape. -Pencil -Marker -Tissue Paper (for tracing) -Silver Metallic Opaque Paint (from Amazon) -Martha Stewart Crafts High Gloss Paint (see below) for frame.  |
: STEPS :
- Decide where you want the vanity to go.
- Measure the distance of that wall and determine how many stripes you want in that space.
-Once measured, pencil in and tape off your stripes. Try to do one strip in one full motion from top to bottom...otherwise you can end up with spaces when you paint over it. No one has time for that!
- Paint those stripes any color you want. I'm just a sucker for metallics!
- Depending on the mirror you are hanging, carefully follow instructions. I chose this one from Ikea because it's big ( 23 5/8 x 37 3/4) and it's plain enough where I can paint around it.
- I decided to do a 1 inch border of black paint around the mirror. Remember when taping off one side, do it in one fluid motion. Otherwise you can have gaps underneath the tape and paint will go through. Allow it to try for at least 30 mins before you peel off the tape.
-Now you can either free hand your frame design or find cool ones on google or where ever. I found something similar on Baroque frames in Pinterest but decided to free-hand a majority of this. As an artist with OCD, I recommend completing half of one side first.....you will see why...
- Paint inside your guidelines with that small tip paint brush.. I really liked the Martha Stewart High gloss paint. I'm not a fan of Matte Paint. Dried in about 30 mins.
- With that tissue paper, trace the outline border in pencil once it's fully dry.
-Next, go to a flat surface and flip the tissue paper over and trace the WHOLE thing again in thick pencil lines. Doesn't have to be perfect, but make sure every line is re-traced.
(lol time consuming I know...but there is a trick to this I promise.)
-Now...(finally) go back to your empty half of the frame, flip your tissue paper drawing to match up your other side and carefully start tracing again.
That side that you tirelessly went over in thick lines?...When you trace the other side of it, it leaves you with pencil guidelines on the wall. (see above) TADA! Perfect symmetry!
-Paint the other side now.
Boom! Your own Baroque Frame Vanity Mirror.
The bottom portion of my "vanity" is made up of previous Ikea Alex Drawers ($119) I had. One is for makeup and the other for jewelry....yes you read right lol.
I hope you enjoyed this DIY. Stay tuned for the next project. Have fun and be safe!
Have a great MLK weekend!
-VG-
