Every New Year I pick a theme to focus on for self and life improvement for the upcoming year. My biggest challenge as the year goes by is out of sight, out of mind. Basically I forget about my good intentions. This inspirational DIY mirror frame keeps my new year theme right in front of me every day. These plans are for an over the door mirror, they can easily be modified for a large leaning mirror or a wall mirror.
Lightly sand any rough edges. Pretreat all the boards with stain pretreat product. Stain the two wider boards on the top and sides.
Assemble the three boards together beginning with the inside board first. On a flat surface, place the board with the mirror notch side down, glue the unstained ¾” strip to it. Set the Airstrike to sink the brad heads and secure with 1” brad nails.
Next, glue and secure the outside wood strip to the other side of the unstained wood piece. Secure with 1 ¼” brad nails.
Cut the mirror frame. Using the miter saw set at 45 degree angles. Cut two pieces at 12” at the inside of the frame and two pieces at 48” at the inside. The notched edge will be on the inside (shorter) cut of the frame pieces. Be sure to position your cuts so you don’t cut through the brad nails as well.
Set the Kreg Jig to ¾”, make a pocket hole in the two short ends of the mirror frame at the top and bottom. Glue the ends together and assemble the frame with 1 ¼” pocket screws
Take a black fine point Sharpie Permanent Marker and write a collection of positive words or special sentences along the unstained center strip all the way around the mirror.
Secure the mirror in the frame with the tie plates and the #6 1/2" screws, placing one plate at each corner and one at each side midway up the mirror edge.
Every New Year I pick a theme to focus on for self and life improvement for the upcoming year. My biggest challenge as the year goes by is out of sight, out of mind. Basically I forget about my good intentions. This inspirational DIY mirror frame keeps my new year theme right in front of me every day. These plans are for an over the door mirror, they can easily be modified for a large leaning mirror or a wall mirror.
Lightly sand any rough edges. Pretreat all the boards with stain pretreat product. Stain the two wider boards on the top and sides.
Assemble the three boards together beginning with the inside board first. On a flat surface, place the board with the mirror notch side down, glue the unstained ¾” strip to it. Set the Airstrike to sink the brad heads and secure with 1” brad nails.
Next, glue and secure the outside wood strip to the other side of the unstained wood piece. Secure with 1 ¼” brad nails.
Cut the mirror frame. Using the miter saw set at 45 degree angles. Cut two pieces at 12” at the inside of the frame and two pieces at 48” at the inside. The notched edge will be on the inside (shorter) cut of the frame pieces. Be sure to position your cuts so you don’t cut through the brad nails as well.
Set the Kreg Jig to ¾”, make a pocket hole in the two short ends of the mirror frame at the top and bottom. Glue the ends together and assemble the frame with 1 ¼” pocket screws
Take a black fine point Sharpie Permanent Marker and write a collection of positive words or special sentences along the unstained center strip all the way around the mirror.
Secure the mirror in the frame with the tie plates and the #6 1/2" screws, placing one plate at each corner and one at each side midway up the mirror edge.
