How To Easily Frame A Bathroom Mirror

Instead of nailing the boards to the walls we decided to use construction adhesive to mount the boards to the wall.

How to easily frame a bathroom mirror.

I discussed in this post the different styles and ways you can go about framing in your builder basic mirror for cheap. An easy to sew sink skirt will solve both problems providing style and function to a bathroom. The acrylic mirror finish looks like a real mirror and the strips are easy to size and cut for a proper fit. It eliminates difficult miter cuts waste and carpentry skills.

So for the price of one small sized hanging mirror we framed out two huge bathroom mirrors in an afternoon. 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. 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.

Because of the overall style of the bathroom squared cedar was selected as the frame material. Notice the bathroom mirror just a sheet of mirror held onto the wall with mirror clips. Adding décor to the bathroom by installing mirror decorative framing. I had originally thought i was going to go with a more detailed trim to frame out the mirror but after i checked cost on the trim i wanted to use my mirror was big and reconsidering i decided to go with a more basic clean.

Acrylic mirror strips measure 60 in. I measured the mirror and had molding cut to size at home depot then primed and painted it on both sides. We framed vanity mirrors for less than 40 in wood. Let dry on non stick paper for 12 hours before installation.

Liquid nails ln 700 is recommended. Our bathroom has two separate vanities with huge builder grade mirrors. It is a diyer s dream. 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.

With this size i knew i wanted to frame it with 1x4 for good proportions. Let me show you how. It is so easy to use and a bit more decorative then the plain molding i used to frame my mirror. Start by determining the size of the existing mirror as well as the new frame.

In this case the mirror was 84 x 36. A little of the back will show against the mirror using square trim pieces at the corners avoids messing with mitered corners.