Round DIY Stick Mirror

For this project I used 14" shims from a local home improvement store that I lightly sanded and painted black. I then hot glued them to the back of the mirror. I started with the 12 o'clock and moved to three, six, and then nine o'clock spots. I glued the thin end of the shim to the mirror. For the rest of the shims I just glued them evenly one layer at a time. I tried to hot glue a picture hanger to the back of the mirror, but it kept falling off the wall. I had to re-glue some of the shims after it falling off the wall. So I decided to forego the picture hanger and just hang it on the wall without one. I would take a picture of the back of it for you, but this one was hard to get on the wall and won't come down for a while.

Framed Burlap

 My mantle is a work-n-progress. I've had a black empty frame just leaned up against the wall for weeks.......well months!! I just can't decide on how to decorate it. I am on a tight budget and want it to look like I'm on a I have all the money in the world budget!! Ha Ha Ha Ha yea right I know.........that will never happen!! All in all it doesn't matter whether it looks like I've spent $20 or $200 on it I want to LOVE it!! And well right now.......I'm not LOVING it......I'm just liking it!

 

As I was lying in bed the other night with my mind running through the days course and jumping around to a new thought before the last one was even finished. Can anyone say ADD?!?!?! I can!!! This idea came to me. I already had the frame (I purchased from Hobby Lobby a long time ago for half off) and the "S". The frame measures 24x36, so I purchased a yard of burlap from Hobby Lobby. I cut a piece of cardboard to fit the opening of the frame from all the extra boxes I have in the basement from our move. I cut the burlap about 1 1/2" larger on all sides of the cardboard. I folded the excess burlap over the back of the cardboard and secured it with hot glue.

 

I painted the "S" black and cut some red ribbon. I put the burlap covered cardboard in the opening of the frame. I know that you have seen on some frames what looks like staples that you can bend to remove the back of the frame. Well I decided I would use my staple gun in the same way to hold my burlap covered cardboard in my frame. It worked! Now I don't think that I could bend them back and forth like in other frames. I plan on just taking them out and replacing them in the future, if I want to change out what is in the frame.

 

Finished DIY dresser to TV Stand

 Here is my new TV Stand. If you remember from a previous post <here> I purchased this dresser from my local Good Will for $45. After purchasing the other items I needed I've only got approximately $75 in my new huge, solid wood, heavy TV stand.

After

Here is what the dresser looked like when I brought it home. The middle drawer and door are covered in leather. I wasn't sure if I could use the Deglosser and paint on it. I decided that if it didn't work I would just not put them back on. There is a shelf behind the door and I thought I would use some baskets there. There wasn't any issues with the leather.

 

Before

 

Here is what I used to get this project done!! After a trip to my local Home Depot and some advise from an Associate I decided to go with the Deglosser instead of sanding. With the help of some good tunes from my smart phone I got this done!!

Stealth Jet is the color I decided to go with. The picture on the right is to show you the difference. You can see where I used the Deglosser and I didn't. This is after 4 applications of the Deglosser. I was amazed how well this product worked. My husband came home from work and thought I had sanded it. After 4 applications of the Deglosser to the whole dresser and drawers dried Iapplied two coats of paint.



DIY Bathroom Sign



 

Check out the sign I made for my half bathroom. I really wish that "Jesus" had been larger, but that will be a fix for another time. I used a piece of wood I had left over from another project. I think this piece measures 3'w x 2'h.

 

I wanted it to be a golden mustardy yellow color. So I mixed yellow and white until I got the color I was looking for. I painted the board and after it dried I sanded it with sandpaper to give it a aged type of look. I used my handy dandy Photoshop to type up what I wanted my sign to say and printed it out.

 

 

This is what it looked like after I sanded it.

 

 

I cut out each of the words and placed them on the board where I wanted them. It looked good to me, so I proceeded on with the project. The ole saying high-n-sight is 20/20 is sooooo true! I wish that I would have went with a larger font! That's another fix for another time. I like it for now.

 

 



Here was the tiring part for me. Turn each word over and color over each letter with a pencil. My hand got soooo tired! Be prepared sharpen your pencil several times.

 

 

After coloring the back side of the words place them back on the board where you want them and tape them down. I used painters tape. Take your pencil and trace the letters.

 

 

This is what it will look like after you trace overs the letters. I used a thin lined paint marker to paint the boarders and then a thicker lined paint marker to fill in the letters.