One of my FB friends suggested that I distress the mirror a little to give it more character. I’d always been to scared to try the distressing method, afraid that I’d ruin the piece for good. This time though, I figured ‘what the heck’, let’s try it. If it doesn’t work out I can always paint it over, right?
I kind of got overzealous with my palm sander and rubbed off a spot on the surface, but that’s the beauty of distressing, it can’t look ‘wrong.’ Because I tend to be a perfectionist, I may refinish that patch.
here it is:
what I did:
I ran my palm sander over the corners (and obviously part of the surface), dusted off, then rubbed the whole thing with Minwax stain in dark walnut. I like it. It kind of gives the contours more contours, don’t you think?
Oh look, I found this one on ballard designs. Not exact, but along the same lines…Mine was definitely THE bargain.
image courtesy of www.ballarddesigns.com
AfroMartha 
Loving your mirror… and the new site redesign.
Thank you! Redesign is a work in progress but I like it!
I love, love, love your mirror make-over. I have been scouring the thrift stores looking for a mirrow with character that I can bring back to life.
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for stopping by my little corner of the blogosphere. I am so blessed to have a really great thrift store outlet near me. See if your area has Goodwill outlets. It’s a little more guerrilla than the average thrift store, but it’s a great treasure hunt! Good luck and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.