I personally prefer the rustic look of the "before", but this was executed nicely

Looks great, though I don't know that I would have gone with white.

This is one of my favorite things to do! Stores like Home Goods or Marshall's always have interesting looking mirrors in terrible colors. I recently painted my room grey and spray painted a great mirror yellow (who knew finding a yellow mirror would be next to impossible?) I get lots of compliments on it!

Oh you HAD to post this today? I refinished a thrift store mirror that was baroque-y and scroll-y like this one... spray painted it an awesome sea-foam green almost. EVERYONE loved it, and I paid $10 total for the mirror and spray paint. Unfortunately, it randomly fell off the wall this morning, and the mirror broke :( :( Maybe it was a minor CA shake? Not sure, pretty broken hearted about the whole thing. Maybe I can put a cork board in it or something!

i bought a big plastic frame like that on craigslist for $20. It had peeling gold paint. I chipped that off, spray painted it with spray paint for plastic and painted it a bright orange. There was no mirror, so I hung a smaller picture inside of the big orange frame. Strongodares- you should try hanging something small in the frame

I love the white! I'm looking for an old mirror to do exactly this with :)

I like them both. Recently got a circa 1950s white and gold painted mirror for my office at a thrift store, love it how it is

Am I out of touch with reality or do peolpe really need instructions on how to do this?

Maybe add: If you DO have splatter or drips underneath your paper or tape, you can take a razor to the mirror and scrape it off?

manditra -- I actually thought the same too. It does seem like common sense to me...but, you never know...

Love this! I followed the link and went to the home tour. Fabulous bungalow remodel. The colors are inspired!

I actually somehow got paint ALL OVER one mirror. It took me a half hour to spray paint it, but 2 hours to scrap it off with a razor. The mirror has scratches that are moderately noticeable.

I hate to say it, but I love the fabulous worn and rustic look of the before. Now it just looks "shabby chic." The before looks like something you'd find in Anthropologie. But, to each their own, and it looks nice in her home.

I am actually glad they went through the four simple steps. There are some people who have no clue what to do, and to have it spelled out for them makes it less threatening. It does seem simple, but it's nice to know you aren't missing any steps that you wouldn't automatically think of.

Yeah, I'm getting a bit tired of the white spray paint thing, too. I liked the before better, but I can certainly understand not wanting to strip and restain all those curlicues.

I love this. I was given an old mirror from a friend that belonged to his grandfather. It was big and gold. VERY gold. I painted a wall in my hallway a dusty gray and painted the mirror to match. It looks great, very architectural and not so ornate.

But I do have to say that my mirror was ugly. Las Vegas motel ugly. The mirror in this post was beautiful before and I don't think I would have painted it.

Before was better. It takes more guts sometimes to leave something alone.It all depends on the individual item, and its particular kind of wear, and that kind of decision making is tricky. It's called Taste.

if that was real wood and not some plastic crap it is a shame it was painted.

Well done, you like it and it works within your style, that's what matters. There are so many things you can do with a mirror like that...let your imagination run wild, roll your sleeves up and get busy!
I'm a professional furniture restorer and I also teach refinishing online through our website. I love seeing people succeed with such projects.

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Love when you can repurpose decor items to make them your own, especially on the cheap! There are so many decorating and remodeling projects you can do with found objects or thrift store buys, it makes my head spin!