In my last post I told you I was going to share a little bit of our home with you, Welcome!
I’ve been working on some projects around our house to finish up rooms and class up the place if you will. My latest project has been a clothespin mirror! Huh?! What?!
A Clothespin Mirror. Here was the inspiration:
Photo via Country Living
I originally saw this a few months ago on another blog but managed to track down the original source/directions. I fell in love with it instantly, even knowing I had the perfect mirror for it!! II’ve had an ugly old hand me down oval mirror with a four section wood frame. I’ve lugged it through two different moves and tried to paint it black to make look better. Didn’t work, so I shoved it away in the closet for a future project. It has been in the back of my mind waiting for the right moment and with all the little projects I’ve been doing lately, it was time!
Of course, I only took a simple cell phone picture of my before plan:
That’s the unfinished frame and unfinished clothespins, of course the blue is painters tape covering the mirror itself.
I went to my local craft store and picked up a 100 pack of clothespins and some craft paint. I wanted to make a statement with my new mirror so I chose Americana paint in Aztec Gold. I have to say I surprised myself with this color choice. I used to be anti-gold anything but decided to challenge myself. I figured the Aztec Gold would be a little more shiny/yellowy that just regular gold.
I put about 6 or 7 coats on the frame. (black is hard to cover!) Then I painted two coats to the front, sides, top, and bottom on all of the clothespins. After this I realized, I’d painted the spring portion of the clothespins. It looked bad, so I spent a few hours hand/toothpick scraping the paint out of approximately 75 springs. Then I layed out the clothespins and pulled out my glue gun.
The final product!
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In the Hallway
What do you think? I’m absolutely in LOVE with it! It turned out better than I could have ever imagined! The gilded gold color is gorgeous and the whole thing just made the hallway shine. I think it might be one of the best projects I’ve ever done. Best thing: it cost about 5 dollars! All I had to buy was the paint and clothespins!
My original inspiration with directions: http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/projects/crafts-with-clothespins
