3 more days until Thanksgiving and my Decorating Marathon is complete.  Woo Hoo Hoo Hoo!  I made my deadline.

I used to have an old Victorian mirror over my mantel in my dining room.  It was something I picked up at a garage sale years ago, but I wanted change.  I wanted something above my mantel that was simple and bold.  I wanted something new, but as you know I was on a tight budget so I decided to shop my house and see what I could come up with.  I found a mirror that was hardly ever used, so I took it down to use in my dining room. It may not be brand new, but the mirror would be new to my dining room.

Before

I took the mirror from my guest room. It was attached to a hand me down dresser.

and painted it black and gold with some rust and verdigris detailing.  I used Rust-Oleum Metallic Spray Paint in Gold and Rust-Oleum High Heat in Aged Copper.  I sprayed the mirror frame randomly with both of these colors and let it dry. I then brushed on black gloss latex I had. Once that was dry, I used a small paint brush and added light green paint in the crevices of the frame to look like verdigris. When that was dry, I roughed up the edges with some sandpaper.

I hung it above the mantel, but I didn’t like it – it needed some beefing up. I thought about adding some molding, but didn’t have enough large pieces in my scrap pile.

So I went shopping in my house again for something else and found another mirror that I bought at HomeGoods, but it was too small.  As I was figuring out what to do I put it on the mantel and leaned it against the larger mirror to get it out of the way and all of a sudden… I saw WOW -  I loved it.  One large mirror hanging on the wall, a second one leaning against it – 2 mirrors.

After

Here it the smaller mirror - centered.

and here – off-centered.  So many options.

Now that my Decorating Marathon is complete all I have to do is set the table, cook the turkey, and add family and friends to the room to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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