mirror mirror, in the driveway

Believe it or not, there's still a trace of a bruise on my leg from that stupid bike incident (scroll back and check the date...yeah, it's been that long.)  Anyway, I'll be off the bicycle for a couple weeks because Scot is out of town- out in Las Vegas for work in Airbus school- and I refuse to ride again unless he's available to come rescue me when I wipe out again.  The last time he was gone for this long, I took over the garage and rehabbed some furniture- a chair, a bench, and a magazine rack.  This time, I decided to tackle the oval standing mirror I bought at the antique shop a few months back.

I checked the ever-growing paint supply cabinet and was glad to see we had a couple cans of primer still hanging around.  I swung by Home Depot (also known as "Second- Home" Depot) for a can of glossy brown spray paint, hoping just 1 would get the job done.  I mean, there's not much to this mirror.

The trickiest part was covering the mirror  with tape and newspaper- I trimmed some paper into an oval shape and stuck blue painter's tape over every reflective part that was still showing.  I unscrewed the mirror from the base, got some newspaper on the driveway and went to work with the primer on Monday afternoon.

Do you know what happens in Florida in the afternoon?

Yeah, it rains.

No sooner had I finished priming, the skies opened up and armageddon hit.  I scrambled to heft up my pieces and get them back into the garage, fortunately the primer dried pretty fast so it wasn't much of a setback.  It poured down the rest of the day, into the night.  Thunder, lightning, it was ridiculous.  Not just any old afternoon storm, this lasted forever and the pool even started filling to the top.  Wind whipped the outdoor curtains around, my cat was beside herself, and I was bored to tears.

Next morning was much better- I was up extra-early and out in the driveway getting a coat of brown on the base of the mirror.  The actual mirror part got finished yesterday and now there's some light newspaper outline in brown spray paint on the driveway.  Ooops.  I better finish up all the projects I want to do before we get the pavers put down on it next year.  Anyway, check how it turned out!  I love it!

BEFORE:

AFTER!

It matches the bedroom furniture much better now and I'm thrilled with how it came out.  Oh, and I also learned how to get spray paint off a mirror, should you somehow manage to get it on there even though you taped and newspapered, and taped some more.  Simple put some nail polish on a cotton round and wipe it off.  Easy-peasy!

Mirror- $35

Spray paint- $4

Primer- already owned

TOTAL: $39 for pure awesomeness!!!!