Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Trash to Treasure: 3 Down, 27 to Go

In an effort to continue the Trash to Treasure Mission, I present Item 3:  an old mirror/medicine cabinet combo...


The thing is ridiculously heavy.  Here's part of the reason why:


I was dreading this, but it turned out so easy.  I just took out 5 screws holding the cabinet on from the hinged side and the cabinet came right off.  And it's still ridiculously heavy.  I cleaned it a little and installed hanging wire.  I am determined to get it on the wall.  Yesterday.


The photo actually doesn't look that bad, but the frame is plastic and some of the brassy finish is gone. I love the oval shape, so it's definitely going in my half bath.  My pedestal sink isn't even installed.  I do not care.  I'm so tired of looking at blank walls.  I know it's not painted.  I do not care.  It's going up.  As is.  Love it or love it.  ;)  I measured for the pedestal, sink, and faucet.  It's as good as I can get it at this point.  I'm sure it will be fine. 


I'll paint the frame as soon as I figure out the decor direction for the bathroom.  I don't want to waste time and money on a paint color that I won't love for the completed bathroom.  Just doesn't make sense.  Since it's in the half bath inside the guest bedroom and I have no idea what decor I'm going with there, I just really want to wait.  The positives:  1) I have a blank canvas; 2) I have a mirror to use when the sink goes in; 3) I've got something else OUT of storage; 4) I've got something else ON the wall. 

I'm calling it done for the sake of my Trash to Treasure mission.  It's my mission, so I make the rules.  ;)  If I'm going to finish this mission by the end of the year - I have to speed it up.  There's more items than weeks left in the year!

5 comments:

Amanda @ Tall Glass of Water said...

What a great mirror! I have never seen a mirror/medicine cabinet like that before.

FrouFrouBritches said...

I like it! It's so pretty! Good job!

Tara@JustDevineStyle said...

This looks great! I love it. What a great way to update an old medicine cabinet.

Kim said...

Wow, what a nice looking mirror. You'd never guess it was once considered "junk".

Design Apprentice said...

Carrie, Carrie, Carrie. I am amazed yet again. I love the look and am astounded by how you were able to conceptualize what you started with into such a beaut of a vanity. Any tips on how to reuse other huge mirrors? I've got a couple laying around currently hung on doors, woof.

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