Just Hangin' Around - A Mirror & Wall-Hanging

I needed to swap out the outdated metal medicine cabinet with a mirrored door in our guest bathroom. Given the ample space in the vanity cabinet below, I figured that all I would need was a basic, wood-framed mirror. I had a mirror with an elaborate frame that would fit perfectly in the available space, so the mirror was removed, and Stephen built a new frame for it. As for the ornate frame? Well, it's currently in the garage, awaiting its transformation someday...

To see a previous mirror I embellished, click below.

An Offbeat Hangup

Getting the base color on

First coat painted and unpainted wooden pieces placed around until an exact location is determined

Leftover wooden pieces being painted

Liking this layout - simple and minimal

Silver mousse rubbed around all of the edges (not just for hair!)

A seafoam green paint dry-brushed over the turquoise & silver

Adding some deep purple squiggles - do you see a lake with seagulls flying above on the bottom? No, just me?

Wooden painted pieces and four beads glued on

Close-up of the plastic lid I used as a paint pallet - by chance, do you see a buffalo taking a bubble bath? Yeah, me neither...

Mirror added to the frame and hung - the laid-back, simple style compliments the wall-hanging

All lit up (like Cheech & Chong!!!)

How the bird wall-hanging started out from aluminum fascia I was given - just needed to bend and then rivet it to keep the pieces together

That's one embellished bird with various fun items

This Week’s Tea Spilling

As a very young child, I recall my grandmother having a small, metal trash can with a foot pedal. I loved finding things to toss into it just so I could step on the pedal and watch the lid flip open; such a simple action that brought such joy. 🤣 Another memory is that the trash can had a large, brown, paper grocery bag as a liner. This was before grocery stores introduced plastic bags. So, it makes me wonder...which is truly better? Paper or plastic? Cutting down a tree or polluting the earth for years? Would you pay more for biodegradable trash bags? And on the topic of waste, do you call it a garbage or a trash can?

I’ll be back next Wednesday to show you what I’ve been working on. Hope you’ll stop by again for a visit.

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