I have two new mirrors in my house, now. One found and one made.
Some free antique spindles, a $1.00 craft mirror, hot glue and a scrap piece of hard board came together to make a chic star burst mirror.
This is my kind of craft.
I have enough of these old spindles to make one more, so I'll do a full tutorial on this. I had to make sure it wouldn't look lame, first. It was super simple and could easily be reproduce with chop sticks, dowel rods, paint brush handles...lots of things.
These spindles came out of the Gettysburg sewing factory and they are supposed to be used like this...
...but, I don't have any more of the "hubs", so this was a good way to transform them into something else.
I love the varying lengths and patina on the wood.
Among all of the other things I'm doing, I'm working on filling up the holes in my house left by furniture and accessories I have sold. I happened upon this mirror at a yard sale this morning. I've been thinking about making a Trumeau mirror and now I don't have to. I need to hang it a little higher and I think I might paint it, but it's working until I can get to it.
The detail is perfect and it is solid wood. Not bad at all for a yard sale!
I also found a wing chair, side tables for my master bedroom, some lamps, two glass hurricanes, four bags of antique books, a bench, and a few other things. I came home with a full van and no money, so it was a morning well spent!
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