Make a farmhouse style DIY mirror frame for your plain clip bathroom mirror.

Learn how to frame a mirror the easy way.

You only need basic woodworking skills to accomplish this project.

How to make a DIY mirror frame

Bathroom mirror before frame is installed

Skills Required: Beginner.you oughta know how to use a miter saw and a Kreg Jig.

The rest is pretty simple if you have knowledge of basic tools.

You know those clip mirrors in the bathroom?

Wall before the mirror is installed

They can be kind of ugly.

Or just feel unfinished.

This frame works well because it adds some barn wood flair to the bathroom.

Hanging mirror on the wall with no frame

It also turns something boring into something a bit more spectacular.

Its a small touch makes a BIG difference!

A 3 x 5 frameless mirror is about $50.

Piece-of-faux-barnwood-from-Home-Depot

This DIY mirror frame only adds $25 in price to the $50 base mirror!

Its also the perfectbeginning project for woodworkers.

Want to try it?

How to make a DIY mirror frame

First you oughta get your supplies and tools together.

Heres what youre going to need.

We ended up using three clips on the bottom and three clips on the top.

Edges of the barnwood cut to 45 degree angles

Get the mirror hung where you want it, then youll be ready to make the frame.

Now you gotta choose the wood.

you could also usereclaimed wood, so keep that in mind.

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you’re able to use brush on paint, or you’re able to use spray paint.

Krylon has chalk finish, crackle, and even stone in a spray software.

This is the 1 x 4 x 8 barnwood we bought from Home Depot.

Hanging screws added to the wood

It was less than $8 a piece!

We needed three pieces to make the frame.

If you have a 3 x 5 mirror, youll use my measurements.

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If your mirror is a different size, you need totake your own cut measurements.

Heres the printable how to card below!

And it was SO easy!

Add wood glue to the inside of the pieces

And you’re able to do it in any room in the room.

Our favorite kind of project .

Clamp the glued pieces together

Screw the wood screws into the frame

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