DIY Thrift Store Chalkboard Mirror

I am currently working on {among hundreds of other things} Eden’s bedroom. When I say working on, I mostly mean gathering pieces for her gallery wall and trying to figure out a plan for her furniture, etc.. It is nowhere close to being a reality, but I am working, nevertheless. While shopping at our local booth mall the other day, I came across a really cool bright gold mirror. It had pretty detailing, but I was not a fan of the blinding gold! At first I thought I would just paint the frame and use it as a mirror on her wall, but once I got home and my wheels got to turning, I changed my mind!

Here it is before:

I had just bought some chalkboard paint for another project, so I thought…hey! I could paint the mirror with that. I had seen 1000 people do stuff like that~I had just never tried it. So…I took the mirror apart and gave it a whirl!

The back screwed off really easily, so the glass came out with no trouble at all. {I am not always so lucky!}

After removing the mirror and the backing, I started spray painting the frame. {I know I took pictures of this, but they are nowhere to be found! Sorry!}

I do have a picture of the spray paint I used, though! 🙂

This stuff is awesome, let me tell you. It’s paint and primer in one, and it is so smooth. {Not an affiliate~I just really like it!}

While the spray paint was drying, I started painting the mirror with my chalk paint! I got a small bottle at Wal-mart for around $2.50, and barely used 1/4 of it on this project…so it goes a long way!

As you can see, I just squeezed it all over the mirror and then took my foam brush to smooth it out.

This is after the first coat. It actually took 2 coats total to cover completely.

After all of my paint was dry on my mirror and my frame, I put them back together! Easy peasy!

I had some liquid chalk pens on hand, so I gave my new chalkboard a whirl! Worked like a charm 🙂 It will look so cute on her wall one day! {I am not the best at writing with those pens! I keep hoping I will improve…but it doesn’t look likely!}

Doesn’t get much easier than that! All together, I would say this project came in around $5 max…including the paint. WINNER! Don’t ever discard something just because of the current color. Spray paint is AMAZING, and you can literally paint over just about anything!

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