Rescue, restoration and a jolly good bargain!

I had a mirror from my university days but it was rather ragged and didn't have a frame. I had considered building a frame for it and mosaic the frame in blue and mirrored tiles, however noticing a few faults in the mirror itself I was still deliberating whether or not it was worth the time, money and effort. A few weeks later I was walking back past a local high street shop which closed down when I noticed a poster in the window selling off the old shop mirrors.

I knocked on the door to enquire and was told by the builder they had a dozen of full size mirrors with solid frames for £10 each. I couldn't resist it, it already had a frame and would make my mosaic challenge that little bit easier for a start. Only there may have been a hitch, I had recently traded in my car and now owned a Mini Cooper, getting the mirror home could be a challenge. With a little help from a couple of the builders (the mirror was very heavy) we managed to squeeze the mirror into the back of my car. Once home we hauled it upstairs to my room, space being somewhat of an issue.


I now had somewhere to put the lights I brought when I first started decorating.

I grew rather attached to the mirror as it was with the lights round and thought it would be too much mosaiced, not to mention the fact mosaic would only add to the weight.

Around about the same time as getting the mirror I received an e-mail from hobbycraft advertising a new product they would be stocking.


I decided instead to just touch up the existing paint. And the primitive colour seemed to match the colour perfectly.
Following the instructions on the back of the pot I started to wash down the frame before painting. When I started doing this I found the paint came off and so I spent the rest of the morning scrubbing down to the original white base below.


Once washed down I decided to go for a lighter, fresh colour to match the nautical theme of my room.


Waiting for a dry day to do second coat (it could be a while), will add a finished picture then.

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