Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Sisal Rope Framed Mirror {tutorial}

I am seriously in love with my hall bathroom makeover. It’s so cozy. Makes me want to go chill on the beach. Now, I already shared with you the tutorial for the awesome shower curtain when I revealed my room, but a lot of you have mentioned my mirror so I figured I’d better do a tutorial for that! It was easy and inexpensive: two important things on my checklist! The mirror was so boring before and now it has that extra oomph I was going for. Here’s the before:

Mirror before

Materials Needed:

  • Sisal rope
  • Strong glue (you want a glue that’s fast drying and strong. Hot glue can be used as a temporary glue to keep the rope in place while the other glue dries, but don’t use it for the whole thing)
  • Scissors

sisal rope mirror supplies

Step 1: Now before I get started, I have to give credit to my awesome hubby. He did the majority of the work while I did the shower curtain. I helped him get it started, but really he did it all. Ok so basically all you are doing is wrapping your mirror. Start in one corner of your mirror and go up. Continue wrapping (He alternated between a little bit of hot glue and then some stronger glue) until your rope is 3 thick. Here’s what it looks when you start:

Starting sisal rope on a mirror

Step 2: To finish off cut the rope at an angle so it sits up flush against the rest of the rope.

Finishing ends of sisal rope on mirror

So what do you think? I absolutely love it! Here’s the finished product for those who missed the hall bathroom reveal:

Sisal rope framed mirror

I’m linking up at these fabulous parties:

The Cure for the Common Monday, Addicts (Not So) Anonymous, Tip Me Tuesday, Pity Party, Tinkled Pink, DIY Under $5, Making Monday Marvelous, Every {Body’s} Creative Endeavor, {Once Upon a Weekend}, Sundae Scoop, Show Me What Ya Got, Fridays Unfolded, Weekend Wrap Up, Get Your Craft On

3 comments:

  1. Very creative! I haven't seen that look with the rope before!
    Melissa
    www.lovebugliving.com

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  2. Oh, that's really cool! I've had a rope mirror project idea rolling around in my mind for a while, but it never occurred to me to surround a full bathroom mirror. Nice!

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  3. That's awesome. I found you at Sunday Scoop. I just linked up a sisal rope picture frame.

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