We do not have an “entryway” per say in our home. It’s a little bit of a design/function struggle, but also a super fun challenge for me. We built our DIY rustic coat rack [here] for one of the walls by our front door & I’m liking how that wall is shaping up for the mean time, but the wall on the other side of the door is the one that has stumped me a little more. My first thought was to put a mirror on that wall & I think that’s what the final decision is. We decided to go ahead & make a large floor mirror to get an idea of a mirror in this space would look like. After making this first floor mirror, I’m not sure if it’s the one for this spot in our house, but I still love it & love how our first attempt came out. Here is how we made this DIY antique floor mirror…

Ok, so the first thing you must know is that we had no plan when we were going into this. We literally went to Home Depot on a whim on Friday afternoon & sat in the trim aisle thinking of ideas. I would love to say that we had a full organized plan with a cut list & step by step instructions, but alas that’s not how I roll. I never have a plan & some how it turns out. But in this case it wasn’t maybe exactly what we wanted for the particular place we had in mind, but a fun piece none the less. Here is how we made this beast of a floor mirror…

So here is the mock-up of our idea. We laid out 4 side trim pieces, one ornate trim piece for the top, a piece of plywood to put everything on, & later we added plywood & a piece of ornate trim to the bottom as well.  You can choose any trim that you like, we kind of chose on a whim by what was at Home Depot at the time, but we chose an ornate piece for the top & bottom & more simple trim for around the mirror.

First things first we determined how tall we wanted the structure in total to be [wood, trim, mirror, & all] & cut a piece of plywood to that size. We then glued a mirror we found at Home Depot on to the plywood using liquid nails.

Next we framed the mirror with some simple trim all cut at 45 degree angles to meet in the corners quite snug. We used liquid nails to adhere the trim to the mirror/plywood as well. This part is all going to depend on what mirror, trim, & size of the structure you want, but it’s pretty much the same idea.

Here is the entire piece glued together before paint [Sans the bottom plywood/ornate trim which was simply added later by attaching the plywood to the bottom as an extension with two boards on the back attaching it to the rest of the structure. After the new plywood was on we simply nailed the ornate trim to the bottom to “mirror” the top.]  This is the piece also taped off and & protected with cardboard to get ready for paint.

I painted the entire mirror in Maison Blanche Oyster which really mad the floor mirror look like one large piece. I then waxed the piece in maison blanche light brown wax [not pictured above]. I love the combination of the two together & this is how the piece came together…

Oh & of course I was playing around with styling it on this wall by our front door, but in real life this would not be possible because I need to open that door, but you know me, always playing around with decor & loving every minute of it! Again, I’m not sure if this was my vision for the space right here, but I think we will have a mirror here no matter if it’s this one or if we decide to make another one. Not bad for our first try! What do you think of our DIY floor mirror? Have you ever made one before. Leave your thoughts in the comments below, find me on Facebook, & chat with me on Instagram! xx

Sources:

Chair: Antique
Throw: Ikea
Basket & plants: Michaels
Bag: Painted Fox
Pillow: Painted FarmGirl
Trim: Home Depot
Mirror: Home Depot