Build A Simple Mirror Frame

Immediately place the board on the mirror.

Build a simple mirror frame. And you don t have to miter the corners either you can just put them against each other like this and even have home depot cut the wood for you. Once you are ready to stick the frame on remove the red sticker and put the frame in place. When completed the structure might resemble a very shallow medicine cabinet. Top first left side bottom then right side.

Once your frame dimensions are known cut the four sides 1 longer than that final size. Frames don t have to be just white. In order for the frame to mount flush against the wall a notch must be cut into the backside of the frame pieces. When putting in the last piece it should fit like a puzzle nice and tight.

Framed mirror using baseboard. The first step to building your. Measure the thickness of the mirror and the bottom track if any. Use measurements to cut lengths of primed mdf baseboard.

Determine trim style and positioning of trim around mirror to obtain measurements specific to mirror being framed. Project video of a mirror frame build. We put our mirror together like this. I built using scrap barn wood laying around my house.

The total cost of the build was close to nothing. The deeper of the two will be the depth of the notch. Tutorial to frame a simple bathroom mirror. To start you re going to make a basic frame like the one you might find hanging on your wall.

Make sure you let the command strips sit on the mirror overnight before you put the frame on. Have materials cut at a home improvement store and consider using style of door casings in home as inspiration for the look of the mirror frame. I learned this the hard way. Now you ll notice there is a small gap where the frame meets in this mitered.

Frame a mirror with clips at the top. But for whatever reason he had always despised our basement bathroom mirror. The mirror fits inside the inner opening and a 1 4 piece of plywood keeps the mirror in place. I used pocket.

The frame has a 1 4 base with a trim profile along the inside and outside edges. The diy furniture plans to build a simple mirror frame are just that simple. This is a very basic pine wood frame distressed and stained. Jason my husband doesn t get too worked up about decor in our home.

The wall side of the command strip should face the mirror. I knocked this frame out in about two days plus it matches the letter jewelry. The outer edge of the frame will be at the edge of the mirror.