Making a Button Mirror

I hit the flea market on Saturday looking for an old mirror to replace the one in our guest room but had no luck. Not being the patient sort, I "shopped the house" yesterday and decided to do over a mirror I was no longer using. A little white paint and some vintage buttons were all it took...

This is the mirror before (don't ask me what I was thinking the last time I painted it!)...

I taped off the mirror part and painted the whole thing antique white; finished it with two coats of clear spray matte finish. The result was a big improvement but I still felt it need a little something...

It's amazing what you can do with a glue gun and vintage buttons. I love all the textures and faded colors of the old buttons against the wood...

I especially like the buttons that still have thread in them...they seem to tell a story...

Here is the finished product in the room. It was easy and fun to do and I like the softness it adds...

“Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and who we dare to be.”  
 ~E. Fishel

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