Dremel Carved Zebra Pattern on 6 Foot Wood Leaner Mirror Frame, DIY Mirror Makeover Using Recycled Muntins

Giant leaner mirror

I bought a 5 1/2 foot mirror on Craigslist for $20...

Forgot to take the "before" pic with the mirror in it!

My mom gave me these muntins from her french doors that

she wasn't going to use and I wanted to incorporate them somehow...

I saw this photo online from Ballard Designs Catalog

so I used it for inspiration in adding the muntins

I bought and cut 1 x 4's to add another frame layer around the 

mirror's existing frame and attached using a nail gun.

I played around with the muntins and started cutting it into sections with a miter saw...

This is the pattern I ended up with. 

I attached the muntins to the wood frame with finishing nails

Gave it a base coat of dark brown

I used my new General Finishes Milk Paint, 

I'm loving this paint, the coverage is incredible.

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I used dark chocolate which is almost the same color as 

their Java gel stain that I used to makeover my 

bathroom cabinets and other furniture.

After I had the base coat, I knew it was looking too plain for me,

so I decided to use the Dremel to carve zebra stripes.

I have a tutorial of sorts about carving on a nightstand with the dremel

if you would like to see more.

I drew a quick pattern on with white chalk...

and started carving the drawn design with the dremel. 

I used one of their basic spiral bits.

This is after carving...

I love the look but it had too much contrast for me so 

I decided to tone it down with metallic gold paint.

You can see a little of the gold glaze in the upper left hand corner where

 I was playing around with how I wanted to apply the paint. 

The "after"

It's going in my bedroom but I took it to the living room where I have a little more light

to take a few pics, but it is still a challenge to take photos of a mirror.

...I promise I do have other clothes besides my paint clothes.

I brushed the gold glaze over the entire brown base coat...

I used this can of translucent gold glaze I found at Restore for $2, can't beat that!

After the gold was dry I dry brushed a little more brown on top of that to 

bring out the texture.

I dry brushed more gold on all the muntins too.

It is 3 inches shy of 6 feet and it is heavy!...

which is why it's on those furniture sliders right now

It has been in my bedroom a long time with just the plain wood frame so this

is a big improvement

I'm liking how it turned out!

See more of the whimsical hand painted dresser in the reflection.

Thanks for checking out my carved mirror!

Update May 2017

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