The look for Less

The look for Less

While flipping through a recent Ballard catalog I saw their Sacha mirror...

I loved the tiled effect it gave the wall, but not the fact that is was $369 for a 39" square.

Could I recreate this look?

I Googled "small mirrors" and found a box of (30) 3" round at Craft Supplies for Less for $15 a box. I needed 25, so perfect. I also found some 2" square mirrors* that fit our 20" Harper O'verlay so I decided to get some of those too.

*the Harper has 49 squares, and they sell boxes of 48- bummer- so I left the center square empty on mine.

Also, the circles fit perfectly while I did notice some size variations with the 2" square mirror pieces.

1) I spray painted the O'verlay gold, didn't bother priming since they were going to be hanging on the wall and "low traffic"...

I was going for a more distressed metal finish, so I took some random metallic paints I had on hand in shades from bronze to copper to gold- you can really do anything here, the goal is just to "dirty it up" and give it depth.

(You don't have to paint them. Keep them white for a cleaner more modern look.)

With a sea sponge I mixed up a few colors and dabbed it over the O'verlay...

I then took a dry brush and feathered it out a bit to soften the sponge marks...

Once dry I flipped it over and ran some Elmer's Stix All along the backsides of the circles one row at a time...

Now carefully place the mirrors face down into the adhesive and press in place.

I wanted these to set away from the wall a bit so I stuck thick felt chair pads on the outside and center circles. If you want to attach a picture hanging hook with epoxy, now is the time to do so. I would recommend using 2 at the top.

I am impatient, so I just used 2 small gold nails to hang mine

And here it is with the Harper.

Original article and pictures take myoverlays.blogspot.com site