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Friday, March 16, 2012

My take on the pottery barn Eagan Mirror

Okay, so this isnt about quilting.  However, we quilter's love to make our homes look their best.  We also love a great project!  I found one on the blog    TheLetteredCottage.  They have a how-to make this beautiful Pottery Barn Knockoff Eagan Mirror.  The price for this thing is unbelievable.  For one with only 9 mirrors well over 300.  For a large one your are in the ball park of over 600.00.  I certainly can't afford a 600.00 mirror! But I can make one for $57.00 using some power tools, elbow grease and a handy dandy Hobby Lobby 50% off coupon.

I was DETERMINED to make this mirror! I just loved it the moment I saw it.  It fit my style and furnishing so well.  The one in the tutorial uses rubbed oil bronze paint.  That stuff is wonderful! However, it wouldn't really go with my black wrought iron bedroom furniture.  So I made mine painted black and used silver rosettes.  I have quite a few silver accent pieces in my bedroom. It really turned out beautiful.  I hope you will give it a try yourself!


Go for it! I got the wood trim at a place called ReStore.  It is discounted building material.  It is owned by Goodwill.  I got 8ft trim pieces for only 1.00 each! So the total price was 57.00 but seeing it hanging on my wall, knowing I made it myself.....PRICELESS!

Have a great day and make something beautiful!
Nanasrcool

7 comments:

  1. That is really nice and cheap, too. Those are the kinds of crafts that are great. Thanks for sharing how. Linda

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  2. thanks for sharing your creation- glad it worked out- very cute!

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  3. It was something I actually found online. I can't take credit. Just credit for the follow through of someone else's idea! However, I am just thrilled with how it turned out. So well in fact my family now wants me to make them one as well. Which I am more than happy to do. I love pretty things. Just not paying a pretty penny for them. The internet is such a wonderful thing. Blogs are a dream come true for folks like me. I think we all find ideas online and then put our own twist to them. Thank you for checking it out though. I have many other things in the works too.

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  4. I saw this too and LOVED it! I have tooo many things on the "to do" list! You did a GREAT job!!

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  5. Thank you! It really wasnt as hard as I feared. Thank you for stopping by.

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  6. Great job! Thanks for sharing at Fabulous Friday! I have a ReStore in town. I will have to check it out for my next project.

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  7. You should. I will certainly be returning there. They had so many great light fixtures. Doors, alot of them. I am going to buy a few to make floating shelves. Hollow core doors are excellent for this. You just hollow out the cardboard after you split them in half. The mount a 2x4 into the studs cut to length where the door can slide on it. Then you just screw some wood screws through the door and into the wood. You then have an excellent and VERY sturdy floating shelf. The doors at my Restore are only about 10.00. You get 2 shelves from each door. Shelves that purchased for that length would run anywhere from $40-$60. You just can't beat that deal!

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