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Diy frame large bathroom mirror.
2 1 4 boards cut to match the width of your mirror plus a half inch.
Measure the thickness of the mirror and the bottom track if any.
This diy bathroom mirror frame is such an easy project to upgrade builder grade mirrors in your home.
The deeper of the two will be the depth of the notch.
Once your frame dimensions are known cut the four sides 1 longer than that final size.
Step 1 make sure to locate your studs.
Make cuts for all four sides.
Step 2 then we placed the piece of wood against the mirror over the clips and marked where i would need to carve out.
I framed in our guest bathroom mirror you can see that here.
Framing in your mirror is an easy project with big impact.
How to frame out that builder basic bathroom mirror for 20 or less february 10 2015 by christina 29 comments so this is the way our master bathroom looked at the beginning of december.
It only takes an afternoon and will give your bathroom a whole new feel.
We already knew where our studs were located because the mirror clips were.
Step 3 for the sides i held up a 1 x 4 next to the bottom.
For 5 30 depending on the type of wood trim you use and just an hour or two of time you can make your plain bathroom mirror look much more upgraded than it is.
2 1 4 boards cut to match the height of your mirror minus 2x the width of your board this should be approximately 7 if you use 1x4s.
Using your miter saw cut your wood at a 45 degree angle so the outside portion of your wood piece will be the full length of the mirror see pic above.
In fact after i framed my parents bathroom mirror my dad said he felt like he was getting ready in a fancy hotel room.