I get in these moods where I like to make things or redo things. I thought I'd post a few of my projects here.
This started out as a very, very basic full-length mirror, with a cheap 1-inch fake-wood frame. I hated the way it looked, and in fact, it was hidden for a long time. After I did a little research and asked a couple of friends for ideas, this is what I came up with.
I painted the fake-wood frame silver, then used glass tiles to frame the inside of the mirror itself. I added the quote and flipped the direction of the mirror, because I plan to hang it surrounded by pictures of my family, and thought the quote fit. But, I did it on gray paper so I can just paint over the letters and cut the paper down if it starts looking too battered. I used brown grout, I thought it looked better than the standard white or any other color would have.
I haven't hung it up yet because I have to find something strong to hold it, using glass tiles made it pretty heavy. But I love how it turned out, it is much nicer than what I started with!