Thrifted mirror DIY

I purchased an old, gold and gaudy mirror at a thrift shop a couple weeks ago and thought it would make a really cool accent piece if painted a brighter than normal color. It turned out awesome and it was super easy. 

All I needed to do was remove the mirror piece from the frame. Mine used micro nails to secure it, so I simply removed those with the ply of a hammer and then painted the frame with a red clay spray paint. (Colors that I think would be cool for a piece like this would be bright, like red, burnt orange, mint, turquoise or teal, black, plum and maroon.) 

After the paint dried I replaced the mirror, fastened with new nails, and wah-la! A completely modern, refurbished art piece.

DIY wall art

thrifted frame + fabric

Super simple, but beautiful - like most things on this blog :) I was thrifting a few months back in downtown portland and found a really cool table cloth with some hints of colors that I love. So I purchased it without a real inspiration for it, but since then I've used pieces of its fabric to do miscellaneous projects. One of them was this frame I thrifted. I simple stapled a piece of the fabric in the frame and then took some push pins (or you can use upholstery nails) to add detail. SO EASY! Right?!