You guys. Seriously. Remember just before Memorial Day weekend when I blogged about my upcoming bathroom makeover? How I was painting the boring white walls, and trying to figure out how to make the small bathroom look more interesting? Well. Just wait until you see.
I have to backtrack a bit, not much, just enough to give you some background info on my husband. Regular readers know that my husband, in addition to being the best husband and Dad I could have ever imagined (I know, awwww), has this special talent. He builds furniture. Yes, furniture. Like, about six years ago, we needed a new coffee table really badly, so one Saturday morning he got up, sketched one out on a piece of paper, drove to Home Depot, came home, and in about five hours, we had a coffee table. The frame that our mattress and box springs sits on? Made by Chris in a couple of hours out in the driveway after another impromptu stop at Home Depot. My computer stand? Again, made by Chris. He just has this thing where he can see a piece of furniture in his head, and BUILD IT.
So, fast forward back to the bathroom makeover. The mirror in that bathroom is a huge square, and on the bottom edge, the reflective coating had worn off somehow leaving an ugly black slash. While discussing the bathroom decor, I lamented that I didn’t want to have to buy a new mirror when we had a perfectly good one, but that I hated that huge black scratch. Chris says, let me think about it.
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A few days later, we go to Home Depot. He says, I had an idea for the mirror. What if we bought some …and I…and then I…? How would that look? I say gee, I don’t know about that. So we went and looked at the…and found something really unique, and he said, I could… I said really? Go for it!
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It took him a few evenings and this past weekend to finish. See if you can guess based on this list of items that were involved:
- Two pieces of 1 1/2 inch wood trim
- A can of polyurethane wood stain
- A Miter saw
- A small paintbrush
- Acrylic paint in dark green and red
Have you guessed yet? Let me give you another hint:
When he showed me the final result, I was ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY. I mean people, honestly. I challenge you to show me another person you know that has a bathroom mirror that looks like this:
Again, let me stress, made completely by hand by MY HUSBAND. He sat in the garage for hours dabbing paint onto those leaves and dotting each little depression in the wood with red paint. This man has MAD CRAFT SKILLZ, YO.
And I have the COOLEST BATHROOM MIRROR EVER.
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that IS the coolest bathroom mirror ever! i am sooo jealous!
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(27 comments.) says:
It’s really beautiful. Chris has good taste and good hands!! Amazing.
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Very nice. Your hubby sounds very talented.
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Wow! I love it! Can I hire him, or borrow him please?
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Wow, that’s awesome! Very creative, and it’s dang cute, too.
Very nice. Good husband!
(Mental Note: Don’t let my wife see this post as she always seems to think I have mad skillz in the area of home improvement when, clearly, I do not.)
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Oh, it’s awesome!!
Steph
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Love it!
Now I have motivation to get a mirror hung in my bathroom!
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Way to go Chris! That is beautiful. I love the blue on your walls too!
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You did do a great job! Cool!
Very nice !
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(103 comments.) says:
Wow! Chris is amazing. That is a gorgeous bathroom mirror.
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Elizabeth–i love your “about me” page..i especially loved how you decided to have kids & the interesting way in which you told your story. Lindsay Lebresco & I will be at Blog Her so I hope that we can meet up in person!
Wow tell Tover I’m proud of him – great job!
Right on! I love having a handy hubby – mine’s still working on our backyard shed that he didn’t make *any* plans for, just kinda started building after making a list of what he’d need.
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Wow. I wish I WAS a handy hubby like that one. I can do basic stuff, but nothing as intricate or nuanced as that thing!
Wow, that is amazing!!! That mirror will be treasured for generations to come!!
It’s just beautiful, your husband is a Genius! Has he carved all the ornaments by hand?
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Wow, it’s awesome what your hubby did. Blessed you to have him!
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