mirror, mirror, on the wall...

When we moved into this house, I had every intention of ripping out the raw edge mirror in the downstairs bath and replacing it with a framed one. We had removed a mirror in our Texas house and it was a piece of cake... but there was one problem! The builders in this house glued all of the bathroom mirrors to the wall with gobs and gobs of sticky glue. Removing any mirrors might mean needing to have the wall retextured and costly repair.

I hate changing plans! I had it all planned out perfectly in my mind!

Plan B: tile it. Besides,

I started my little designcapades by painting the bathroom first. I wanted something chocolate brown and rich-- not only for the design aesthetic, it's basically a boy proof color. I'm all about that!

At Lowes I purchased two sheets of tumbled marble tile.
BONUS, they were clearance priced at $7 each!

I trimmed them from the plastic mesh, making sure to take great care in cutting the plastic right down to the edge.

I also purchased a silicone adhesive for $3.50. This one boasted that it could be used to put together glass for a fish tank, so I figured it would also be boy proof and outlast anything mine could throw at them!

I spent the next hour cutting, squeezing, and sticking.

The trickiest part was the top! Just use a little painters tape to keep them in place.
Not bad for an hour of work!
I love it!

The best part, it was so cheap!