Thrift Store Mirror Redo ~

I wanted a mirror to hang over my buffet in the dining room.

There used to be a Rooster picture that I  loved hanging there...

but after the painting of the walls and other changes,

it just didn't work anymore...

So Saturday I set out to find a  mirror...CHEAP!

I started at an antique store that I frequent often...

I found a mirror I liked but it was $75.00.
Too Much!

Then I went to an antique mall...

No luck!

So then I stopped at a Community Thrift Store...

And found this!

12.00

Now, let me tell you, mirrors are not so easy to photograph!

It was pretty scuffed up, but it was the perfect size...

I taped it off and started painting...

That ugle ceiling fan is just an extra bonus...

It's ugly self is fixing to be replaced...

Here it is on the wall...

I painted on a stain and then wiped it off to age it a bit...

Hung some keys from a ribbon...

$12.00!!  I already had the paint and the gel stain, so I had

nothing else in this mirror except a little elbow grease...

As a side note...little intresting story involving our cat Bella.

Seth came in from school Friday and noticed a rod and reel

stretched through the kitty door between our landry room and dining room.

A fishing lline was stretched from the rod across the dining room into the den.

Seth starts tracing the line and he sees Bella under the coffee table in the den

with the HOOK IN HER MOUTH!

He could see the barb sticking out of her lip!

It had gone completely thru!!

He didn't panic, thankfully, and he cut the line and was able to remove the hook!

Luckily she does not seem to have suffered any negative emotional effects....

Yeah...she is fine.....

Steve has baby proofed the house!

I am linking up with Jane at Finding Fabulous for her

Frugalicious Friday Party!