Boho Inspired Mirror Makeover with a Stencil
When I painted my walls a bright turquoise (SW Cooled Blue), suddenly my rustic mirrors looked sad against the new color. So I used a boho inspired stencil to do a mirror makeover. The results are so lovely!
Here’s the before of the mirror. They just didn’t quite go with the feel that I wanted for the room.
I decided to stencil the mirrors with an inlay stencil. Although I’ve stenciled before, I still get nervous about it. How do I make the stencils fit a weird shape? Will white paint actually cover enough on a black background? Will it look as good as the picture?
Once I started the project, I quickly realized that all of my worries had been for nothing. This is probably my favorite stencil that I have ever used. It comes with 5 different patterns so that you can customize the pattern to the size you need. Due to it’s complexity, it’s very forgiving. That sounds like it should be the other way around, right? But with so much pattern, it’s hard to see a single flaw because you focus on the overall design.
Mirror Makeover: Stenciled Inlay Frame
Supplies Needed:
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- Mirror or frame (Tutorial to build your own)
- Indian Inlay Furniture Stencil
- Stencil brushes
- Paint
- Windex
- Razor blade or scraper
- Paint brush comb (similar) or scrub brush
- Paint the base color. My base color was black. I’ve also seen inlay furniture with color as well, so you don’t have to use black and white. When painting mirrors, I never tape it off. Just slop the paint on. It’s fine if it gets on the glass. I’ll tell you how to get the paint off in a minute.
- Choose your layout. Pick the piece that you love the most and work around those. I knew that I could fit the flowers at the top. For the sides and bottom of the mirror, I chose the piece with the diamonds and the stripes for the borders.
- The first stencil that you apply looks a bit cheesy on it’s own. I was afraid for a moment! Think 1980’s stencils of grapevines. Trust in the process. Once they’re all together, they look amazing.
- Since chalk paint covers well, that’s what I used for the stencil. I’ve also read that paint with primer in it is harder to clean off of stencils, so I wanted to avoid regular latex paint since they all have primer in them. If you use latex paint, just be sure to clean them more often.
- The patterns on this stencil are pretty small, so I decided to use stencil brushes instead of a roller. Pounce very lightly with much less paint that you think you’ll need. I took off as much paint as possible on a paper plate. It might look speckled up close, but from far away it reads as perfect. The texture it gives makes it look more convincingly like mother of pearl.
- It’s not a huge deal if the paint bleeds a bit. The pattern is very forgiving and a few small flaws won’t be noticable. Just apply less paint to the next part. If it’s awful, it can be touched up with a small paint brush and your base paint color.
I’m thrilled with how the mirror makeover turned out! Aren’t the mirrors pretty?
I love how the mirrors look with the new wall color! The whole room is really coming together because of this mirror makeover.
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Boho Inspired Mirror Makeover
Emy is a vintage obsessed mama of 2 DIYer who loves sharing affordable solutions for common home problems. You don’t need a giant budget to create a lovely home. Read more…
Those mirrors look so expensive! And they definitely add drama and global flare to your space- love them ❤️
Thanks Diane! I’m so happy with them!
those came out SOOO good, emy!!!! i love them and they add a great global feel to your space.
Thanks Cassie! They feel much more “me.”
These turned out so pretty! I am in love with the pattern. Good job!!!
Thanks Jes! Love them too!
Wow! This is a GREAT improvement. I need to do stencil, too.
Thanks Mila! I’m loving stencils lately. 🙂
Such a great project! They look beautiful.
Thanks Aoi! They make me so happy!
You are so right about the sofa color making perfect sense now! The mirrors look fantastic! I bet if you wanted, you could use a tiny bit of a pearlescent paint for a pinch of shimmer. The texture really makes it special, too. Nice job!
Thanks! It looks really cool next to my staircase now. 🙂
Pinned! This is awesome! I should do something like this with one of our mirrors!
Thanks Ariel! It was a super fun project to do.
Your mirror turned out beautiful! Great job.
I was thinking if I did an inlay on a project that using a metallic paint, maybe platinum as the second color could look special.
Metallic paint would look gorgeous!