See that blue wall reflected in the mirrors up there? You weren’t supposed to see that. We have the paint for the wall opposite the mirrors, and we fully intended to have it all done for this post. But then Dave managed to pull a tendon or something in his hip, an injury that Google tells me is most common in female ballerinas, and the weekend got a lot less productive than we intended.
But behold! Our solution to our giant vanity with awkward sink placement mirror dilemma!
See how the sinks are way over on the ends of the vanity top? This left us with mostly kind of undesirable options for mirror placement. We could center two big mirrors over the sinks and have a big empty wall space in the middle. We could get another HUGE mirror to replace the messed up frameless one we took down, but that would have been really expensive and not really the look we wanted anyway.
So: gallery wall of mirrors!
I’ve been collecting mirrors for this for months. I collected mirrors without ever bothering to actually measure the space we needed to fill, with the consequence that I now have more mirrors than I need. But I’ll either find other places for them or sell them, so not a big deal I guess. Without the burden of actual numbers, my imagination made this wall HUGE….big enough for at least a dozen mirrors, most of them around the size of those two big ones we ended up with.
Then we measured and laid them out on the floor and realized the truth:
Ah well.
So then we hung up the mirrors. I don’t have much to say about that. And now they’re on the wall, and we have bathroom mirrors again at long last, which is kind of nice:
Starting from the left, that mirror with the gold rectangles is from my mom’s shop, as is the fancy, feathery gold one. Those frameless ones are from Target. The octagon and hexagon are thrifted, as is the big black oval one. I was planning to paint the wooden ones gold, but decided at the last minute that some natural wood be nice to break up all the gold and black.
And now, just when we’re finally getting some momentum in the bathroom, we’re going to abandon it to work frantically on our basement. Sorry, bathroom. Savor your new mirrors for awhile.
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so fun! i love how they shine against those dark walls!
Thanks, Cassie! It’s all I can do to stop myself from painting all my walls black now 😉
So sorry to hear of Dave’s injury. I hope he heals quickly.
This is such a great collection of mirrors. I love how they add brightness too. I can’t wait to see them reflecting the new wall color as well. After the basement work is over… 🙂 You have a busy couple of months ahead. Phew!
The busiest! But the 2 year long master bath makeover will probably be fine waiting another few months 😉
That is a smart solution, Gretchen!
Amazing solution! I love this! And I love reading your posts every time – you always manage to make me laugh 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Thanks so much, Kristi!
Poor Dave! He should have been practicing all those ballet moves! 😉 This is an incredible solution for the great master mirror debacle of 2014. I mean seriously genius. Well done Gretchen.
Thanks, Amber! I’m forcing him to switch to tap dancing immediately 😉
It looks stunning Gretchen! What a wonderful and beautiful solution! And way cool mirrors friend! Hope Dave feels better soon!! Happy weekend to you all! Nicole xo
Thanks, Nicole–he’s more or less back to normal now; just in time to paint the basement floor 😉
Cool solution Gretchen! Clever and artsy!
SO fun and eclectic!
This looks so amazing! I love it.
I could NOT STOP LAUGHING about the injury most common in female ballerinas. Check. Mate.
This is so stinkin’ smart of an idea. Never would shave thought of it, but where would a mirror gallery wall be more suited than a bathroom. Love it.
Female ballerinas…. I’m dying. hahahaha.
but those mirrors?! Top notch!
Thanks, Kenz! You should see him….okay, trying to think of a funny ballet joke, and coming up completely empty. it’s late! insert your own joke here 🙂
Hi Gretchen, i have to tell you I LOVE this wall of mirrors and the wall color but let me tell you an idea I, well actually it wasn’t “my” idea but a beautiful idea i saw on the front of a magazine many years ago. It was a beautiful “old fashioned” bathroom with a pedestal sink and claw foot bathtub. What grabbed me and to this day has a hold on me that won’t let go ! Above the sink and bathtub wall was a gallery of the old fashioned kind of mirrors that are frame less and hang your a chain but it wasn’t just 4 or 6 but a “wall” of mirrors ! It was so gorgeous, it leaves me speechless ! So i only say this because you have alot leftover mirrors so why not use them and GO BIG with your idea ?? Talk about a statement maker !! haha, oh and if you’re looking for a good laugh, ready answere to someone named Gin Pierce in your “hometalk” segment of redoing your old mirror .) Hope you’re not affected that i came to your defense ?!?!
Haha–I’ve been posting on Hometalk long enough now not to let the less than nice comments bother me anymore :). Wow–the wall of mirrors sounds fabulous! I think I might be constantly second guessing my installation job and fearing they’d all come crashing down in the middle of the night, though ;). Thanks so much for stopping by!