Today I wanted to share with you how I made this beautiful mirror out of driftwood.
I recently took a trip to the Oregon Coast and I brought home a ton of driftwood from the beach.
I knew I wanted to make a mirror out of the driftwood after seeing this one that was hanging up in our beach house rental.
This one was from Crate and Barrel and Cost $200.00
By the way, this is the cute beach house that we rented. click here to see more of it.
And guess what? This beach house that we rented was named, Driftwood!
How fun is this ‘Driftwood’ sign that was hanging on the front porch? I was going to try and make one like it, maybe have it say “Beach” or “Welcome” but I didn’t pick up enough small and curvy pieces, so maybe I’ll save that for a project next time I get to the beach.
I really did bring home my share of driftwood. This picture is of me filling up my purse with driftwood. I did this every day that we were at the beach.
Here are my steps to making a Driftwood mirror.
Step #1
Go to the beach and collect as much driftwood as you can haul home. Try to find pieces that are all about the same size.
Step #2
Find a mirror in whatever size you would like. I picked this one up at Hobby Lobby. It was originally 6 dollars but on sale for %50 off. So this whole mirror cost me only $3.00 to make. That is a Huge difference compared to the $200 one at Crate and Barrel wouldn’t you agree?
Step #3
Trace the mirror onto some paper. I just used the paper Hobby Lobby used to wrap the mirror up in.
Step #4
Lay out your driftwood around the traced circle. This is so you will have a good idea of what it will look like when it’s finished. You may want to move some pieces around. Just play with the layout until you’re happy with the way it looks.
You could leave it like this, but since I was going for a more layered look, I also added driftwood to the front of the mirror as well.
Step #5
Now you need to glue it all together. At first I used hot glue gun…but this Did NOT work. The hot glue was not strong enough to hold it all together.
So next I used Gorilla Glue, and it worked so much better. Just remember to only use a small amount and do not use it by any edges since this glue does puff up and turn yellow when it dries. Although I just found out that Gorilla glue also comes in clear and so I will link that for you below.
I also used the Gorilla glue to add a hook to the back of the mirror so that I could hang it up.
Pleas Note:This mirror has been update since this post. It now has even more layers of driftwood on it. To see how it currently looks clickHERE.
Interested in making a Driftwood Mirror for yourself?
Below are some (affiliated) links to help you get started.
Let me know if you do make a Driftwood Mirror and how it turns out.
Thanks for stopping by,
Emily
