I saw this round wall mirror hanging from a beaded "necklace," and loved it, but was not willing to pay $399. After a bit of trial-and-error, I figured out a way to make it.
GAVIN MIRROR WITH BIRCH BEEDS BY GO HOME | BLUE SKY ENVIRONMENTS INTERIOR DECOR | $399
I'm super happy with how it turned out. Here are links and instructions to how I did it.
I bought this mirror from Lowes for $29.99. I love that the website tells you what aisle and bay they keep the product in. I was in and out of the store in about five minutes.
I initially thought hot glue would be the best because it dries so fast and would stick the beads in place - but it wasn't quite strong enough. What ended up working was a combination of Gorilla Glue and hot glue. The Gorilla Glue doesn't dry as fast and the beads were rolling around, so I found that a dab of each kind of glue worked perfectly. The necklace part of the mirror is an illusion, and the mirror is handing by brackets attached at the middle. There is a nail in the wall above the mirror to hang it, but that's not what is supporting it.
I ordered a 50-pack of 40mm wooden beads from Etsy. This was the perfect size. I strung them on clear fishing line and then glued them to the mirror and painted them after it was hanging. If I was doing it over, I would have spray painted them first. But, this worked OK. It looks a little bit rustic, because the paint job isn't perfect. I also think it would looik really pretty with a high-gloss enamel spray paint - maybe even in a periwinkle or light pink.
If you try this project out, please let me know and send pictures. I'd love to see them!
If you're not trying to go the DIY route, here are a few more mirrors with a similar vibe.
WOOD BALL MIRROR | PB TEEN | $199
Hi there!! I absolutely love the beaded circle mirror too but don’t want to spend $400 on it. I am so happy I came across your link on how to make it myself. I was just wondering if you have a front picture of the mirror you made you could send me ? Also are the balls you used all the same size ?? And did you end up using all 40 of them ?
Thanks so much,
Alexis
Hi hi hi!!!! Yes, I think I do. I will email it. Yes, I needed all 40. I would have even done 45 or 50 if I had more. I think one or two in the pack were missing the hole to string them so I had to leave them out.
Beautiful..Can you send to me too!
Did you start gluing the beads at any particular part of the mirror and did you use an even number of beads? Probably overthinking but just wondering how best to attack this!
How did you hang it on the wall?