Scavenger Chic

DIY Round Driftwood Mirror

• By Joan
• November 7, 2018
• 2 Comments

It’s mirror palooza week here at Scavenger Chic.  OK, it might not quite be considered a palooza but this is my second mirror project this week.  Earlier this week I shared a mirror with a shutter frame.  Today the mirror will be surrounded by driftwood.

Of course you will need a mirror, craft stores sell the round mirrors in a variety of sizes, driftwood, builders adhesive and a backing board.

You may recognize my backing board from my wheel of fortune spinner from earlier in the year.  If you happen to need a wheel of fortune spinner, you need to check out the full DIY.  For me, it has served it’s purpose and it’s just about perfect to be used for my mirror backing, I just need to chop off the excess.

You probably won’t have a wheel of fortune spinner sitting around, but whatever backing you use, cut a circle  large enough to leave a border around your mirror about 5-6 inches.  You could use the precut wood circles sold by the home improvement stores or cut your own from scrap wood with a jigsaw.

Paint the border black.  Any of the backing that shows through the driftwood, you’ll want to appear as a shadow.

Use builders adhesive to attach the mirror to the backing.

Start laying out your driftwood.  Use any wider driftwood you may have for this first layer since it covers up more of the backing.

Split the fattest pieces of driftwood…you’ll get double the amount of coverage and the flat edge will allow it to adhere better.
Driftwood is known for it’s nice rounded edges which  sorta disappears with a freshly cut edge.  Leave the water rounded end alone, but for that cut edge you’ll want to soften it up.

With a scroll saw, jigsaw or just a miter saw cut a nice rounded edge or just cut off the corners.  Finish rounding the edge with a sander.

I wanted to show you the difference between the sanded ends and the cut ends.

Split, cut, sand, chop, enough driftwood until you have enough to encircle the entire mirror.

Since my backing is only 1/2″, I”m using more of the builders adhesive to attach this first layer of driftwood.

If your backing is thicker, you may want to consider finish nails, especially if you have a nail gun.

For a second or even third layer, fill in all the gaps and crevices.  The idea is to get rid of  any black shining thru. This time, I am using the nailer.  I’m also using thinner driftwood which I don’t need to split or round with the saw.  I did soften the cut edges again with the sander.

Attach a hanger from the back.  The few nails that snuck thru  when I nailed the second layer can be either cut off or bent over.

Since this concludes my mirror palooza week, if you blinked you probably missed it,  you can find lots more mirror inspiration below.  Hopefully one of these will spark those creative juices.

Stay inspired.

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