I had some boring mirrors lying around, they were one of my daughter’s impulse buys when she worked at a budget store. So I thought I would have a go at giving them a revamp, rather than leaving them living under the bed. I had used this method before to make a stone table runner for my dressing table and I was so happy with the end results
You can buy these little pebbles at any garden centre or budget store and they are nice and cheap. I got mine out of my fish tank that has stood empty for years. I put all the stones in a pot of water on the stove and let them boil for a few minutes to clean them up. You will need to do this with the ones you buy to remove all the dust so that the glue sticks better. I lay them on a towel to dry.
I used a hot glue gun at first but found it was too messy and the glue left little strings of glue which looked ugly. I used clear contact glue and that worked great. I started around the outside first so the outside of the frame was still tidy. Next, I glued the inside and then filled in the middle. It is a good idea to have flat stones on the inside where they touch the mirror. I did find that when I washed the mirror I bumped the ones sticking over off and had to keep putting them back on. It was a bit time consuming to glue them all on, but I loved the outcome.
Check out the stone table runner I made using the same technique just using bigger pebbles.
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