Driftwood Sconces

When I posted our house list last, I noted something about staying tuned for the sconces for the bathroom. We just finished them last night and I am thrilled with how they turned out!!

The idea started on a sunny 1/2 day off. Jeremy and I decided to work no later than 2 o'clock and spend the rest of the day at the beach.We were enjoying each other, the weather, the ocean... when we happily stumbled upon this piece of driftwood:Immediately my wheels started spinning and I knew that we had to take this puppy home to repurpose into something awesome... And what's more awesome than finding something awesome and turning it into something awesomer, for free?? And so began it's final trek to becoming sconces for our bathroom:

First, we chopped the driftwood in half and squared off the back so it would fit flush to the wall:

Then, we cut out an approximate 90 degree angle, just enough for a tea light candle to rest on:
(sorry for such dark pictures, it was a little late when we were finishing this project!)

Then, Jeremy drilled a hole big enough for the tea light to rest in and I lacquered them:

EEk! And now look! I absolutely love them!

Bathroom Mirror

Here is our bathroom mirror before:

And here is the work that went on inbetween that and the after photo.

We found some awesome trim pieces at our local recycling center, Bring. Places like this are a great resource for ideas, cheap material and a way to do a little for our environment.

We sanded them down and cut them to fit our mirror. Slapped some glue on the corners, filled in the old nail holes with nail filler, sanded the thing down and clamped the corners together.

After the glue was dry and the corners were tough as nails, we sanded and planed the corner. This is an unusual step (the sanding and planing corners part), but because these trim pieces were being reused they weren't identical pieces, thickness on each were very different. No problem here though, just a little bit of planing/sanding/filling the corners with nail filler created a seamless look.

We also beveled the inside of the frame so that the mirror had a place to sit (middle picture). Then we primed, painted, added the mirror and some hardware...

And viola! We've got a much better looking mirror.

So, imagine the mirror coupled
with slate floors/shower walls,
concrete counter tops, white
cupboards and storage
and that sconce light (bottom
right) but with 3 sconce lights instead of 2. Also
the texture and wall color will be the same as what's behind that sconce fixture. I'm loving the mirror and all of the pieces that I know will complete this puzzle, eventually.