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DIY Sunburst Mirror from Thrift Store Blinds

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 Make a Sunburst Mirror from faux wood mini blinds from the Thrift Store
  
 
 
  Did you know that you can easily make a DIY sunburst mirror from thrift store blinds?  All you need is a small mirror, a old set of faux wood mini blinds, a can of spray paint, and a glue gun.  Sunburst mirrors seem to be very popular right now.  I think they look beautiful above a bed or over a fireplace.
 

 

 I seem to be drawn to gold lately. I am loving gold jewelry, gold home decor, anything gold, and especially with white. I am trying to change the silver accents in my home to gold, and this usually happens with spray paint.  If I find small mirrors at the thrift store, I grab them because I know that I will find a way to use them.  I had the small round mirror, so I went shopping for something that I could use to glue to the mirror.

 
 
  I didn’t want to use paint sticks, because I already had made one with paint sticks for our lake house.  I came across this faux wood blind for $1.99. The blinds are one inch wide.  I thought the standard two inch blinds would be too wide.
DIY Sunburst Mirror from faux mini blinds purchased from a Thrift Store
 
I did not take pictures of this mirror in the process of making it, but I have pictures of one that I made out of paint sticks.  You can view the directions here.
 
    I took it apart, cut it up, and glued the pieces to the back of the mirror with a glue gun.  I was able to cut the blinds in pieces with a pair of heavy duty scissors, but you could use a hacksaw if your blinds are better made than mine.
 
 
 
 
 
 I accidently covered my picture hanger, so I used a command strip to attach the mirror to the fireplace.  This also avoided putting a nail hole in the wood.  I let the glued mirror sit overnight before I spray painted it with rustoleum metallic gold spray paint. 
 
 
I love that I made my sunburst mirror from something as inexpensive as a set of blinds purchased from the thrift store more than if I purchased it from a retail store.
 
Sunburst Mirror I made using a Thrift Store faux wood mini blind.
 

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  1. What a neat idea. I love using old items and making them new with a new purpose. The gold and white paired together is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing at the Motivational Monday Link Party. I can’t wait to see what you are up to next week.

    Bethany from The Southern Couture

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    • Thanks for the compliment. I went thrift shopping to find something I could use to make the mirror and came across the blinds. I was so glad they were easy to cut. Thanks!

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  4. Wow Sherry! I cannot believe you made that out of window blinds! That is crazy! It looks so good and I would have never thought of being so resourceful in this way. Love the gold and its place over the mantel. Thanks for partying with us at Talented Tuesday!
    Cheers!
    AJ

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  5. I LOVE this DIY! How smart to use old blinds for the mirror. I’m planning a DIY mirror right now and this is inspiring me 🙂 I’m featuring this post at the Talented Tuesday party tomorrow! I hope you’ll stop by and say hi 🙂

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    • Thank you so much! I am so excited to be featured on your blog!! I really love seeing all these great ideas on Tuesdays.

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  13. This looks so amazing! I love how it turned out and can’t wait to try one myself. I’ll be waiting until I move and have more space to give it a try. But, I love how yours turned out!

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  14. This is so beautiful! To look at it, you’d never know that it was a DIY project, let alone such an inexpensive one! Whenever you run of things to decorate and need to borrow someone else’s home, just let me know! 😉

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  15. That is a really neat idea! I’ve seen these mirrors in Target for $30 or more but making it yourself is so much cheaper and it looks just like a store bought one!

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  16. I have had my eye on this for so long! I want to make one just like it for our home. It’s stunning. I was looking for a similar mirror and the cost was too much for me to justify the purchase, this is perfect! Thanks so much for sharing, I love it!

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  21. What a great idea!! I have an old Ikea mirror and I was thinking about turning it into a sunburn one, and the idea of the blinds is great, no sawing required.

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  25. Oh my goodness! I am so impressed! This is one of the coolest DIY’s I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you so much for sharing at Inspiration Thursday.

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  32. This is the coolest DIY I’ve seen all week. Creative as can be. I’m thrilled I got to see it on my first linkup party this week. Thanks for displaying it at my party. See you next time.

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  33. I absolutely love sunburst mirrors, they look so effective.

    What a great idea using old blinds, I would have never thought of that.

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  35. Love! Pinned and tweeted! Thank you so much for sharing this with us at our linky party. We hope to see you next Monday @ 7 because we can’t wait to see your new creations! Happy Sunday! Lou Lou Girls

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  37. What a fantastic idea for repurposing! I love making new things out of old, thrifted, or found objects. This is so great!
    Visiting from Family Joy!

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  40. This is incredible! I never would’ve thought to create a sunburst mirror from old blinds! Wow! Thank you for sharing at Creative Spark; this is going to be one of our Features tomorrow. I hope you’ll stop by to link up again!

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  44. Thank you so much for featuring my DIY Sunburst Mirror from Thrift Store blinds, and thanks for the kind words also!

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