A neighbor of mine asked me to paint a mirror for her mother’s bedroom a couple weeks ago. I have to admit, I was kinda nervous about painting this gorgeous mirror (don’t mind the dog or mess in the photo)! It’s always hard doing a project for a friend, but I wanted to help!
My “client” wanted me to match the paint to a gold colored pillow in her master suite. Her bedroom consisted of cool grays but needed a pop of color on the walls!
I picked out my paint to mix… Krylon Canary Yellow and Old White Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.
I taped up the mirror and got to work! I had to really push the brush into the crevices of the flowers but the paint went on really smoothly.
When the paint dried I used some Annie Sloan Dark Wax to bring out the detail in the flowers. I actually used a short bristled brush to apply the wax.
Love the effect of the wax!
Isn’t the final room dreamy? LOVE the mix of the subtle desaturated color palette with the pops of color!
A special thanks to my neighbor Jessica for taking the final photos!
If you’re in the St. Louis area and ever need a professional photographer
check out her website or this feature post I did on her work back in September!
She’s AMAZING!
Yep, lots more where that came from!
Go check her out!!
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charlotte wilson says
Erin,
I love how you redid the mirror. Did you use the Old White Annie Sloan CP that was in the photo?
♥charlotte
howtonestforless says
Yes! I mixed the Old White ASCP with some yellow paint. LOVE how it turned out!
Debbie~refreshrestyle says
I love it! The bed is pretty too and the photography is awesome 🙂
Debbie
howtonestforless says
Thanks so much Debbie. LOVE that bedroom 🙂
Lindsey Cazac (@OutOfAlabaster) says
That mirror is AMAZING!! Stopping over via the blog hop! So nice to meet you! New follower 🙂
Lindsey
outofalabaster.blogspot.com
howtonestforless says
Thanks so much Lindsey!!
Anna@DirectionsNotIncluded says
Great combination with the paints. It looks really nice with the wax detail too.
howtonestforless says
Thanks Anna!!
Abby says
I just love that color! It looks fabulous!
howtonestforless says
Thanks so much Abby~
cassidy says
LOVE LOVE the color you painted your mirror! Its amazing how much of a difference paint can make!
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howtonestforless says
Thanks so much Cassidy!
Traci says
I stopped by your blog from Home Stories from A to Z because I just love this color. I am thinking of painting a piece for my bedroom and I think this made me decide to go ahead. I love the color with the wax. I am really interested in how the mixing of regular paint with ASCP went. I love to mix my own colors but since I don’t know what is in the ASCP I was afraid there would be problems mixing it with something else.
Thanks for sharing.
Traci
howtonestforless says
I know a lot of people suggest mixing ASCP colors together, but I found mixing with normal latex paint worked perfectly! Thanks for visiting!!
Kelsey says
love this!!!
howtonestforless says
Thanks Kelsey 🙂
Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says
Nice job, Erin! It looks great in the room! I know well how those details that look so pretty can be difficult to get paint into. I did a mirror for my master recently, too. It was it’s second paint job.
Visiting from Winter Blues Wed.! : )
cassie says
how fun is that color! i love it!
Mindy says
It’s amazing how paint can transform just about anything:) I think it looks great!
howtonestforless says
I know, right?! Thanks Minday 🙂
MOMentum says
Cool, love that yellow. You’ve got me thinking for what to do with an old mirror I have. I’m your newest follower. Stop by and visit me sometime.
howtonestforless says
Thanks so much! heading over there now 🙂
Just Jaime says
WOW! What a gorgeous mirror. The yellow really brought the details out! Lovely!
Shannon at madiganmade says
I love pops of yellow… it is such a happy color! Great job and beautiful mirror!
howtonestforless says
THanks so much Shannon!
Brandy says
Love the mirror and color – did you use the wax on the whole mirror or just the flowers?
howtonestforless says
I only used dark wax the flowers to give them some depth. I did use clear wax on the entire mirror though!
Rachel Jones says
HI I have just bought some ASCP in Old White and love the idea of mixing it with other colours to match decor, do you know if it can be mixed with emulsion paint? Thanks for any advice you have. I can’t wait to start painting!
howtonestforless says
I have mixed it before without any issues! I actually did my sewing desk makeover in parts with this mixture and it’s held up wonderfully! Good luck to you!!