Just Hanging Out

As you have read previously (here) I made a shim mirror, I think just about everyone has made some sort of mirror on the web and here is my version.  I glued each shim together in no particular order with a hot glue gun creating groupings and then gluing each grouping together in the best "roundish" shape possible (if that makes any sense).  I decided to spray paint the whole mirror metallic gold and glued the mirror onto the shim frame (allowed 48 hours for the gorilla glue to fully dry).  I thought the rough edge of the mirror didn't look "finished" so I found a cheap bead necklace in a pack of 5 at Target for $1.  The necklace was already gold, but not the same color, so I hung the beads on a wire hanger and sprayed with the same gold spray paint.  

I couldn't decide where I wanted to put it until our furniture arrived so I held off on painting the mirror... like a month and a half (oops).  Fast forward and I have a change of heart where I want the mirror hung.  

I think it's too small to go on this large wall.  I don't want sconces or anything else next to it.  

I liked this option, but it would rarely be seen here.

Perfect.  I think the lamp that was previously here will have to be relocated. 

It took MUCH longer than I ever imagined from start to finish, but I am very pleased with the final outcome.  I will say that T originally tried to screw loop screws (not sure what they are properly called) with wire on the back of the mirror but just holding it on the wire was pulling the screws which made us nervous that we might wake up in the middle of the night to a disaster.  I googled and read online that other people used a Hangman Professional French Cleat for a more study hold.

The best part is that it comes with a built in level.  

I will say that I wouldn't trust it to hold a full 60 lbs that it claims it can hold.  The mirror probably weighed in around 15-20 lbs and T said he wouldn't trust it to hold much more since the screws don't go into two studs.  He was really pleased with the easy of hanging this, partly because the mirror didn't have a shape that one would notice if it was crocked or not, lol.

One easy project that turned into the never ending project.... now complete.

....On to the next one!