How To Frame A Bathroom Mirror Without Miter Cuts

For our latest bathroom renovation instead of replacing the bathroom mirrors we updated them.

How to frame a bathroom mirror without miter cuts. Even the budget mirrors at home goods can run between 50 60 for a small ish mirror. Therefore this tutorial is how i framed my bathroom mirror without mitering. I didn t cut anything at all i measured the mirror and headed to lowes.

All of us on the committee looked at pictures of different ways to frame out the mirror. In fact if you had your measurements pre determined you could probably even do this without a saw. Framing a bathroom mirror.

So first up i bought 3 1x6 primed mdf boards 2 1x2 primed boards 1 1x8 primed board and 1 1 1 2 primed crown molding. The only reason i haven t done this to my big boring bathroom mirror is my fear of the miter cuts but your solution to that is not only genius it s gorgeous. Thank you so much sabrina.

There are a ton of tutorials out there on how to frame a plate glass bathroom mirror using trim molding mitered on the corners but i m not fond of cutting miters. I wish i would ve done it a long time ago. When updating a bathroom one slice of the budget usually goes to a bathroom mirror.

I have no miter saw or box so i just figured i couldn t do it. I can t wait to finally and easily frame my oversized master bath mirror. We decided on using mostly 1x6 s and installing the light fixture in the frame area.

To adhere the wood to the mirror i used a liquid nail product that is specifically designed for mirrors. I ve seen probably a half dozen tutorials all over blog land showing you how to frame a bathroom mirror featuring amazing transformations simply by adding some molding around the edges. I had seen it done countless times but know nothing about mitering.