old ladder = new mirror frame

It all started when I was painting and noticed the weathered wood of the ladder

 against the dark gray walls. I knew Detail Boy's bedroom would need some rustic

texture to take the edge off the modern Ikea lines. The ladder was perfect with it's rusted,

 worn metal hardware and I thought it would make a great frame for a full length mirror.

I started by cutting up our ladder, it was old and rickety and we really did need a new one.

I borrowed my dad's miter box and with a tip from my other great neighbor

I was ready to make my 45 degree angle cuts.

There was a lot of marking and measuring to be sure I didn't make a wrong cut.

   

I decided it needed L brackets for support and thought they would be cool on the front

 of the frame instead of the back. I plan to give them a rustic touch like the original hardware.

Good angle cut, huh?  Don't be impressed, it goes downhill from here. :) 

I didn't think about the wood being warped, so that presented a problem.

I'm going with the old, rustic less than perfect look, so I think it will be ok.

Here it's placed on top of my full length mirror, $15 at Walmart.

It needs to be glued down and then it's ready to be hung.

I'm counting on the sophisticated gray paint and the rest of the room to
make it look good! Keep your fingers crossed for me that it ends up in the final reveal.

   

My inspiration came from Whitney & Ashley at Shanty 2 Chic here,

they have a great tutorial for using new wood, if you'd rather not chop up your ladder.    

Thanks for following along on the progress and all of your kind and encouraging

comments. You guys are the BEST!!

Enjoy the weekend and I'm leaving you with this quote as it seems

fitting with my little project...

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