DIY Mirrored Closet Door Makeover
DIY Mirrored Closet Door Makeover
Submitted By The Savvy Stylist
For the past 3 years, our master closet doors have been on my To-Do list for our condo. The doors were half louvered, half solid, and had blah hardware. I had called a few local places and searched the web to find doors to replace them. Apparently the door sizes were not in stock anywhere and would have had to be custom made – which we all know what that means! I was quoted $300…PER DOOR!!! Uhhh, no thanks!
So I started thinking what I could do with the existing doors.
Here they are BEFORE the makeover:
I love anything mirrored…and it IS a closet! That’s it! I will have mirror cut to pop in the ‘panels’! So I measured the panels multiple times – I even had to Google ‘how to read a tape measure’ because I had never used half the marks on there! I called a few local mirror and glass companies for quotes and let’s just say this little project cost me WAY less than I would have had to pay to replace just ONE door…plus, it looks way better!
I used mirror mastic to adhere the 1/8″ mirror to the doors. On my first door, I took it off the hinges to apply the mirror…but then I realized that it was unnecessary.
Fast forward 8 pieces of mirror later, I let the glue dry overnight with tape to make sure the mirror didn’t fall out (don’t know how much that painters tape would have really helped though)! 🙂 I also updated the hardware.
Even though the mirror was a good fit, I also decided to caulk the edges of the mirror (below). After all the caulking was done, I used a razor blade to scrape off the excess on the mirror (which I had not scraped yet in photo below).
And here is the final result!
I love this look SO much better! The final cost was about $200 and it took me only a couple of days – waiting for glue and caulking to dry. Totally worth it!
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Want some MORE ideas on what to do with that closet of yours? Here you go!
I have been dying to redo our louvered doors too. We have a condo w/ the laundry space right off of the kitchen. The louvered doors make it lok too dated. I have a question: How did you get the mirrors to stay once you removed the louvers? It looks like you installed a piece of wood after you took out the louvers. Yes? If not, what did you stick the mirrors to? Each other? I see in one photo that you put caulk all over something.
A super interesting series you have layed out on doors. I don’t think you missed anything in this article. It is well presented and the door photos are superb.
Did you remove the louvered part or did the mirror glue too it?
I think you missed a step…did you get rid of the louvers and if so what did you glue the mirror to. Thanks.
Hi Suzanne, This post is from a guest but I believe she left the louvers and just glued the mirrors over the top. The photo shows the mirror being glued to the bottom non-louvered part of the door.
Thank you, that helps a lot. Much easier to leave louvers.
I agree!
where did you purchase the mirrors?
You can purchase inexpensive mirror at Lowe’s. I covered two large 8 drawer dressers. They would have cost me approximately $4,600 for each if purchased from a furniture store! You can find the mirror sheets where they cut glass and plexiglass. I bought atleast 2 of the largest size and had them cut to fit my drawers. I brought the face of the drawer in for an exact measurement. FYI… you can dull the razor-sharp edges with a few passes of sandpaper to prevent cuts.
Thanks for the tips, Tracey!