Framing bathroom mirrors

Framing bathroom mirrors

Huntington Beach, CA · Member since 2014 · 105 posts · 23 votes

Awhile back, I updated the bathrooms with new vanities, granite countertops, and new faucets. But, I don't think I really saw increased rent on those upgrades because 

1) the kitchen also needs to be updated

2) the bathroom wasn't completely remodeled so it feels a bit incomplete 

The kitchen is too expensive to remodel and update. 

But, I've already spent the big money on the bathroom so I figure if I finish updating the bathroom, then the bathroom might feel more like a remodeled bathroom than what it currently looks like:

The biggest thing I could do seems like it'd be the bathroom mirrors since they're so big and something you see when you walk in. Right now, I have those builder grade mirrors in the bathroom that take up the whole wall. (Its ironic that designers love stand alone mirrors to visually expand the space and reflect light, yet its considered dated to have a huge mirror like that in the bathroom).

From what I see, the thing today's bathroom mirrors have are frames surrounding the mirror. I went on youtube and looked at instructions and found all these instructions where they kept the current mirror in place and then added or glued a frame around the existing mirror. 

To add a frame over the existing mirror like that, it seemed a bit complicated and wasn't even that cheap. Why not just take the existing mirror down and then buy a framed mirror from Home Depot and attach a framed mirror to the wall?

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Investor · Montgomery, TX · Member since 2014 · 386 posts · 151 votes
11y

buy the trim you want, cut it at 45 degrees, notch out for the clips that holds the mirror on, paint it and glue it on. Less than $50 a mirror. 

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  • Investor · Montgomery, TX · Member since 2014 · 386 posts · 151 votes
    11y

    buy the trim you want, cut it at 45 degrees, notch out for the clips that holds the mirror on, paint it and glue it on. Less than $50 a mirror. 

  • Investor · Montgomery, TX · Member since 2014 · 386 posts · 151 votes
    11y

    because then you have to texture and paint where the new mirror doesn't cover. 

  • Huntington Beach, CA · Member since 2014 · 105 posts · 23 votes
    11y

    Is there anyway to know whether or not it needs to be textured before I take down the mirror? Or, do I just assume all wall behind a bathroom wall needs to be textured?

    Painting the wall doesn't seem like a big issue,  but texturing sounds like more of a hassle? How much would it cost to texture each wall in a bathroom if I removed the mirror?

  • Real Estate Investor · Turner, OR · Member since 2015 · 1 post · 0 votes
    11y
    Originally posted by @Josh L.:

    Is there anyway to know whether or not it needs to be textured before I take down the mirror? Or, do I just assume all wall behind a bathroom wall needs to be textured?

    Painting the wall doesn't seem like a big issue,  but texturing sounds like more of a hassle? How much would it cost to texture each wall in a bathroom if I removed the mirror?

     There really isn't a good way to tell if the wall is textured or not with out taking it down. If the mirror has clips you can usually take off enough of the clips to tip the mirror out and look behind it. If there are no clips the mirror is glued and will take off paint and Sheetrock when you take it down and likely break. I am a glazier and have taken down many mirrors and more often than not you will at a minimum need to paint.

  • Huntington Beach, CA · Member since 2014 · 105 posts · 23 votes
    11y
    Originally posted by @Richard McCann:
    Originally posted by @Josh L.:

    Is there anyway to know whether or not it needs to be textured before I take down the mirror? Or, do I just assume all wall behind a bathroom wall needs to be textured?

    Painting the wall doesn't seem like a big issue,  but texturing sounds like more of a hassle? How much would it cost to texture each wall in a bathroom if I removed the mirror?

     There really isn't a good way to tell if the wall is textured or not with out taking it down. If the mirror has clips you can usually take off enough of the clips to tip the mirror out and look behind it. If there are no clips the mirror is glued and will take off paint and Sheetrock when you take it down and likely break. I am a glazier and have taken down many mirrors and more often than not you will at a minimum need to paint.

     So, if I understand you correctly, it all depends on whether or not the wall is textured behind the mirror? If the wall's textured, then I'd need to texture it. But, if the wall isn't textured, then I don't need to texture it. 

    I don't mind painting it, but texturing is something I've never done before and would rather avoid. 

  • Designer/Contractor from Riverside, CA · Member since 2015 · 56 posts · 26 votes
    11y

    I would say if it aint broke don't fix it.  Style wise the bathroom looks good, I like its best to keep the style consistent.  If you dress the mirror up too much from the rest of the bathroom it will look inconsistent.   Just a side note, medicine cabinets on the side are probably more out of style then the full wall mirror.

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