I can’t believe it’s Friday already! These weeks seem to fly by. Is the fall weather kicking in where you live yet? It sure has here! It’s been chilly, really blustery, and a little rainy earlier this week! I sure love seeing the leaves change though, it’s my favorite thing about fall. I also really love my nice flannel socks. So cozy!
Anyway, back to today’s project! I’m so excited to have finally created something using pallets. I’ve wanted to for so long, but just have never tackled it. Well, now we have! I mean, who doesn’t like free wood that’s already been distressed and weathered for you? 🙂
Our master bedroom is a coastal themed room, and I painted it a pretty aqua/teal color a couple years ago. I love the color, but have been trying to update the decor a little.
We’ve had this sailboat picture up for a few years now, and David’s had it for even longer before I came along. We like the picture, but wanted a different look for that wall. I already had a free-standing smaller mirror in the closet that needed something special. So, we found some pallets, and got to work on our coastal pallet mirror!
Like I said, I’ve never done a pallet project before, therefore we had no clue how to take them apart. Pinterest to the rescue! We found that the easiest way to disassemble them was to use a sawzall saw and cut right through the nails. Let me just say, for being someone who calls herself a DIYer, I (we, actually) have ZERO tools. Like, we own a couple of screwdrivers and a hand saw, and that’s about it. I really want to change that, but for now, it’s a reality. SO that makes some projects a tad difficult. Enter: our amazing neighbors. Seriously friends, good neighbors are hard to come by these days, but we have the best! They have a garage full of amazing tools. While David and I were contemplating how the heck to take the pallet apart with basically nothing, our neighbor came out and offered his sawzall. A. MAZ. ING. Cut up those pallets completely in 60 seconds. We give a huge thanks to our sweet and helpful neighbors!
With the pallets apart, we cut the wood planks in half because they were quite large (again, thank you neighbor for letting us use your skil saw, too!).
We laid them side by side, and used two larger pieces of wood to attach on the back using some really good wood glue. David also nailed in some nails to give it some extra support since it was so heavy.
Every DIYer needs a good little helper, and here was ours, happily bouncing away!
We left the glue to dry overnight. I then took my standing mirror, sanded it down just a touch so the paint would stick, and brushed on a navy blue acrylic paint. Navy is our accent color in the master bedroom.
When the wood glue dried, I whitewashed the wood to make it look more distressed and weathered. Kristi from Making it in the Mountains had just whitewashed her Pottery Barn Inspired table (You can check it out here), and I LOVED how it turned out. I knew I wanted to whitewash something, and this was the perfect project to do it on! I had some leftover white chalk paint, and I mixed it with water. I used about 3 parts water, 1 part paint for my wood. I just painted it on and kept painting until I got it the way I wanted it to look! It’s the perfect weathered look for a coastal bedroom. After it dried, we used some Gorilla glue to glue on the mirror. We put some heavy boxes on top and let it dry for a few days.
To hang this heavy beast, we found OOK Hangman brand French cleat, and it is AMAZING. It holds up to 100lbs. Guys, this thing ain’t going nowhere. I just want to shout out a special thanks to my super patient hubby who had to hang this huge thing twice because his wife is slightly a Type A perfectionist and can’t sleep until it’s all just right. Thanks, honey!
After we got it up on the wall and were looking at it for a bit, we decided it needed a little something. So, I grabbed some sisal rope and got to gluing it around the edge of the mirror. It was the perfect thing to add more of a beachy touch to it!
Aaaaand, this is how it came out! We are SO in love with it! It’s the perfect addition to our long wall above my dresser.
The color of the whitewashed wood just couldn’t be any more amazing. And I LOVE how the pallet wood is already weathered in some spots and splitting.
Mirrors are also such a great decor piece to add to a smaller room, as they really make the room look a little bigger. And, Jade just loves looking at herself, so it’s just one more mirror to add to her “collection”!
Have you made anything with pallets recently?
I  hope you all have a wonderful weekend filled with all fall things! 🙂
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This is SOOOOO pretty Amanda! I LOVE how the whitewashing turned out and the rope is the perfect extra touch for your coastal theme! Thank you so much for the shout out – I’m thrilled that I could help!
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Wow, that turned out beautiful, it was time to update that very old picture:)
Thank you, Mimi! We love that picture, but it was time. 🙂
Thank you, Kristi! Your table totally inspired me to do some whitewashing for myself! 🙂 Thanks for your sweet words!
I LOVE how this turned out! That white wash job is perfect and the rope adds the perfect finishing touch. Looks like such a relaxing space!
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Thank you, Erica!! We are so happy with it, too. It really finishes off that wall and adds another “beachy” element our room! Thanks for taking a peek! 🙂
Awesome first pallet project, Amanda! I love it and it perfectly suits your coastal themed bedroom! I love the white washed look and that roping is the perfect touch!!
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I love this so much! It’s beautiful!
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Thank you, Anne!! 🙂 Hope you’re having a great week!
Sooo cute Amanda! What a great idea! And Jade looks adorable! She has so many teeth! Sullivan only has two with two more coming in. Have a great week girl!
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Thanks, girl!! Ahh I know Jade has quite a mouthful already! She has 8, and I think the molars aren’t too far behind. They grow too fast!! Have an awesome day! 🙂
Oh my goodness, Amanda – – I love this pallet mirror so much, I want to marry it. Seriously – – the whitewashed treatment adds the perfect beachy nautical vibe to your bedroom. So glad you shared this at The Creative Spill this week on my FB page. Off to pin pin pin!
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Oh thank you Lauren, you’re SO sweet!! I’m sooo thrilled with how it came out! And THANK you for pinning! 🙂 Hoping your Monday is fab so far!
Now that’s awesome but your supervisor might just be even cuter.
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Thank you, Deborah! And I totally agree!! 🙂 She always takes the show! Hope your week is going great. 🙂
I LOVE IT! My bathroom is decorated with a “1950’s oceanside” look, but there’s already a huge mirror in there. However, there’s room in the bedroom of my new house for a mirror like this! And I have a pallet sitting outside! Pinning so that I will NOT forget this!
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Thank you, Stephanie!! It was really pretty easy to make! Sounds like you have the perfect spot for one! Thank you for the pin as well. 🙂 Hope you’re week is going great!
It looks great. Love the white wash. The little helper is a real cutie.
Thank you, Trish! The helper is definitely the cutest and my most favorite part. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I was reading a pallet post just last night and she mentioned how she used one of those saws to cut her pallet apart and I was thinking… but, I have ZERO tools! How awesome that you have great neighbors and wow, that mirror is gorgeous! You did a great job on it and I really like how you added the rope around the edge of the mirror.
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Haha! Seriously, we didn’t know WHAT we were going to do without tools, either! Yay for amazing neighbors! I think power tools just might go on my Christmas list this year. 🙂 Thanks so much for the sweet words! We are in love with how it turned out. 🙂 Hope your week is going great!
This will look so great above my couch! I can’t wait to make one when I get the time. For now it will be a cute pin on Pinterest!
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Thank you so much! It’s a perfect mirror for above the couch! It’s big so it’ll definitely take up a whole wall. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!
Beautiful! Love the vibe! I’m pinning to the Show Me Saturday board.
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Thank you so much for pinning! Have a fabulous weekend! 🙂
Amanda I love your mirror!! It is so beautiful and such a great touch for your bathroom. You also have a totally adorable helper! 🙂
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Thanks Bre!! It’s perfect and we’re so happy with it! I kind of want to make more for other rooms. 🙂 My helper is the BEST! Hope you’re having an awesome weekend!
I get so jealous when I see amazing projects with pallets. I don’t have the patience to get them apart and always give up before I can make anything! This mirror is beautiful and makes me believe that I want to try again 🙂
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Thank you Jamie!! I totally understand, if my neighbor didn’t have that saw, I would have given up, too!! 🙂 I didn’t know how it’d turn out, but I’m so happy with it! 🙂 Have a great rest of the week!
I love pallet projects but haven’t made any…yet!
Your dresser looks so lovely with your coastal accessories….I’m quite jealous! Ha!
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Yay, I wasn’t the only one to not do a pallet project then! 🙂 Thank you!! Hope your week is great!
So simple but so effective!
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Thank you, Jenny! Yes, we definitely wanted some simple for that spot, and I think it fits the bill just right! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by today!
Amanda what a gorgeous project! I just had to feature it this week on creative spark link party. Hope you will stop by again today to link up! http://bit.ly/1u6M892
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Thank you SO much Michelle!! I definitely linked up already!! 🙂
Love your mirror! It gives me the courage to try a pallet project! Thanks!!
Thank you, Margie!! If I can do this project, then seriously ANYONE can!! I had no idea what I was doing and was just keeping my fingers crossed that it’d come out like I envisioned. 🙂 Thanks SO much for stopping by! Hope you have a fabulous weekend!
This mirror came out great! I love how it perfectly compliments the look and feel of the room.
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Thank you, Patricia! It’s totally just what our room needed. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by today! 🙂
You should be so proud of this amazing mirror project!
You got the magic touch! Here is an invite to my party, Love to have you
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Thank you, Maria! It was such a fun project to create, I want to make more now! 🙂 Thank you for the invite!