Harley Sellers
Looking for simple ideas on how to create a mirrored staircase wall? I can’t decide if this is going to be a mirrored staircase wall post or a little design encouragement to start your Monday. Raise your hand if you think every project works out perfectly here over here at thistlewood. Design projects don’t work out exactly as they are planned.
This is what the staircase looked like when we bought back the house. So we started by painting the walls Sandbar SW 7547.
Then we added brass stair rods to the runner. The staircase was done and I had tons of extra time to start on a zillion other projects.
Layers and layers of mirrors that brought in the sunlight and made the space feel larger and the staircase dance with twinkling sunbeams.
Except I TOTALLY underestimated the amount of money that mirrors like this cost.
A small vintage mirror costs about $50 and large vintage mirrors can run into hundreds of dollars. I have extra joy because this journey is going to take a lot longer than I thought.
So after than rather random lengthy explanation, here is my DIY mirrored staircase wall. There are mirrors and they are up and they do reflect the sunlight and when the sun sets through that back window, the room is a cacophony of light and sunbeams and sparkles.
(total aside: don’t you love a decorating project with a really good but.)
I need to find amazing, incredible, chippy, vintage mirrors that I can layer on the wall.
I want the entire wall to be layers of vintage chippy mirrors. So I’m on the hunt to find picture risers, so I can layer in the mirrors on the wall.
And the reminder that not every design project turns out perfectly at the beginning and that’s OKAY. There’s no design rule that says that every project has to be perfect from the very first step.
The important thing is that it’s your home and your process and your project.
