It’s time for another episode of “I Can’t Believe You Found That in the TRASH!” with special guest star, Intensely Awesome Mirror. In this tearjerking episode, Carla discovers a dusty but nearly perfect mirror cast into the garbage. Horrified, she cleans it up and nurtures it back to health, giving this once street-tough decor some self-respect and a place to finally call home.
20 Comments
Beth
September 29, 2011 at 9:32 PMDang, white paint does it again. So pretty.
Korrie@RedHenHome
September 29, 2011 at 9:33 PMThat is a seriously fabulous mirror!
Heather
September 29, 2011 at 9:34 PMI wonder if people ever come onto your blog and think “Crap…that was MY mirror…It could have looked like THAT?”.
Laraine Eddington
September 29, 2011 at 9:41 PMObviously a palace cast off, rescued to greatness by a commoner with an eye.
Rona Gregory
September 29, 2011 at 9:53 PMOh my goodness what a G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S. mirror!! I will now have to keep coming back to this page just to look at it…smitten! LOL!
Hanna
September 29, 2011 at 10:23 PMYou always make me laugh! 🙂 And I second what Heather said, you’d be so sad!
twobutterflies
September 29, 2011 at 11:19 PMWho would throw that away??!! Love the re-do.
Erin @ The Impatient Gardener
September 29, 2011 at 11:22 PMTrash here sucks.
That mirror rocks.
Jen
September 29, 2011 at 11:40 PMHOOOOOW! on earth does someone put something THAT fabulous in the TRASH?! She’s one lucky woman to have found that.
Tina
September 30, 2011 at 12:15 AMYou can find some of the best stuff on the side of the road!
I’ve got a few mirrors I need to re-do…nothing like this one though..it’s definitely unique!
Katy
September 30, 2011 at 12:57 AMhey is that wallpaper underneath? I really like that!
lauren @ West Furniture Revival
September 30, 2011 at 3:22 AMlove the mirror how original.
The Polka Dot Closet
September 30, 2011 at 3:55 AMWow, what a find! People just don’t have a vision do they! Everything looks better in white!
Carol
Carla
September 30, 2011 at 8:29 AMHi, Lindsey, thank you for featuring my mirror!
And Heather, I don´t know who threw this gorgeous away, but I know that was one of my neighbors… Maybe he comes to my house one day 🙂
Katy, yes that’s wallpaper 😉
Thank you!
jansmith
September 30, 2011 at 4:28 PMHello,
I love the white colour and how it brightens up the room. It adds a whole new level of dimension. The difference it makes is unbelievable. What room is that? What inspired you in this room?
From:Mara
{I posted this comment using my teachers blog name because I could not login otherwise}PS I have permission.
Melanie
September 30, 2011 at 1:04 PMLove the mirror! Not crazy about the whitel
Creative Chaos
September 30, 2011 at 3:50 PMI would stop in freeway traffic to pick up that beauty from the trash.
Carla
September 30, 2011 at 9:57 PMMara, this room is the entrance of my home. It had very ugly and dark walls and I covered them with wallpaper. You can see the transformation here:
http://tinyurl.com/6gpc7s9
and here:
http://tinyurl.com/6xwqje6
Hugs
Bunnykins
September 21, 2012 at 12:23 AMGuess I’m in the minority. That’s an antique. Some day, someone will strip it and wonder all the while why someone painted it in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, I paint stuff all the time, but not Victorian antiques.
Carla - Arte e Manha
September 29, 2012 at 10:13 AMBunnykins, this type of furniture is very common in Portugal, and pieces like these are 40-60 years old max. Victorian? I wish! 🙂