Thrifty woman saves £3k by making a ‘designer’ mirror using Amazon bargains after falling in love with the posh one
A THRIFTY woman decided to make her own ‘designer’ mirror after falling in love with a posh version online - which cost more than £3,000.
The designer mirror which inspired the project is by Nate Ricketts and costs a staggering £3,605 ($4,499), and features golden scallop shells in a circular shape.
As she didn’t have a few grand spare, she decided to take on a project in lockdown now she had some time on her hands, so gathered supplies to recreate the pricey mirror.
She bought a circular mirror from Amazon and brackets to hold it up, and asked around her friends to get the rest of the materials, with the project costing her £30.
After creating the design using a glue gun she gave it a lick of paint she bought from Homebase, and the end result is a mirror which is nearly identical to the designer version - minus the pricetag.
She shared her project to Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK, where her incredible mirror has been liked more than 9,000 times.
The woman wrote: “My lockdown project, saw this on Pinterest but no way could I spend that much on a mirror.
“MDF / ply from friends cut into rings, shells from a friend’s seafood restaurant, mirror from Amazon for £15.
“Gold Rustoleum spray Homebase £11, glue gun already had and heavy duty brackets from Amazon £4.
“Weighs about 20kg took 3 of us to hang it!”
Commenting online, one person said: “I have to say that is a very good copy, it’s lovely I’d like it myself.”
Another wrote: “Wow, how clever and beautiful.”
A third commented: “Yours looks better in my opinion!
“Well done because I’ve seen some people do some great projects but this is by far the best I’ve seen. Looks amazing.”
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