Sometimes good things come out of being lazy. For example, I was trying to get our studio living room ready for its room tour (yay!), but our simple white mirror looked a bit dull against the plain white wall. I thought maybe it could benefit from some stripes, but the idea of pulling out all the paint and taping off the necessary areas sounded like a bit of a chore at the moment. Then I thought, “Hello, washi tape!” and my stripe problem was solved.
Once I wrapped the tape around the back side of the frame, I just used an X-Acto knife to trim the excess on the inside. If you’re worried about the ends pulling up, just use a bit of glue to tack them down for good.
This mirror is definitely getting into the spirit of the rest of the room now! Bring on the color! xo. Laura
Credits // Author: Laura Gummerman, Photography: Sarah Rhodes & Laura Gummerman. Photos edited with Stella of the Signature Collection.
This is such a great idea! I’ve always loved those tapes, but I never thought I had any reason to actually use them.
xo
Kristina
www.eccentricowl.com
I love this idea! I recently started collecting washi tape too, and working at a craft store just adds to my addiction of buying them! They’re great for decorating almost anything that it could adhere to. Your frame turned out amazing!
so simple and cute!
xx nikki
www.dream-in-neon.com
This is such a cute idea! I have a friend that’s obsessed with washi tape, she would love this
Gorgeous, great idea! x
https://www.marjorievie.blogspot.com
Love this idea! I think it would be fun on picture frames also!
We get them from local craft stores as well as Etsy and Amazon. Just search it online if you don’t see what you want at a local store 😉
Laura
Oh, no doubt! I’m a perfectionist, so painting stripes takes me forever!!
Laura 😉
I would do an online search if you don’t see any in a local craft store (I’m not sure yet if our upcoming store will have wide versions right away), I think the ones we have are about 2″ wide 😉
Laura
It’s a mix of both in town stores (like Michaels and Hobby Lobby) and online shopping (usually on Amazon lately) but we do have quite the collection!
Laura 🙂
Really nice! I also tried it with painting: http://rivereine.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/customized-mirror/
That looks amazing! What kind of tape did you use and where did you get it? I have a white mirror that can definitely use redecorating
So….what I want to know–did it actually save time to use the tape rather than paint? 😉
This is stunning, such a wonderful idea, will definitely be trying out something. Thank you for the awesome inspo.
Rosie
www.rosedogandco.blogspot.com.au
Love the colour selection and the mix of stripes in there, too! I like how the corners were done!
I adore washi tape! It’s the absolute best!
What a fun, easy idea!
-Kait
http://kaitlinmadden.com
Totally going to do this for the frame around my pinboard in my office (do I sound *really* old saying ‘pinboard’???!!!!! Even the auto-spellchecker told me there’s no such word!!!!)
This is gorgeous! And so simple! I think it would also look great with a frameless mirror and then you could create a frame around the edges with the tape.
Love that idea! Even more impressed by your washi tape collection!