Repurposed Mirror into a Message Board

Awhile back I found this mirror at a garage sale with these other items.Wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, but for only $1, I would find something.

 How about a message board?

Great idea since it was just the right size to put in my kitchen.

The picture was nice but had suffered water damage. The mirror was in good shape, may find another place for it.

I took the picture and mirror out, which was easy to do, leaving me with the frame.

 

The first thing I did  was to paint it one coat of CeCe Caldwell's Vintage White chalk paint. 

Next I needed to distress it. I thought I had a picture of it painted, but doesn't seem to be. You can see the paint job in the top half that I created as a cork board.

 

I used a piece of luan for the top so I could put push pins in it. I covered the luan with a piece of fabric left over from some drapes.

For the bottom part, I used another piece of luan and painted it with three coats of green chalk paint that I purchased on clearance. 

 

Here it is hanging in my kitchen at the other house. The walls are pale green and it looks great. 

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