Here comes the sun

You may have noticed that sunburst mirrors seem to be popping up in every nook and cranny of the design world these days. I happen to love this trend and I always seem to a get a little butterfly in my stomach when I spot one in a beautiful room. 

The problem is, that these gorgeous mirrors usually seem to come with a matching price tag, which doesn't always work for the budget minded. 

Lucky for all of us, I had a little moment in the antique store a few weeks ago when I spotted this vintage syrocco clock. Suddenly I had an idea, what if I took this piece swapped out the clock piece with a precut mirror and voila, instant chicness. 

I was giddy just thinking about it. 

I took the piece home and began to deconstruct it. Once the clock face was off I sponged the whole face of the clock with liquid silver leaf since the gold tones wouldn't really work in my bedroom. I bought a precut mirror at my local craft store and with a couple of drops of glue, we were good to go. 

This was the stage at which I noticed my adorable toddler decided to break off one of the rays but we won't get in to that. I still love the result and the broken ray has since been mended. 

All in all this project cost me about $32.00. 

$24.00 for the clock

$3.50 for the silver leaf paint

$2.99 for the precut mirror

Not bad for a days work. 

If you're interested in trying to recreate this there are a handful of great clock options on ebay. Mine was vintage Syroco.