Build mirror from old pallet

I saw a mirror while out shopping for a mothers day gift that I thought my mother would love, but I didn't love the price. They had it priced at $100! So, I thought I could just build her one. Since I had a handy man at home I was sure we could do it. I already had some old wood from pallets we had broken down to build a potting bench. We had a long piece of wood on each side that we glued and screwed each piece of wood to. Since I was in charge of this project, there was very little measuring going on. This drove Chris crazy.

 By the time we made it to this point we had built the frame for a mirror that I didnt have. I ended up using a door mirror which didn't fit but it was really close. We trimmed a little off the two inner edges of the frame and it fit perfectly.  I bought a glass cutter and cut the length of the glass to fit.

Chris got his handy dandy table saw out and cut 2 pieces of wood to hold the mirror in place. It looks near professional...better than the one I saw in the store.

side view

I added the hanger on the back and we were done

Total cost was $9.00! That was for the glass cutter and the hanger...everything else we already had. The one on the left is mine and the one on the right was my inspiration.