Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays loves! This tutorial will teach you how to make a vanity mirror. It’s great because it’s very customizable and it’s way cheaper than buying one! All the products mentioned will be linked down below as usual.
Disclaimer: Obviously I am not a licensed electrician, and you should consult one to make sure your build is completely safe!
Shout out to my boyfriend for making this vanity mirror and explaining everything to me! (:
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Materials Used:
1. Chatham 25-7/8 in. L x 19 in. W Wall Mirror in White (Any wood/plastic with a thick enough frame
and a mirror that does not extend into the frame will do): HomeDepot $40
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2. Servalite 75 Watt Black Hard-Wired Light Socket (These are size 25 versus size
12, which are sockets for smaller bulbs): Lowes $3/socket
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3. IDEAL 25-Pack Plastic Standard Wire Connectors: Lowes $2
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4. 16-AWG 2 Conductor Lamp Cord (We bought about 4 feet of this, they cut to a specific length for us at Lowes, the leading number is a indicator of thickness): Lowes $2
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5. GE Lamp Cord set with Molded Plug (We bought ours from walmart, alternatively you can also buy the plug by itself and more lamp cords): Walmart $3
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6. Clear G25 Light Bulbs (G stands for globe, for the shape. You can choose any shape, just make sure it matches the socket): Walmart pack of 3 for $4
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Tools:
1. Black & Decker Hole Saw Set (one of the sizes matched the light socket exactly): Walmart $9
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2. Hyper touch 5.0A 3/8” Electric Drill (We tried used a cordless battery powered 12 volt drill but it was not powerful enough as the wood material was very dense): Walmart $15
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Optional:
1. Remote to turn on/off the light wirelessly (not shown in video): HomeDepot $10
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Parallel Circuit: What we want to do, all lights are equal brightness. (Notice that we can trace a line from the + end of the battery to the1st, 2nd, 3rd light bulb respectively without going through any other bulb)
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Series Circuit: This will still work, but the light farther from the battery will be dimmer. (Notice that to get to the 2nd or 3rd bulb from the top we have to go through bulb 1)
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Music Used: “Life of Riley” Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC Attribution 3.0.
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Very informative! Good job, and thanks!
I was using woodprix to make it and I did it already 🙂
If we want to make this but without the white boarder, do we just drill the mirror and do the same things?
As a Certified electrician, all I can say is, that’s how people burn a house down. All electrical wiring needs to be in a proper housing. A cheap prize will get you to pay a high prize!!!!
shit gonna catch on fire
Can u do a longer body mirror and show us how please ?
Those aren’t the best light bulbs to use, my friends vanity lights are hot and don’t melt her makeup?, and for makeup you want a white light so it looks natural, go for a soft white bulb as well
Do you sell them i really would live to buy
I'm making one of these for my daughter, thank you for the inspiration!! One woodworking tip is when using the hole saw, drill a pilot hole first using a bit that a little smaller than the bit on your hole saw. Only go half way through, and then flip your plywood over and drill from the other side. It's much easier to get the little circles out of the saw!!
Thanks for easy to follow video! Made one based on this tutorial =)
The wire is not connected right
Thank you so much for showing the lightbulb sockets! I did not want to have to use the lightbars like everyone else 🙂 Beautiful vanity
What size is the socket hole?
You may have answered this question already, but any suggestions to cover all the wires in the back?
I used this tutorial to make my own vanity mirror and it came out perfectly except for ONE thing! The last wire that I have that is plugged into the wall runs VERY hot, I don't think it can withstand the energy it takes to power my 12 40 watt bulbs. Did you run into this problem? And where did you get your plugged end wire?
dude…you keep saying "we" "we are drilling, "we" are doing the wires" YOU are not doing anything. he is doing everything. cant stand when people take credit for someone elses work. and its in a video clearly this guy is doing everything.
Que desagradable ver un perro en una jaula, mis perritos corren todo mi departamento. jamás le pondría dentro de una jaula. que mal.
That wiring messed me up
To turn it on and off, what did you do? Just plug in and plug off?
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why didnt you just wire them in series?
Amazing vid… One important question — how did you secure the mirror back into the frame???? What tools did you use??
Wait so you just left all the wires hanging out through the back like that ?…. no type of cover? And did you hang this or does it stand ?
what was the extra wire called. ?
"speak english doc, we aint scientist" lol . im kidding. The wiring can be tricky. I would say next time just get the sockets that are already connected so you dont have to figure out what wires to connect. I would hate for someone to electricute themselves. Great video. Out of all the DiY vanities this is def the easiest.
What was the price of the mirror? Or the brand. I'm looking for the same style now and I'm not sure which one you purchased.
This is beautiful! am confused on the wiring part?
I'm so lost on the wiring part, all you had to do was twist the copper from the bulb wire with each other by color and with the lamp wire right?
That mirror is almost $60 now.
Thanks for the suggestions you have discussed here.
hi, please help me in need to stand my mirror on its own ontop of the ikea table, HELP
What Size Mirror Do You Purchase ?
What were the measurement for the spacing on the holes?
how far spacing did you put between the lights? also how did you get it to hang on the wall with all the wiring?
So In love with this! I can't wait to get started on mine.
check this out too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Henq3SBfwbE
I bought the Black and Decker set and it does not have the right size for that hole. 1 1/4 is too small. 1 1/2" is too big. It probably takes a 1 3/8" hole saw.
vanity mirror
I have everything ready to install but problem is both wires look the same too me
best one I've seen looks like the 500$ one
what size what the drill bit to make the hole
This was very helpful! You guys Did a great job
do you have a video when it's hanged?
Sell them I'll buy one ASAP ??????
Are you happy with how this turned out for your makeup tutorials? I'd love to see an "after" snippet, where we can see how the lighting ended up and how it looks at your makeup station 🙂
I know that this was meant to be with a $100 budget but the wiring would've been much cleaner if you would've used shrink tubing and used a soldering gun to "weld" the wires together. Either way this looks pretty good and plan to make something similar to this for my girlfriend.
The mirror is actually $60.
This video is sooo informative! Thank you so much for this, and I quite frankly agree with everyones comments below. You should sell these! One question though, I live in the UK, our plugs are quite different. Would that make any difference to when im connecting all the wires to a plug?
u should start selling them…the actualy vanity mirrors are bout 300 or so and it doesnt even work per client complaint. 🙁 id love to purchase.
I love love love this I wish you can sell me one ?