Mirror, Mirror On the Wall....

Even though this month's project is the guest bathroom, I couldn't resist this mirror from Kirkland's. We had originally estimated to spend about $100 alone on the bathroom mirror.  So when I scored this one for $30, I had enough left in the budget to grab this beauty.

I've been searching forever for something to put in the entryway.  It just looked so vacate.  Here's the before:

(Please excuse that rumbled rug with a line in it.  It's Dexter's favorite place to sit, and he takes great joy in flipping it upside.  Even with one of those rubber mat things underneath, he slides into that door like he's sliding into home to win the game.  His face lights up, and I get up to flip the rug back over so he can do it all over again.  One day he got carried away and pulled a string out of the back of it.  You could tell he was so proud of himself for tearing up a rug that we had only had a week.)

Pretty boring, huh?  Now for the after:

Is anyone else as in love with this mirror as I am?  I was super excited when I found it!

To hang it, we picked up some 30lbs picture hooks from Lowe's.   Unfortunately, the hooks wouldn't fit into the holes on the back of the mirror, so we just hung it on the nail.  That counts right?

We also did not have two studs placed the same distance apart as the holes on the back of the mirror.  We made sure to get one side in the stud, and the other is just nailed into the sheetrock.  It's been hanging for a few days, and we haven't had any trouble so far.

I still feel like things look a little bare behind the door, but it doesn't make sense to put something there.

And in case you were wondering, the piece of furniture is an old record player.  We bought it refinished from a pair of my friends from high school.  Right now it doesn't work.  We plan to try to have it repaired, but if it can't be, we'll probably replace it with something else.  Maybe with storage for the pups' things?

On top is a set of candle holders from Drew's parents.  The red candles are from the old decorating scheme and need to be replaced.  The platter in the center is a piece of custom pottery from our wedding registry.  It's from Pray Pottery in Iuka, MS.  The bottom reads "Love is patient.  Love is kind."  Our wedding vows were based on this same passage.  And finally, the owl is a candle wax warmer from Walmart.

What do you think of the mirror?  What kind of things do you store in the entryway?  Do you use your formal entryway often, or do you usually enter through another door, like the garage or carport?