Huge, bare plate glass mirrors in bathrooms -- you know, the ones that new home builders just slap up on the wall -- are one of my decorating pet peeves.  Fine, I understand that builders have to be cost-conscious, and putting mirrors up that way is cheap.  But I have seen those mirrors in many a new house ... from your average new construction to a spec home built by Charlotte's premier home builder in a prestigious neighborhood.  Seriously?  With a house costing closer to a million dollars than not, you couldn't bother to put a frame around a bare mirror?   I just don't understand.  But many of us live with those mirrors because, once it's there, what are we going to do with it?  Especially if the mirror is glued to the wall, like so many are, it is just too difficult to take it down and have it framed, or take it down and replace it.  So there those mirrors are ... for better or worse.  Until now!   I just discovered MirrorMate frames, custom-sized frames that mount easily on top of those ugly mirrors.  You can check them out here.  Now, I haven't seen a MirrorMate frame in person, but the website's pictures are pretty impressive.  Check out this example ...

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Whoa!  Isn't that amazing.  The bathroom itself isn't necessarily my taste, but it does look like the mirror was traditionally framed and hung on the wall.  What an improvement!  MirrorMate could be the answer to my prayers ... or at least to those ugly bathroom mirrors.  I can think of at least one client that I plan to persuade to give this a try.  I never like to recommend products or contractors that I haven't tried myself, but fortunately, this client is also my sister ... which means she doesn't have a choice about being my guinea pig!   I'll let you know how it goes.  Have you tried MirrorMate?  Leave me a comment and let me know what you thought!