Mirror mirror on the dresser

To make up for the gloom of my last post, I thought I would post about a successful DIY project.

The task, remove the mirror from the old and falling apart dresser I was replacing, and attach it to the new chest of drawers I had purchased.

Step 1. Remove mirror from backing (easy, just take the clips off and lift the mirror off).
Step 2. Remove the backing board from the dresser. A bit harder as the backing board was attached to the dresser with two pieces of wood and nails.
Old Dresser

Step 3. Remove the two lengths of wood from the backing board without breaking the backing board (tool employed, claw hammer).
Step 4. Purchase two new, longer, lengths of wood. The length to allow the backing board to sit on top of the chest of drawers, while the pieces of wood were touching the ground (to provide good support).
Step 5. Nail the two new pieces of wood to the backing board.
Step 6. Attach the backing board (and pieces of wood) to the back of the chest of drawers. The method I used was to purchase some metal strips, designed to be bent into brackets, and then bend them into brackets. I carefully measured where I wanted the backing board to sit on the chest of drawers. I used gaffer tape to hold the backing board and lengths of wood in place temporarily. I drilled holes for screws in the sold wood at the top and base of the chest of drawers, then used self tapping screws to attach the brackets (and the strips of wood), to the back of the chest of drawers.

Step 7. Put the mirror back onto the backing. Job done!