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Paul Chippens, The New Yankee Redneck

Years of wear and tear will take its toll on your standard household items, and the bathroom mirror is no exception. Once the mercury starts pealing off the back because of moisture or too much Jack Daniels being hurled at it you're going to have to replace it.

Now, you could go the easy route and saunter into your local Home Depot and shell out 50 big ones for some small mirror that will break as soon as you lean into it, but with a little elbow grease and good-old yankee ingenuity we can fix up a dandy mirror that will be not only custom-made for your bathroom, but will be stronger and a lot more stylish as well. How can you beat that, huh?

To start with measure the exact space for the mirror so you won't be wasting time later cutting it more than once, or worse, cursing because you cut the damn thing too short.

Then head out to uncle Lou's and while he's out bowling mark off the size you need on that old Airstream trailer he's got sitting on blocks in the back yard. That thing hasn't moved in over 30 years, when he and Velma went on that trip to Idaho and got lost somewhere near New Mexico, and there isn't any reason to think it's going to start moving now.

All the same, we'll cut from the back-end so he won't notice right away.

The trademark Airstream silver skin is a good 12 gauge aircraft-grade aluminum. This kind of material just isn't available anywhere anymore, except for maybe airplanes, and certainly not at the local big-box Depot of Home Finishings!

Use a number 12 portable sabresaw to cut right through the exterior wall, about 3 inches outside of the dimensions you need. Make sure you use the right blade. It will hold its edge longer and be less liable to send off sparks into the grass. The last thing you need is a brush fire.

Watch out for the spiders as you work off your piece. They love that area between the exterior and interior walls. Once off, it's probably a good idea to scrape off the insulation, and hose the piece down.

In the bathroom, mount the mirror using those 10-inch galvanized nails lying around from when you nailed up the railway ties into a flower bed. The beauty of the aluminum is you don't have to worry about breaking anything as you punch the mirror onto the wall. Now, going outside, you can bang the nail-ends sticking out down, or leave them as they are and use them to hang a flower pot on. The old lady will love that!

Back inside create a decorative border for your new mirror reusing some of the original rivets for an industrial, post-modern look.

Polished up with a little elbow-grease and a mixture of baking soda and Coca-Cola, it will shine like the sun and reflect better than a glass mirror.

You're ecologically friendly, and you've saved yourself a whole wad of cash.

Depending on the size of the original trailer you might even consider making another mirror for the ceiling of your bedroom, but talk to the missus first.