Almost the entire thing is made from old fence material. We replaced most of our backyard fence last April and I kept the old material, which is the only reason I was finally able to get this prop built this year. The bottom mirror I bought at Target, 1 year ago (it's two foot by two foot). I bought it on clearance at 50% off so it only cost $20. It sat in the closet for a year because I never got around to building it until now. The two way mirror I bought from a glass company in the area, it's a 1/4 inch thick piece of glass and cost me $25. I then took it to a commercial window tint place and the guy was super cool and didn't even charge me to do the work because the tint was from an old job he did a few years ago. The light is from Lowe's. I put the whole box together with a nailer using 18 gauge brads of various lengths. I'll post some pics later of how it is set up.
I thought about that but I picked the red, swirling light because I wanted it to look like it was a portal to Hell and I figured "why would Hell have a ladder down to it?" LOL! My brother in law saw it today and just came up with a great name for it on the spot..... The Well to Hell.
The plan now is to have it right next to the sideway that runs in front of the house. I can't have it behind the fence and inside the graveyard because I don't allow TOTs in the graveyard because there are too many electrical cords to trip on and I don't want them getting too close. I figure this can be along the graveyard fence line and near the sidewalk, so when they walk by they can look in. It also has to be as far away from the street light as possible.
Maybe build a creepy little roof to put over it if you need to block the street light.
I didn't tint a two way mirror, I took a piece of glass and had mirror tinting applied to one side of it, making it a two way mirror.
That's actually exactly what I've decided to do. I'm going to make it into a well, with a little roof and maybe an old bucket hanging above it. And make a sign that says "The Well to Hell".
