This week I was able to finalize the assembly of my project, and really focus on the overall appeal of the piece.
To start, I applied 3 coats of black semi gloss paint to the wood frame that holds my mirror and leds. I went with black because I believed it would be the best contrast the light and mirror from the surrounding room. 
Next, I had to fix the led back panel so it actually fit inside the frame, instead of sticking out the sides. To do this I had to carefully cut down the sides and top, insuring i did not cut the LEDs. I also had to leave a tine amount of room for the cable to stick out the back so i could attach it to the power supply.
Last week, I had issues with being able to see the light bulbs through the mirror, and tried to fix that problem by cutting and lining up several pieces if tape on the back of the mirror, however this looked jagged and ugly. So i decided to remove all those tiny pieces, and played around with new diffusing methods for the light. I tried plastic garbage bags, which if clear/tan/yellow, were too thin and did not block enough light, yet the black ones were too thick and blacked too much light. I then tried a different type of wax paper, which worked perfectly when layered with the original paper. below is a before and after of this process.
Once the paint dried, the led panel fit snug in the back, and the light was properly diffused through the mirror, there was one last tricky problem to solve, which was the light leaking from the sides. It was partly caused by the lexicon plastic sheet acting like fiber optics in the sense that the light always went to the sides, and came out the edges. This was solved by placing tape on the edges of the lexicon, and blocking the sides, and creating a black border so less light would hit the sides of the mirror. The other cause of light leakage was the spatial gap between the mirror and the lexicon. Unless pressure was constantly distributed to all edges of the mirror, light would escape through. I debated using glue, but was afraid that might get on the mirror surface, cause uneven bumps and warp the mirror , or let more light through if it is clear. So I went with using black electrical tape on the mirror to seal the sides, and guarantee that no light comes through anywhere except the laser cut parts.
Finally, I polished up the mirror with Windex and a microfiber cloth to remove finger prints, and polish everything up nicely.
Overall I was not able to implement the temperature and wifi aspect, but believe that the basic LED effect is still extremely clean and appealing. The mirror works very well too, it appears warped and distorted from far, yet wen you get close, it is a crisp reflection. The lights can be seen in broad daylight, or darkness. The whole peace is assembled in a clean black package that can either be hung on a wall, or set on a table. My original goal of having a mirror, reflective piece with light as a focusing point came out very niceliy, and creates a dynamic piece that will change with its surrounding. The LEDs currently installed have basic fade, strobe, and flash patterns available, which i find the slow fade to look best, as well as the static colors of red, to mimic a volcano, or blue green, tend to stand out the best.
