What can you do with twin particle board bookcases?

Question

They are 5 feet tall, black, with 4 shelves each. My daughter hates them, but I would like to use them for something besides bookcases.

Noriko · Answer

Use it as a platform bed frame...you will have a storage room underneath.

DP · Answer

would she like them if they were painted?

SheilaFlorida · Answer

I used 2 bookcases as a room divider between my dining room and den. On the den side they are bookcases and on the DR side they have matching wall art.  I also painted them colors to match the room on each side. Everyone loves the idea.

Lizzy L · Answer

Paint it and add a cute wallpaper on the inside back panel.

Kelley · Answer

Let her help decide paint color or remove a shelf or two to make a closet for coats,simply paint add a few vintage looking hooks and place near a door entry way keep a lower shelf for backpacks ,purses or a basket for hats and gloves,scarves,etc.Good Luck!Be creative.

Jane · Answer

Do you or your daughter have any collections?    I have collected milk glass for years and was on the verge of getting rid of lots of it because I had no place to display it.    Inspiration struck ... I also had an old plywood bookcase that my sweet hubby drug home.   I HATED it!    I lined the back of the bookcase with some beautiful wallpaper (gift wrap would also work)...Now all my  beautiful white glass is in one place and looks  'marvelous darling'.   I LOVE that bookcase now.

Lynne Forrestal · Answer

Do you need a mudroom or entry bench?  lay on side and add cube baskets in the cubbies to store items.  add a cushion on the top and a few decorative pillows too, Hang a mirror above , and some season wood sign/ wreath

Leslie Jean Patterson · Answer

Great inside closets for shoes and storage.

Lee Rakoskie · Answer

Add shutters for 'doors' with hinges. did one with 4 small shutters (2 top/2 bottom) and left one shelf open for my hall linen closet

Jac6376081 · Answer

Paint the outside one color and the inside another ,put some baskets on the shelves for storage.

Cfr2230743 · Answer

Search DIY lockers on Pinterest.  They are really cute in a mud room or foyer.

Lisa · Answer

Paint them to match your woodwork, put them on either side of a door or window, and add trim to make them more interesting and make them look 'built-in'.

Marrianne Rudy · Answer

If her room is large enough, you could paint and use back to back as a partial room divider or if the back is cardboard put them next to each other as open shelving room divider.

Pam Walker · Answer

LET your daughter pick out some scrapbook paper to her liking & glue it all over them.  Let her do the gluing with your help only & let her design them  the way she likes with the paper she picked out.  This will give her a connection to them & turn them into something she WILL like & maybe even treasure in the future.  She can put HER special things & what-nots on them to turn them into HER treasured bookcases.  GOOD LUCK!  Hope this helps.  :)

Lynda · Answer

A combination of metallic paint and a coordinating wallpaper can make these plain bookcases 'pop'!  Take shelves out, paper the back walls of the units, then paint the rest with a metallic paint ( I recently used Martha Stewart's 'Sterling').  Remember to ensure adhesion by first applying a coat of 'Gripper'.

Elaine · Answer

Turn them on their SIDES, put foam slabs on top, cover the foam and you have nice benches suitable for a mud room or foyer or 'window seat' in another room.

However, if they were mine, I'd add a false bottom to each to raise them up to a better height, add crown molding at the top (bolt them together first) and paint them in my desired color.  Add molding at the vertical join - between the two units - as well to make them look like a single unit.

Its10202694 · Answer

Put them on each side of her bed, flat against the wall.  Put a tension curtain rod or tension shower curtain rod between the bookcases and hang curtains.  You can tie them back to make a kind of princess look and hang a picture or mirror in the space.  Or leave the curtains hanging down.  You can put fairy lights behind the curtains for a fun glow at night.

Mishalucy · Answer

Use in the closets for shelving to store foldable clothes, sheets, dishes etc

Dms8811450 · Answer

Fasten back to back and install lazy Susan hardware on the bottom. Great storage for lots of things in small spaces.

Joan · Answer

If you face two of them at a angle and add old belts around them .  a piano hendge between them , you end up with a large steamer trunk with hidden storage.

Karen Williams · Answer

Similar to Itsus' idea, I once used 2 bookcases to flank a bed & made a faux Murphy bed setup for guests.   A curtain rod made bed frame & mattresses disappear when not in use.  OR. . . Paint a pretty color (or white) & mount one or two of the shelves between them for a nice desk setup.  They can be installed directly or on 'L' brackets.

Bernadette Staal · Answer

use them in the wash house for shoe storage.

Marian davis · Answer

Turn them on their side and stack. Put hooks in each section. In mud room they make a place for children to hang coats and place backpacks. Paint white. Be sure to attach to each  and to walls.

Linda Kay Yeargan · Answer

Frankly I would lay it Flat and use it as a raised bed for tulips  or any perrenial..repaint the interior with a water barrier..add some sweet touches ,hearts..a tole painting..a basic wood addition to its sides using like lap siding  etc whatever creative touches you like..even Native American symbols place it in your  yard..Viola..a Living Garden full of possibilities

K. · Answer

i use mine on either side of my bar to hold liquor and bar ware

Patricia Millman · Answer

Install a bi-fold door or shutters and turn into a pantry

Linda Freiberg · Answer

Cover them with Burlap and Lace

KB · Answer

take off the cardboard backing, paint them, and put them back-to-back to make a deep-shelf room divider. Be sure to anchor the short ends to a wall for stability.

Teresa · Answer

I had some old ones and hated them, I took the backs off, painted them to look like linen and lace and wallpapered the back panel before reattaching it - Its a bookcase again, but everyone wants it!

Ese8934807 · Answer

So many  ideas  youcan use it store  shoes, clothing,  put in the garage, laundry room, I had the same problem I have three I decided to  use one   as a sofa table laid  one down use as a headboard an laid one down use to put  tv on an put cds an dvds at bottom.

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