A Road Bookshelf Makeover

by Debi @ Debi Collinson Interiors

A few months ago, I did a bedroom makeover for my youngest son because he had out grown his babyish room. He loves cars so we made it a car theme. He needed a bookshelf to hold all his books so I made him a "road" bookshelf to fit in with the rest of the room.

The "road" bookshelf

It's actually holding more cars than books right now (lol) but hopefully that will change. My son helped me "style" it.

A $12 thrift store find.

I bought a bookshelf for $12 and it sat in the basement for a few months awaiting its makeover. After a wipe with a damp cloth and a light sanding of the scratches it was ready for painting.

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I first sprayed painted it black but didn't like the look so I got out my home made version of Annie Sloan Graphite chalk paint and used my faithful Behr Stealth Jet latex home made chalk paint. It took a couple of coats to cover the black.

I made a "pattern" of the road using white paper, making it 3" wide x 7" long. I placed it along the top until I got the distance that I liked. I taped the outline in order to paint the white portion of the road. The white took 4 coats since I was painting on almost black.

Road bookshelf

Here's a view from the other side.

For all the details on how to make the bookshelf, please check out my post.

Here's the link on how to make the Dump Truck light that is on top of "the road".

http://www.addvaluetoyourhome.ca/how-to-make-a-dump-truck-light-for-under-10-00/

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Z on Sep 14, 2015
Such a cute idea Debi!

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- Debi @ Debi Collinson Interiors on Sep 15, 2015
  @Z My son loves it!
  
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Hannah V on Sep 14, 2015
Cute!

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- Debi @ Debi Collinson Interiors on Sep 15, 2015
  @Hannah V Thanks!
  
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