Before & After: Transforming an Old Ikea Bookcase
by
Melissa
(IC: blogger)
I have a few pieces of Ikea furniture lingering from the days when my decorating style was much more contemporary. One includes this Ikea bookcase, which I basically liked because it functioned well as both a bookcase and a low console that I could use for display. However, it's obvious Ikea-ish appearance no longer suits my style, which is very Country French-English Country-Traditional these days.
Rather than going to the expense of replacing it, I decided to see if I could give it a more aged/distressed, Country French look with a couple layers of chalk paint, vintage-style stencil, and some sand paper.
Please read on to see how I went about transforming this tired old Ikea bookcase.
Rather than going to the expense of replacing it, I decided to see if I could give it a more aged/distressed, Country French look with a couple layers of chalk paint, vintage-style stencil, and some sand paper.
Please read on to see how I went about transforming this tired old Ikea bookcase.
First step, aging and distressing....
Next step, stenciling.....
Final step, 'new feet'....
Re-capping what I started with and where I ended up, here are before-and-after photos......
Here is the 'new' bookcase sporting some recent Christmas styling....
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Published January 11th, 2016 9:41 AM
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