A Reader Turns This Dark Bookshelf Into French Chic
by
Itsjustme
This bookshelf was dark and we had it for years. While I loved the carved detail, I didn't think it could be seen enough the way it was before. I kept envisioning it with bright and light. No one else could picture it when I was explaining it to them. So I got out the sanding block and some paint!
Hubby was ready to sell it and let it go. I said I wanted to fix it up and give it a new life.
Voila! The finished project!
Sanded it, did several coats of white paint throughout the next few days. Then I found the cutest paper for the background in exactly the color I had envisioned! Score! I coated the entire thing with polycrylic a few days later to protect it. Then waited and applied another coat. This Iast step isn't necessary if you won't be using it heavily or laying things on the top of it.
Hubby was ready to sell it and let it go. I said I wanted to fix it up and give it a new life.
Voila! The finished project!
Sanded it, did several coats of white paint throughout the next few days. Then I found the cutest paper for the background in exactly the color I had envisioned! Score! I coated the entire thing with polycrylic a few days later to protect it. Then waited and applied another coat. This Iast step isn't necessary if you won't be using it heavily or laying things on the top of it.
After. Lighter and brighter.
This is the after. You can see how much lighter and brighter it is for a girl's room. Very shabby chic.
Before. Kind of hard to see the detail.
It was an old living room bookshelf before.
Before
Princess skulls for teenage charm, lol
Added just a little bit of cuteness to it since it's for a teenager's room.
Black hardware
Added color and painted the hardware black with rustoleum paint for the doors.
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Thank you. I wanted it to stand out more.:-)
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I love it!
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