Revitalizing An Old Bookshelf

The Lowdown: I'm taking the Pinterest Challenge! The wha... you ask? Basically, these four swell gals (I don't know why I just called them that - I rarely use the word 'swell' and I've never used the word 'gals'... until now. But anyway. Moving on.), Sherry, Katie, Emily, and Lana have dreamt up something called 'The Pinterest Challenge.' They've challenged themselves, along with the rest of the blogosphere to stop pinning and startdoing. As you may know, I can get lost for days on Pinterest (which is why I didn't answer your phone call or emails... I was missing, you see. Sorry about that btw.) - it's an unending source of inspiration for me and so many others. But, much like everyone else, it's so easy to pin yourself to death curate these beautiful collections and never get around to actually executing said ideas. So... these girls have challenged us to actually complete a project that inspired us from Pinterest. And so I took on the challenge and actually got around to seeing a project all the way through. Woohoo!

And if you want to see the pins that inspire me, I'm here on Pinterest. Let's be friends. It'll be fun.

Evie is starting to collect enough books and toys that I need extra storage for her nursery. My father-in-law built this bookshelf ages ago and it's been collecting dust in our garage, so I decided to put it to good use... but not without a quickie facelift first. So, I broke out my trusty power sander and set to work. 

Viola! I quickly ran the sander over every surface using 100 grit sandpaper. I didn't bother doing a perfect job since I'll be using a primer before I paint. Also, I plan on covering the back panel with a cute patterned fabric or paper so I popped it off and set it aside.

I primed it with a grey spray primer and then hand-painted it grey. Then I sprayed adhesive on the back panel and laid some pretty grey patterned fabric on it. Then I nailed the back panel back onto the bookshelf and Husband hauled it up to Evie's nursery.

Then we anchored it to the wall so it doesn't topple over on her (safety first!). 

Comments

[Erika]

This turned out absolutely amazing! So cute :)