(Note: This bookshelf has 3 shelves- I took them out so that I could begin the makeover and was too lazy to put them back jus for the picture.)
I primed it, painted it and had my dear husband cut a sheet of wainscoting for the back. I painted it a green that I poured a lot of black into to make my own color and then stressed it and stained it. I LOVE the way it turned out.
I liked it so much that I decided to do something similar with a small bookshelf that I have. (I like to keep this bookshelf on my large bookshelf so that it can house books that I have bought, but not yet read.)
I did the same treatment with paint, stressing an staining and then modge podged book pages to the backing. I like the way it is now snazzy (Yup- I said Snazzy-lol)
Now I just need to do the same thing with my large bookshelf to make my office book corner a lot lighter (and more uniform)
Looks great! And there is only something *slightly* ironic that you destoyed a book to decorate the book shelf to hold you books ;)
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