Friday, June 18, 2010

{ boring bookshelf no more }

We bought a terribly boring, cheap laminate bookshelf for Happy Jack's room that used to look a lot like this:

My handy hubby brushed on a couple coats of inky, blue paint. Then I added a cool, graphic print fabric to the back. I'm so pleased that it now looks like this:


8 comments:

Carmen said...

Great job hubby! That looks amazing! So vibrant and fun.

Tammy said...

I've been thinking of putting silver buckets (hopefully the cheaper ones at home depot!) In my laundry room shelves. Looove how the red ones look on jack's shelves!

Pint-size Bookworm said...

LOVE this. :)

Kelli said...

This is really great! I love the back of the shelf...the colors are really cool!

Rachel {polkadots and puppies} said...

Thanks, ladies. I was psyched to score those buckets on clearance for $2 each at Hobby Lobby!

HC said...

Excellent! Love the colours, so funky <3 Crafty projects are so rewarding.
Did you make the Boxer toy? ;)

Sugar said...

Where did you find this adorable Boston stuffy??? I must have one for my son!

Rachel {polkadots and puppies} said...

Hi Sugar! We snagged a few of these from the cute gals from All-Mighty. Hopefully they'll restock soon!

http://www.all-mighty.net/item.php?item_id=115