project: bookshelf

During my stay-cation a couple weeks ago, I tackled a couple projects around the house. The largest and most time-consuming was definitely painting the built-in bookshelf in our front room.

{Most of the other projects revolved around laundry.
As in, actually doing some.
And taming the clean clothes mountain. I loathe folding.}

The bookshelf is something that we have talked about painting since we bought our house. It used to match our kitchen cabinets, but those got a major makeover a couple years ago, and this built-in has been neglected ever since.

Not to say that I have not used it, I have. It does not hold books, but rather my collection of white serving pieces. Partly because I love white ware, but mainly because I have no where else to put them.

Here are some before and after shots:

when we first looked at the house...

week we moved in...obviously I had nothing to put up there

Ahh!! that shine. scary. wood should not look like that


Much better...

We used the same paint as our cabinets, installed beadboard in a gray shade to the back, and added new knobs and molding.

I really like the way it turned out!