I found this bookcase on the side of the road last week! I've been wanting one of these for a while now and then poof! There it was!
I rescued it right before heavy rain started to fall.
It's made out of particle board but the back on three of the squares was really cheap cardboard. So I ripped it off.
It might be less trendy than the original, but I don't really like trendy things because they go out of fashion too fast for me to keep up with. This way it's more of a classic bookshelf that will always be in fashion.
To spruce it up I added many thin layers of $1 "oops" paint from Home Depot. We bought it a while back for another project and had half a can left. I really like the color and me and the hubby thought it'd look great in our bedroom.
The first few layers were applied with a small roller brush. Then I used a tiny craft brush to fill in along the edges. I chose not to sand it at all before painting since it is particle board and I didn't want it to start disintegrating, but it did make it hard to get the paint to stick. I ended up applying my final layers with a foam brush which gave me more even coverage.
And one more time without books...
Total cost? Less than $1!
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