Bookshelf Makeover Part II

It's been a while, but I'm FINALLY back to post about the completed bookshelf makeover. It's been done for a little bit but life got busy and I'm just now getting back to post about it. So to recap we had this bookshelf we saved from the trash heap and have been working on it for a little while to give it a new life. Well, I'm happy to say that it is now done and wait for it... housing books! YAY! Forgive my picture taking below that makes the scale look a little odd but at least you get the idea. 

Before

After

 A quick breakdown of how we got from point A to point B...

First we took off the back and doors, which were just thin pieces of press-board (I think that is what it's called) with fake wood paper on it. We replaced the back with bead board which I talked about way back in my first post on this project. (note: there was actually a period of several months in between these posts originally, but I'm moving old posts from a separate platform so they aren't that far apart here in their new home - ok continue reading) 

#demoday

We painted the bead board a sort of seafoam green color which we made by mixing some dark green and white paint we had on hand and then cut it down to size for the back. 

Then I gave everything a light sanding and we took it all apart for paint. ​(The hubby ended up replacing several of the shelves with some sturdier scrap pieces of wood he had around the garage because he can't stand weakness HA - at least not in wood.)

Bead board painted for back

Painting

It was a bit of a long process with sanding, painting, sanding, painting, until we got enough coats on for him to be happy with it. Then he added some pretty details around the top with some scrap pieces of trim we had around and created some new more decorative legs, also from scrap trim pieces. (I don't seem to have a great photo of the legs right now. I'll update later if I can find one.) His creative skills once again impressed me with designing legs for it from scratch with scraps! 

Legs made from scraps!

Pretty trim work for top

After all of that it was time for the new doors. We decided to make some doors with a contrasting inset piece on each. We decided matching it to the back by using some of the leftover green bead board would be nice. Getting all of the cuts just right and everything attached took a little bit of time and effort, but as usual his finished product turned out beautifully.

So there you have it, the bookshelf makeover is finally complete. The cost was minimal since all we really bought was the bead board for around $20 (and we still have some left over that we can use on some future project) and the hardware for probably less than $10. Now some of our books have been pulled out of the rubbermaid containers they've lived in for so long and sit on a proper bookshelf. I just have to figure out where on earth the rest of our books are!? I mean I have a lot more than this...somewhere.

So, even though it took a while we finally have a bookshelf, we saved a little something from going to the trash and got to work together using our creative skills on a project at the same time. I call that a success! 

*Originally posted on a separate platform August 2016*