This was my first furniture refinishing project....and it turned out exactly how I envisioned it would!!!
I needed to organize my room...big time. I forgot to take a picture of it, but I had bags of D.I finds, and who know what all in a huge pile. It was driving me crazy.
I really like this look
I just don't like the price tag on it.
So its a good thing I like to make things on my own!
I drove to the D.I. and found this bad boy!
Pretty awesome huh?! Someone had done their very own DIY project and gave it away. It was extremely dirty, but cleaned up well. They had pretty much just put some particle board and junky pieces of wood together, but I think it is magic!
I originally planned on leaving it black, but once I got it in my room it was too domineering. So I went for white.
I was so excited to try spray painting furniture, like I see everyone do. Well didn't turn out so good for me. I didn't use Kiltz primer like everyone does...I used Krylon. That could have been mistake numero uno....or it could be that my spray paint was really runny. It started out good, but one bottle ruined the whole thing. (One bad apple, don't spoil the whole bunch, girl! ) Ha ha! Well in this case it did. No matter what I did it make those annoying runny streaks.
I gave that up and went to Home Depot and bought one of their sample paints for under $3. I got the Glidden brand because it already had a little gloss to it (the others come in a flat sheen, so I purposely bought the one with a slight gloss). It worked wonders and saved the day!
My next plans were to stencil the top and add fabric to the gross back.....
Here's how it turned out!
I found the stencil on-line. I just googled decorative stencils. I knew I wanted a design like this and I found one! I printed it out on cardstock and scaled it to the size I wanted.
When that was done I went through my fabric scraps..
I like to raid the clearance section at Hobby Lobby. I try to get all mine for under $2. I think this piece of fabric was made for this shelf. Yes, they are indeed soul mates! I barely had to cut anything off of it!
L.O.V.E it!
To put the fabric on I bought some Elmer's spray adhesive....stupid idea.
Maybe for smaller pieces of fabric.
Instead I just Mod Podged it on and whala! Done!
I got all the cute boxes at IKEA. Most were $5 and a couple were $10! That's my kinda deal!
I'm in love with this and have so much space for all my junk. Now it's all organized and tucked away where you can't see it!
