Dressed Up Bookshelf
Now that it’s the new year one of my goals is to finally get some projects done that I’ve had on the back burner. And, one of these projects was these bookshelves in my office.
I have been wanting to re-do them for awhile and since I just couldn’t figure it out it became a catch all. I knew I didn’t want to paint them…Love the black! The decision was to paint the back, wall paper, scrapbook paper, stencil…so many options.
The decision I made was to cover it with fabric. I didn’t do the back of the shelves on all three bookcases I changed it up. That’s how I roll. I like to be different.
Since I’m always changing things around here I didn’t want to do anything permanent. So I went to my favorite craft store….Big shout out to HOBBY LOBBY!! And, bought some foam board. I measured the shelves and the back of the shelves and sketched out the measurements on to the foam board.
Next step was to cut them out. Easy enough, right? NOT!! Do not use scissors they don’t work well cutting foam boards.
The best thing to use is a utility knife. I had to enlist the help of hubby because I don’t have much strength in my right arm and hand. And, for other reason’s he doesn’t like me to play with knives.
And, this is why he doesn’t let me play with knives. All I had to do was cut the corners out and if that knife would have slipped it would have been a bloody disaster.
I’m a hair stylist and cut my hands all the time….I’m not scared!!!!
And, here’s where me being different comes in. I’m covering the actual shelves on the two end units. And, the boards fit perfect.
Now that I have them all cut, it’s time to add some fabric.
I use spray adhesive and I can tell you this is the best stuff, EVER!! Just don’t be like me and spray it working on your floor. I now have tacky carpet. It’s OK, we are moving AGAIN in a couple months.
I measured and cut the fabric.
Sprayed adhesive lightly on the foam board.
Laid the fabric over the foam board and smooth it out.
Then I flipped over the foam board and sprayed the edges and corners. Pretty perfect if I do say so myself.
All done…
Now let’s see how they look…
I am jumping up and down doing the happy dance…I love them…love, love, love!!
I did the same thing to the center shelf, I just made boards for the back instead of the actual shelves. I did not have to tack anything down. The fit was nice and snug.
Here’s some before and after of my finished bookshelves…
The shelves are in my office and I’m doing the room with French Vintage, Burgundy and Aqua accents. So I do have a few things to still do but I SOOOOO love my book shelves.
Sorry for the long post. But, I hope you enjoyed it as my as I enjoyed this transformation.
{sorry for blurry photo…I’m working on my photography skills -promise}
~Have a CRAZY BEAUTIFUL week~
Well done – it looks great 🙂
What a great project! I love that you used fabric on the back! It looks so cute! Following you on Pinterest!
I love this idea. Just showed it to my husband and he is on board for doing this to our black bookshelf at home. Thanks for the idea!
🙂 Ashley @ Mrs. Mama