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Bookcase Makeover
By Stylish Patina on Aug 30, 2012
I love showing before and after pics! It’s so amazing what a little paint and time can do to transform something outdated and boring into something beautiful and functional. I think one of my favorite mantras when people ask “what do you do?” I like to say I enjoy repurposing vintage {or otherwise} finds for modern living. It doesn’t matter if that vintage find is something super cool or just your grandmothers hand me down dresser {or even an ikea table from 3 years ago…}.
So todays story starts with me stalking this book case for a couple weeks at a local thrift store, which by the way is now over priced and heavily populated by folks like you and I:-). I used to be able to get deals there all the time but with the Chalk Paint™ craze I don’t get many deals and usually the stuff is gone before I drive by!
Anyhow…no one was snatching up this baby up probably for the same reasons I wasn’t ..it was expensive, big and do people really buy book cases anymore??? Well I finally gave into it basically because i though it would make a great staging unit at the shop in Falls Church. So here she is……I loved her lines and saw what she could be given a little SP {Stylish Patina} love…
I decided to paint the inside white and then use Paris Grey {Chalk Paint™} on the exterior. I just loved the final transformation. She SOLD the weekend I put her in the shop….so I guess people do buy book cases.
Now it’s your turn! What are you going to repurpose & refresh?
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