The Scraphappy Furniture Craze Continues!!! A pair of melamine bookshelves...

I'm on a roll!

You've seen these simple pieces before….

Walmart, Target, Ikea.

Well, after seeing the console piece I recently finished,

a neighbor asked me to do something fun with these for

her daughter's first apartment.

To the garage I go…….

I found this old futon frame I disassembled……

and some bed slats.

I pull out my "go to" paints…

which I now just keep in this box 

so it's at my fingertips.

And I had a paintfest……...

If it was wood….

…I painted it.

After the paint dried, I measured and started cutting

the pieces with my table saw.

And, like a puzzle, covered each side,

…top, and bottom.

I glued, then nailed each piece onto the frame.

These will be able to be used separately,

or as a tower.

I didn't like the exposed edges, tho...

…so I went behind the house where I had put

some old slats from a louvered door…

…and painted those up as well.

I cut and nailed them to the front edges to hide the lip.

Okay, the puzzle part is done.

Now for the patina.

I brushed on, then wiped off stain.

Lovely……...

Last step before I delivered these was to line the

shelves with decorative paper.

But the most fun part of this process…

is what's ahead…

A new idea!!!!!!!!

from even more scraps!!!!!

Aren't they fun? 

So all the little pieces are in a bag…

just waiting for a rainy day.

SheShe, The Home Magician

Sheila Fox

804--402-4370

sheilafox@aol.com