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the ugly little bookshelf that could. . .

shamrockerin, member

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Some of you might remember my post a while ago about an ugly bookshe;f that was giving me a hard time.I found it for free and I desperately needed another shelf for all my books, but man was it UGLY!

I tried painting it, but that didn't work. Then I put wallpaper (which was actually a very pretty print) on it, but then it looked tacky.

I went back to it recently with some vintage piano music sheets and decoupaged them on there with some butterfly stickers. It doesn't look nearly as good as bridiemurphy's shelf, which is what I was going for, but it's a little easier on the eyes. I am going to add some more decoupage to it soon.

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QueenofGreen writes: Goodness, that is pretty. I love its feminine presence.
Beth Posted: 11:32 am on February 8th

Junk_Sophisticate writes: Oh, yeah. Rough it up a bit like Bridie said. I think it looks lovely.
Great job!
Candy Posted: 4:35 pm on February 2nd

irishrovr writes: It's coming along very nicely!!

Eileen http://ruralwisconsin.blogspot.com/ Posted: 2:44 pm on February 2nd

shamrockerin writes: Oh thank you! I am actually looking at some Victorian birds to print out now for it.

It's a very girly shelf, so it's perfect to hold all my fairy tale books Posted: 10:19 am on February 2nd

bridiemurphy writes: ahhhh...Erin -- but it DOES look as nice as my birdshelf! you might just scuff up the edges/corners of the wallpaper corners/edges to add age and to give appearance that it's wearing away -- good old sandpaper will do it. then several coats of mod podge...when the paper poofs/pops with the mod podge, feel free to tear it and then rework it to make it stay down with the glue...i've had so much trial and error with that!

love the pretty pinks with the vintage paino music!



Posted: 10:10 am on February 2nd

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