We recently moved into a old, old house. 100 years old, to be exact. I have been busy moving in and getting settled.... and I have caught the project bug again. I have quite a little batch of projects to post, starting with this one:
Bernard is a little bookcase my hubby and I adopted from Goodwill about 2 years ago....
Truth be known, I had grown tired of old Bernard. He was covered in scratches and a not-so-good spray paint job. Not to hurt this little guy's feelings, but if budget were not an issue, I would have sent him back to where he came from and purchased a billy bookcase from Ikea for around $65.00. Bernard gave me a sad look (and so did my hubby Ü), so I decided to give him a little face lift instead...
Truth be known, I had grown tired of old Bernard. He was covered in scratches and a not-so-good spray paint job. Not to hurt this little guy's feelings, but if budget were not an issue, I would have sent him back to where he came from and purchased a billy bookcase from Ikea for around $65.00. Bernard gave me a sad look (and so did my hubby Ü), so I decided to give him a little face lift instead... 
As luck would have it, my hubby sent some of his HUGE textbooks to the attic. Things were already looking better! I had some gray/blue paint from the Alice project, some black paint from the piano project, and some blue tape (always on hand). Bernard got a fresh coat of black everywhere except the back drop, which I painted gray/blue.
Then, he even got a little friend. My Rink shopping pal and I split some bronze "thinking man" book ends ($4.00 each). I spray painted my "thinking man" white.
Happy corner Ü
