![]() We offer a wide selection of models that can be placed anywhere in your home. Bookcases for every inch of your homeįor every room, there’s a bookcase, and for every bookcase there's a room. ![]() It could be your favourite porcelain or glasses that only are used on special occasions. By choosing glass doors in the open section, you can place things you want to both display and protect. Hide the clutter inside the cabinet and display your favourite belongings in the open section. With a storage-and-display solution you, get the best out of both worlds. Or, if you have an open bookcase, you can tidy up by adding storage boxes and baskets or other inserts. But what about the clutter you want to keep out of sight? A messy kid's room can quickly be organised using a bookcase with doors. Hide or display your belongingsĭepending on what you want to store, consider whether you need a bookcase with doors and drawers or open shelves.Īn open solution is perfect to keep your books and photos on display or to decorate with houseplants. Choose between wide, high standing, narrow and low bookcases, in colours such as red, white, black, grey and different shades of oak. Our selection of bookcases come in many different shapes and sizes. And if it's not toys, you can use it for important papers and folders in a home office. If it's not for a home library, it can be a home for your children's toys. Allow to dry completely before moving/using.A bookcase or bookshelf is an essential piece of furniture in almost every home.Whether you use it on its own or with the spray paint, be sure to have a few foam brushes handy to spread the paint on your shelf. If you plan to use gold liquid gilding paint, keep in mind this stuff is pricey and you may want to use it in combination with the spray paint. If you are using spray paint, set the unit outside on a large plastic dropcloth and spray paint in two to three light coats, rotating around the unit as needed.I always wind up with missing screws and a lopsided shelf.) Be sure not to put the glass shelves on until after you have painted and the paint has completely dried, then simply lay them on each level of your painted metal shelves. (Here’s where I like to bug my husband for help. Assemble the shelves according to the instructions.Also, spray paint can get runny and messy, and I await the day I meet someone truly gifted at wielding the spray paint can (let’s just say my shelves have a few flaws that luckily, are easy to miss in photos.) Spray paint requires a large outdoor space (a.k.a., lots of grass and open air) no easy feat when you live on the fifth floor of an apartment building. **Having gone the spray painting route, I would probably try painting the unit in gold liquid gilding paint (in addition to the spray paint, because that liquid gold can get expensive) next time. Each unit needs at least two full cans to look fully coated. *If you plan to use spray paint, be sure to over-buy. Painter’s mask (if you’re sensitive to the smell of a whole lot of paint) Spray paint* and/or gold liquid gilding paint**įoam brush (to fix any problem areas and smooth out drippy paint) Also, note: before you start your painting, be sure to put down a piece of plastic dropcloth or lots and lots of newspaper. Then, decide whether you’re going to use gold spray paint and/or gold liquid gilding paint to cover your shelving unit. With our impending move and the apartment slowly making its way into boxes (with a lot of tears, sweat, and stubbed toes), I realized it was high time I share how we got our beloved gold book shelves (hint hint: we made them!) Now before you go and panic on me, because goodness knows I can relate (the term “DIY” brings on my stress-induced brow furrow), this DIY is way simpler than it seems, and half the battle, really, is putting together those darned Ikea VITTSJÖ shelving units (thanks, hubby!) Plus, at just $70 a piece, these VITTSJÖ units can be transformed into something truly lovely … and gold … wahoo! ![]() I’ll just come right and say it: this was one of those posts that has been sitting in my drafts for ages. ![]()
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