Painting Bookshelves

A few months ago my husband and I realized that we were once again out of room for books. We thought about buying a new bookshelf, but so many of them are too skinny, with too few shelves and all the wrong color. I had a bookshelf still waiting for me at my parents' house, but it needed to be scraped of my preteen doodles, primed and painted.



Yeah... you see what I mean?



The scraping and sanding took awhile, and I probably put more into it than I really needed to. But at the end it looked crisp white and lovely! I was almost sad to paint it again.



I chose a faux finish, sandstone textured paint. I wanted something that wouldn't clash with the browns in the room, but that didn't necessarily match perfectly either. I was slightly worried about the texture making it a little more difficult to slide out books, but since the books pretty much stay in the same place I figured we'd be okay.



I really like how it turned out, and once again we're full! I don't think I'd use the textured paint again, but I think it works well for this one piece of furniture. The sandstone paint needs to be applied with a roller to get the texture right, which makes it especially difficult to sneak into crevices and corners. Also, once you use a textured paint that's it - there's no painting over it or removing it!