“It was supposed to be an easy project.”

When have I ever said that before?

All I was going to do was paint the shelves so they didn’t stand out so much.  Normally I prefer wood to white, but these just didn’t fit with everything else going on in the house (kitchen cabinets are white and the rooms open to one another, too).

After consulting my friend Diane, I intended to paint these shelves white and paint the back of them a deep grey.  Then I intended to paint the fireplace a deep grey as well.

Without a basement, I had to do the shelves and doors in my bedroom, AND I could only do one shelf at a time b/c space was at a premium.

I bought expensive paint, like the kind I had used in NY to pain my kitchen, my laundry room, and Nan’s kitchen.

And then the paint wouldn’t stick.

Turns out it wasn’t ALL real wood.

Once I’d started there was no turning back.  So I had to just use plain 123Primer and wall paint.  I hope it holds up!

The shelves were made of the same fake wood (who knew!) so we decided, instead, to get new shelves and leave them wood toned. 

I am very happy with the results. 

I decided not to mess with the fireplace and back of the shelves because I was just D.O.N.E. at that point.  It’s almost time to start my new job.  And I want to move on the the den and the dining room updates while I am at it.

And I forgot to share the kitchen update.  Just a wall, and we painted the hardware for the shelves a deep gold.

Sometimes paint is just okay. Sometimes it is good.  Sometimes it is a HOME RUN.

This one is a home run in my opinion.