Beachy {Cube} Shelf Makeover

The playroom makeover has been put on hold until I can actually take pictures without toys scattered all over the floor!  Seriously, I am not complaining because I am so happy that my girls are finally enjoying the space but keeping it clean is a whole different story.  Fortunately I was able to complete another project this weekend which I have been waiting four years to do.  I got inspired to do this project from seeing some pretty furniture makeovers at a couple of my favorite blogs,  Nikki's Nacs and From House to Home.

This is my completed project:

Four years ago I purchased the cube shelf that I am using as a nightstand in our beach guest room from a furniture clearance outlet for $20 and have been wanting to paint it ever since.  I decided to do this makeover project at the last minute and didn't want to spend any more money than I had to.  Since I already had some blue paint left over from painting our master bedroom and bathroom I decided to mix my own color.  The blue is called Ocean Kiss from Behr and I mixed it about half and half with Wishiper White from Glidden which is the color of the trim in our house.  The only thing I had to purchase for this project was a quart of primer and a roller so the total spent was $10.

First, I sanded the cube shelf down with my mouse sander to get a smooth finish all over.  Then I painted two coats of Kilz primer and waited for it to dry before I painted two coats of my newly created color blue.  I could have unscrewed the shelves in the middle since they were held together with small brackets but I was too lazy so I just painted over the hardware.  After the paint was dry I was ready to distress it.  I used my mouse sander again to really get through the layers of paint and concentrated more on sanding the edges.  I love how the primer shows through in some spots and in other spots it's worn down to the wood.  It looks like this is a piece of really old furniture that has been worn over time which is exactly what I was trying to do. 

The brown linen curtains and lamp shade are new purchases for this room.  I plan on redecorating the rest of the room as well with handmade wall art and a wicker chair makeover. 

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