Playroom Reading Nook: Part 2 {IKEA Spice Rack Bookshelves}
Posted on October 13, 2014
Happy Monday! It’s a rainy & dreary day today, but I am actually ok with that. Since we’ve been on vacation and have lots to do around the house after being gone for nearly 2 weeks, the weather is keeping us inside & productive! One sleeping, one playing and me running around trying to unpack and chip away at my to do list. There are too many unfinished projects around here to even count, but I was able to finish a couple last week, one of which I am sharing today.
So I picked up these IKEA spice racks about 6 months ago and brought them home to spray paint, which I did that same day…well 1 coat of paint and then I ran out 🙂 So, needless to say, they have been sitting in my garage collecting dirt and dust until last week. I bought more glossy white spray paint and got these little guys up on the wall! I didn’t come up with the idea to use spice racks as bookshelves, but am so thankful someone did! At $3.99 a piece, I was able to buy 6 of them for next to nothing,when compared to other floating front-facing book display shelves. We have a cute little “nook” in the playroom where the wall insets and where I recently finished up the “I love to Read” wall. These shelves completed the other half of the nook so well.
Here is what it looks like so far.
Last up in the Reading Nook series is a DIY cushion for the reading bench / toy chest. If I could just hurry up and find the right fabric… I know of a little someone who would love to climb up here & read!
Thank you SO much for reading & I promise to be back soon with some fall décor posts and then to wrap up the playroom, of course! Have a great rest of your day!
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