Back when me moved into our new home my mom gave us several “hand-me-downs” from when my sister was a baby. My sister is six, so they’re all practically new and I don’t consider them “hand-me-downs”. One of these items was something I had been planning on DIY’ing for months… and months… and months…
Well I FINALLY got it done and I am so incredibly proud of it!
My mom handed down this storage shelf thing, whatever you want to call it is fine. I’m not well versed in the furniture/storage unit world, so shelf thing is the best I can do. When I first saw it, all I saw was the potential it had. All my husband saw however, was PINK. There was no way he was letting that go in our son’s carefully planned Seahawks themed nursery.
Being who I am, I knew I could change it into something amazing that would fit well with Grayson’s nursery theme. If I’m being completely honest, this thing sat in the garage for several months. After finally bringing it in, it sat in my hallway for probably another month until I finally made the time to get it done!
I started out by painting the outside a fantastic Seahawk blue. It needed two coats of each color used. I got the paint from Lowes, all it took were one sample size of each color. I was pretty impressed with the coverage they had.
It started to look more and more like what I had envisioned it would be. I got even more excited as things started coming together. I painted the inside of each cube a wonderful Seahawk green color, to add a pop of color.
It had finally come together, and it was everything that I had hoped it would be! If I’m being completely honest… I totally had to finger paint the thin front pieces with the blue, my paint brush just didn’t cut it.
I am so happy with the final product, I really think it looks like a completely different piece of furniture/storage unit!!
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