Freestanding, Angled Bookcase – free building plans!

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Build this Crate & Barrel “Strut Bookcase” knock-off for about $39 US (versus $799) with these free building plans for my freestanding, angled bookcase. I’m happy today guys… I was “nudged” back out to my She-Shop to get building again and after I (grudgingly) did, I felt inspired. Frustrated with my errors (listed below), happy […]

Home Office – bookshelf makeover

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I’m so excited to share today’s bookshelf makeover with you! If you’ve followed along you know that I’m in the midst of an office makeover and as part of that makeover I picked up these two “teak” cabinets; I put teak in quotes because that was how they were advertised – but when I went […]

Repurposed Dresser: Dresser, Toybox and Bookshelf in One!

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*This is a post I wrote in June 2013 – one of my earlier blog posts.  When I moved my site from Blogger to WordPress a lot of my Pinterest links broke, so I’m attempting to update older posts with a few new photos and create new links on Pinterest.  If you were with me […]

DIY Rustic X Bookshelf (part of Basement Makeover)

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I have been SO BUSY lately! It’s entirely my own fault – the girls went camping with their Grandparents the other week and I set my sights on making over my basement… problem is, I didn’t break it down into bite-sized steps like “sand and paint trim”, then “paint walls” then “DIY rustic x bookshelf”. Nope, […]

Mid-Century Makeover – Bookshelf

I’m nearing the mid-century mark. Well, in 7 years, but still – that’s closer than I was yesterday. So I’m wondering, when furniture is labelled as “mid-century” – is it really from the 1950’s – or is it from anytime prior to 2000, because if I had to guess, I’d say that Janice’s bookshelf has […]