{"id":18254,"date":"2011-07-14T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=18254"},"modified":"2014-01-17T16:03:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T21:03:46","slug":"diy-shelves-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/diy-shelves-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Shelves Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago I showed you my tip for simplifying hanging lots of small pictures<\/a> on the wall. Instead of hanging the pictures I hung shelves and placed the pictures on the shelves! After hanging these black and white photos in my last six homes I’m kicking myself I didn’t do this sooner.<\/p>\n

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When I hung the shelves I never intended on leaving them the natural wood. I was planning on painting them, but wanted to hold off until I painted my walls. Well after trying several colors<\/a> my walls are finally painted and so are the shelves. This is another one of those projects that was so simple I am kicking myself I didn’t do it months ago.<\/p>\n

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It took me about 30 minutes of painting time, but the total time was about a day because I wanted to make sure the shelves were dry before putting on a second coat. I love the new black shelves!<\/p>\n

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Total cost for paint $10. But I only used about 1\/10 of a quart so I have paint for several other projects left over.<\/p>\n

Do you see the blue in the corner of the second picture? I painted my table too! I shared those before and after photos<\/a> here.<\/p>\n

See more of our Household DIY Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n