October 21, 2009
Bookshelf Re-do
I found this very cute brick red bookshelf at the thrift store, paid a whopping 3.00 for it and brought it home, totally excited to get it put in our kitchen. Our house is always covered with piles of books due to the fact that my husband is working towards his doctorate and is constantly buying new books for his classes. I am not joking when I say covered, we move books so we can all sit at the table to eat. And then the professors seem to think its a good idea to recommend books too, which means more books being bought. So the piles seem to keep growing, and I am left wondering, how many more bookshelves can actually fit in our house? I'm sure one or two more.
Anyhow lets get on to this cute bookshelf -
I love the red color - it matches perfect with my kitchen.
Its a bit short and off center because of the heater vent.
So here's the sad part I brought this in, put some books in it and now I want to add feet to it so it sits off the ground a bit. Yep more work but I think it will look so much better. Do you have any ideas for me? What style of feet would you add or would you leave it without? I was thinking of painting the feet black, what do you think?
Filed under Help, Thrift Finds by Deanna
Comments on Bookshelf Re-do »
Hi Deanna, what about just making it very easy and going to a hardware store and buying some feet, just the size you want.
Of course, you'll have to vacuum under it all the time. Delila will have a new place to hide her toys, food and hair!
I would put it on casters, since it is in the kitchen. Then you can move it around for whatever purpose you may need it for: mopping underneath, extra prep space for cooking, extra seating….the list goes on and on…
I like the casters idea. I think being able to move it for cleaning would be really nice. Thanks Evan.
I agree with Janet. Simply. Don't add the feet so you won't have to clean without it. Otherwise I am partial to the bear claw style.