Coastal Painted Bookcase in Cool Blues
This little bookcase was brought to me by my customer and she wanted to bring a little bit of a beach feel into her home. The bookcase was hand made and given to her so we decided on my cool blues custom finish. She actually considered trashing this bookcase, I’m so glad she kept to keep it!
The Before
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To keep a little contrast the inside was hand painted in an off white and distressed down for that worn beachy look. 
The tops and sides were then washed in layers of cool blues with a hint of green for an ocean feel. 
I love that she added a touch of green giving a true feel of tropical water, or maybe beach glass? Such a pretty makeover to an adorable little bookcase. I went a little crazy buying these awesome bottles for no reason other than staging.
More Projects with Similar Technique
The one thing I love about this finish is that each time its done it is never the same twice!! Here are other examples of the same finish but with completely different results.
The Result
Again.. I’m so glad she decided to take this little cutie out of the closet and now she can bring her painted bookcase into her home! 
- The pennant banner turned out to be the perfect added touch for staged photos as well.
I’ll be sharing this post at these fabulous link parties.
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I love the color! It would have been a shame to discard this. You did a wonderful job giving it a fresh, new look. Pinned and Tweeted. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle Sunday
thank you so much!! I cant believe she almost threw it away right?!
So beachy!! Gorgeous transformation…I’d love it if you’d link up to Talk of the Town! 🙂 http://www.sadieseasongoods.com/talk-town-link-party-14/
thank you, Im heading over right now.. I love talk of the town 🙂
Oh, you know how I love blue! These are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features at The Round-Up from the Before & After Wednesday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to your feature. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2016/05/round-wedesday-2.html Hope to see you again tonight at Before & After! Have a happy rest of the week! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
thank you thank you so much!! xoxo