6/02/2012

Teach a family to read...


...and they will collect way too many books. We love to read and we have a lot of books. I love them, but they were all over the house and it was hard to know where a particular book was. For the new wall in the family room we really wanted a huge wall of bookcases. Unfortunately the budget was more IKEA than Pottery Barn. 
So here is what we did: 
4 IKEA Billy bookcases 
+ 8 IKEA height extenders
 + crown molding and trim 
+ black paint
 = Huge bookcase wall that was in our budget.




One of my favorite parts of the process was the styling. It was so fun to finally have a place to put some of the fun and sentimental things I have wanted to display. 




7 comments :

Sarah said...

oh, I love it! It's perfect! You guys have been busy.

Amye Kay said...

Love Love Love this! And adding the wall was so smart!

Angela said...

Thanks Sarah and Amye (do you remember that you guys are connected... small world) We are loving having the wall.

Rachel M said...

LOVE how it all turned out!!! I'm so jealous of the storage and you wasted no time getting that bookcase filled and decorated! I seriously do not know how you do it! So exciting:)

Kris said...

Wow! That is a lot of books!!!! Cute decorating!

Katie Jones said...

Do you remember what paint you used to match the black Ikea bookcases?

Angela said...

I used a premixed black paint for furniture from Home Depot. Unfortunately I do not have the paint can anymore to tell you what brand it was.