{Ready! Set! Create! Shelving Edition.}

Growing up I moved around A LOT. That isn't even an exaggeration. My life as an army brat involved at least seven road trips, seven moving trucks, and seven homes. But after serving for twenty-two years, my dad finally retired from the military. The idea of a permanent home became real and I moved into my last childhood bedroom. Considering I was twelve years old and given full reign on design, that meant everything was pink. Hot pink. (Luckily that only stuck around for a year.) I eventually grew out of it and the color scheme became blue and brown.

Then life got busy. Extracurriculars became necessary, school work got harder, and preparing for college was daunting. Several years later and my bedroom still reflects that teenage effort of decoration. I didn't mind it during summer breaks, but it did become embarrassing when college friends came to visit.

As my room was taken apart to replace the windows, we had to take down the shelves too. Since everything had found a temporary location, I thought this was a perfect time to repaint them.

Color of choice // "Pale Daffodil" 

Sanding, priming, painting. 

P.S. I totally recommend putting your hair up in a bun with such endeavors. While priming I accidentally dipped my tips into it. Oops.

After two layers of primer and two layers of paint, I let them dry overnight. They definitely proved to be too yellow to remain solid so during this weekend's shopping trip, I picked up a few snazzy flowers of various shades of blue. Glue gun in hand, I quickly got them down so this little do-it-yourself project could be declared complete.

Paint // $1

Flowers // $3

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