4/24/2024 0 Comments Paited desins on black book shelfNow what color should I paint it? Decisions decisions.īefore I started reading and visiting all these wonderful blogs I was more content to leave things be but now I’m inspired to make changes. It’s a bit rickety so painting might get it tightened up before painting. I have an old dark wood antique trestle table that I’ve been eye balling lately to paint. I will paint some things (like walls that I’ve been waiting to be painted for 6 years). Makes me feel like I have new things and love the changes. I tend to change things out for winter and summer. I have dark wood tables and lighter colors on other accessories. We have a small mobile home with a small living room, two door ways on each end. Really enjoy seeing your home and what projects you’ve done. Somewhat quicker and easier to accomplish. When you said you didn’t paint I had a hunch it was something like that. Noticed the map in back of bookcase right away. I love using what I already have, finding contentment with things I already own, and saving myself some work too!ĭid you see my new home office tufted “girl chairs”? No need to get rid of something that still works! While I may eventually decide to get something new (I always reserve the right to change my mind!), it is nice to have the option to keep a piece of furniture and not feel like I HAVE to paint it or get rid of it in order to be happy. The whole piece felt much lighter after its style makeover and ended up tying in well with the rest of my decor. Then to finish the bookcase styling I added some light IKEA linen storage baskets for all those unsightly office items, along with some of my favorite books and accessories from around my house. It is completely removable (I just taped it to the back of the cabinet) should I decide to change it later or as my room evolves! I didn’t want too much pattern or color as it would have fought with my accessories, so I was glad that this map had some color but would blend into the backdrop and let my accessories shine. I love using things that have meaning, so this map was perfect for us. I had bought the map last week when I was out of town not knowing what I was going to do with it! It is a map of the NW Coast, from my old hometown of Portland, Oregon all the way up the coast of Washington. So if you happen to have a dark wood bookcase or open cabinet in your home (like I do, eh hem) and you want (or need) to keep it but want to lighten things up a bit, you CAN work with a dark piece and lighten it up without paint! And this would definitely be a great solution for built-ins too if you are a renter and don’t want to paint!įor my “bookshelf makeover without paint” in my home office makeover (which is still in process!) I added a pretty but subtle map to the back of my shelves. Here is my dusty bookshelf, prior to its “no paint necessary makeover.” I have so much white furniture, blondish wood floors in parts of my house and white woodwork, my house can handle some dark pieces to ground things a bit. I happen to love eclectic styles and contrasts between light and dark, so a few darker wood pieces work for me in the overall mix of my home’s decor. It all depends on the room, the styling and what other pieces you have in your home! You don’t have to have all light furniture and walls to accomplish a lighter feel in a home. You can definitely overdo dark wood and end up with a dreary outdated home, of course, but I believe you can lighten and brighten your style in many ways and still keep some dark pieces. And I’ve painted furniture white too, like my table! I’m not anti-painting, obviously. I painted this little formerly wood table blue a couple of years ago and it has been happier ever since. Of course, just because I’m still a fan of wood doesn’t mean I always keep it natural wood. There should be room for all of us to live with our own style and unique homes. While I agree that all light and tone-on-tone rooms are certainly pretty in a picture (they do tend to photograph well) there are many of us that still love color and contrasts between white and wood in our own homes. I have had quite a few confessions from readers in the past year sharing that while they love photos of white rooms and painted white cabinets, many actually live with more wood, contrast and color.
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