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DIY blog sharing our home, budget decorating tips with repurposed farmhouse decor.

Repurposed Bookshelf Design

July 1, 2016 18 Comments

This Repurposed Bookshelf Design is sponsored by HomeRight. All opinions of how their Spray Shelter turned my barn rescue into a real gem are my own. You can see my full disclosure here.

Do I have a fun project to share with you today! This Repurposed Bookshelf Design started out in the back of a barn covered with a ton of miscellaneous junk. It was the first time we had picked a barn and I was like a kid in a candy store pulling things out of it.

(If you follow me on Instagram, you saw the pictures I shared of our first barn pick.)

This is what the dresser looked like when we brought it home. When we first saw this piece in the barn, we didn’t know it was a dresser. It was covered with a lot of things and the drawers weren’t in it so it was hard to tell. I didn’t care what it was because all I saw was potential.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

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When I looked at it better, I thought it would make a great shelving unit. All we needed to do was make some shelves and then paint it all one color to make one, cohesive piece.

To get the job done easily, I first had to set up my handy, dandy HomeRight Spray Shelter.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

Matt cut thin pieces of wood to fit for the shelves. We set the dresser and the shelves inside the shelter so we could get it all painted at once. The Spray Shelter and the HomeRight Finish Max Paint Sprayer made easy work of painting the piece. Can you imagine painting it by hand? My either.

 

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

Once the paint dried and the shelves were nailed in place, we made reclaimed boxes to sit on the shelves. They are a simple, four-sided box with a thin plywood base.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

I picked up a box of metal numbers and letters at a yard sale years ago. I have used them on many projects and the wood boxes needed a few numbers to finish this project. (You can find similar numbers HERE.)

The numbers are silver so I spray painted them black with Rustoleum spray paint.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

Can you believe the difference? This piece looks brand new!

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

I love being able to take pictures outside. The weather has been so great!

This bookshelf has a character mark that I think is so precious. When we were picking the barn, the woman who was showing us around said that the 93-year old man who owned the barn used to work in it. He stored a lot of tools and supplies in the barn as well. The top of this dresser has a few saw marks from when we was working on it.

Priceless.

You can’t buy that story or character in any store.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

The rustic boxes with the cool-toned gray paint color look perfect together. (I mixed a few paint colors I had on hand to get this color. I wanted to make sure I had enough paint so I had to mix a few colors to get more paint.)

The numbers add some fun and a touch of whimsy to the entire bookshelf design.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

I called this a bookshelf design, but it could be used for so many things; entertainment center, toy storage, dresser, coffee station, art center, etc.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

The boxes are easy to slide out and add so much storage to this bookshelf design.

If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

Would you have brought this piece home from a barn? What would you have done with it? Now that you see the final piece, what would you store in it?

If you don’t have time to create your own dresser, there are some beautiful options online:


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If you are looking for a bookshelf design for a space in your home, click over to find this easy repurposed bookshelf design made from an old dresser.

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Comments

  1. Denyse says

    July 10, 2016 at 5:39 AM

    Wow! This looks awesome, Lindsay!!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      July 10, 2016 at 11:06 AM

      Thank you Denyse!

      Reply
  2. Naomie Moore says

    August 18, 2016 at 7:01 PM

    Awesome! Who can’t use more storage? And I love the history of the piece too. You are correct, it is priceless. Pieces with love and history are more meaningful to me than the new and over priced items in the stores.

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      August 18, 2016 at 7:40 PM

      Yes! I totally agree!

      Reply
  3. Valerie Sielert says

    February 17, 2017 at 9:37 AM

    This is wonderful.

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 24, 2017 at 9:36 AM

      Thanks!

      Reply
  4. Anne says

    May 4, 2017 at 7:00 AM

    Why did you need the drawers? Couldn’t you just put things in the cubbies?

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    • Lindsay says

      May 4, 2017 at 11:07 AM

      You could have, but I wanted to add some rustic boxes to it.

      Reply
  5. Candy Marshall says

    May 4, 2017 at 8:01 AM

    Lindsay,

    I know this may sound like a weird question, but how do you like the paint sprayer you used for this project? It looks like it had been used quite a bit, and just wondered if you would recommend it.

    Thanks,

    Candy Marshall

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      May 4, 2017 at 11:06 AM

      Yes! It makes painting projects go so much faster! It is great. You just need to make sure that you clean it out really well when you are done.

      Reply
  6. Kim says

    May 6, 2017 at 10:40 PM

    I inherited the old dresser my sister and I used as very small children (1960’s). I’m trying to come up with a use inside the house (it’s too sentimental for shed storage). Not all drawers still function, but the mirror is in great shape -‘ which would add dimension to my living room. I want to do something like this but wasn’t sure what paint to use. Plus, I never thought of a spray guard. Thanks for the tips.

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  7. louis adkins says

    July 16, 2017 at 2:00 PM

    Very nice…I love the fact that you numbered the boxes. I think spray painting flat black numbers with a stencil would be cheaper and contribute to the industrial look.

    Well done…

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      July 16, 2017 at 5:49 PM

      Thank you!

      Reply

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