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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Book shelf with decoupaged maps


So this is the before...a $5 yard sale find with wall paper attached to each shelf.


 I used this handy little hand steamer to get the wallpaper off, really it worked so well!  It only took 5-10 minutes!!!

I painted it with an eggshell flat paint which I already had.


 
As you can see from the above two pics, I then distressed the shelf with a hand "mouse" sander.
 
 
I used state maps from a yard sale the type you get at AAA.  I measured the back of each shelf and cut each map portion to fit.
 
 
I then used decoupage and attached them to the back of each shelf by decoupaging the front and back of each map.  I then added multiple layers of decoupage to seal the project.
 
 
Final product...I love how it turned out!