~my DIY shelf

Well... I've had this unfinished, plain shelf sitting around for years. I think we picked it up at a thrift store... Anyway, my original idea, when I bought it, was for it to be used in my boys' room. And it sat... and sat... and sat... Then I began following all these genius ladies that take trash and make it into treasure. Of course, the shelf popped into mind pretty quickly! I began with this...

I had seen so many revamps with black paint. I had some Vaspar paint left over from a bathroom project, so a couple of coats later...

I decided to distress the edges a bit...

I popped off the pegs before I painted... the pegs were not in the picture in my mind. I wanted to add some cute, unique knobs. Hobby Lobby here I come! (as I would tell my husband, "It's not that I want to go, I need to go!") I found some adorable knobs that were exactly what I had in mind. (And my husband helped pick them out!) Here is the finished project!

A close up of my beautiful knobs...

I made this sign from the same paint, a scrap piece of wood, and some burlap.

Here's a close-up of the tile I used for the "B". I had to have it... it matched the knobs! As if I wasn't going to work that in somehow! The stencils I just printed off and cut out of cardstock. (pre-cricut... hard times...)

Both projects were easy and quick. Just my style!