I found this white shelf at the thrift store. I checked and DVD's fit in it, but I had other plans.
First, painted the outside dark blue with acrylic paint, needed two coats to look nice
The painted the inside light blue. I was going to paint each shelf a different color, but midway changed my plans.
Instead, saw some stencils for around $3 and stenciled each shelf a different stencil and a different color (bought small sample pack of acrylic paints for a few bucks.)
Painted a wooden butterfly I saw when picking up the paint.........would have preferred a bird, but there were none.
The stencils were easy, just had to use the special stencil brushes I had used years ago when I stenciled my daughter's room.
It was fun picking the different design and color for each shelf!
Taped the stencils down and went to town.
Stenciled the blue design on the 'roof' the same shade as the outside.
Attached Mrs. Butterfly with some good tacky glue...... so tempted to add eyes.. but did not for fear of making her not beautiful...Her yellow dots are stenciled on.
Finished product
...and added my coffee mugs, collected from over the years.
Close up
Close Up
Final Project, side view!!
It was a fun project, I just had to do it in sputs on my days off from work. I can always take off the cups and stack it full of CD's or DVD's.
