How can I paint my IKEA bookcase?

Nov 29, 2006 by michyf1221 | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have an IKEA bookcase and small-sized entertainment center that I bought years ago. I'm moving and want to bring them with me but their colors just don't go with my new decor. Is there a way to paint them so that they look decent?? Would love to

There are three main types of primer available: oil based, water based and shellac-based. The shellac based dries the fastest (and has the most odor,) but probably won't have the best adhesion on a glossy surface. Give the bookshelf a light sanding

Build an Ikea Expedit Book Case

After reading numerous horror stories about building one of these 6'x6' Ikea Expedit bookcases I decided to film it in time lapse. Not ...

Repost of an edited Chapter 1 (The New Sophisticates)

The television’s volume in the condo’s living room is set at an unnecessary level.  The TV is a 60-inch, ultra-thin, ultra-high-definition Pioneer Elite KURO ™ series.

Sawyer Deramore stands across the polished, travertine-tiled foyer, completely transfixed in front of the hall bathroom’s vanity—absorbed, brow furrowed—carefully adjusting the triangular nexus of his silk Charvet Jacquard necktie.  He’s attempting to fashion a perfectly-symmetrical Windsor knot.  Even the slightest hint at imperfection sends him back to square one with regard to the whole process of looping and knotting.

It keeps him focused.

Ashley Van Zandt chatters on her phone while positively luxuriating on the 100 x 39 x 39” sofa—a boutique, Stickley Santa Fe, upholstered in rich Craftsmen leather that perfectly complements the living room’s size and highly-selective layout.  She pays only the mildest attention to the unnecessarily loud TV, contrariwise to Sawyer, who’s been standing in the hall-bathroom obsessing over his Windsor knot for close to ten minutes now, and can clearly hear every. single. word. of the History Channel’s documentary on Illegal Drug Use in America.  Sawyer, while doubtlessly wishing he couldn’t hear the TV at all, says nothing remotely approaching contentious, despite the fact.  And, of course, the irony of the documentary itself is by no means whatsoever lost on him.

Sawyer assesses his reflection, scrutinizes it.  Considers his breathing and focuses abdominally.  Slow, abdominal breathing can abort panic attacks, prevent them.  Diaphragmatic breathing.  Think about the tie.  Don’t think about the head.  Six breaths per minute.  A kinesthetic mantra he has been– and will continue– repeating.

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