Bookshelf makeover
![hero-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest Red and white bookshelf with glass doors and white dishes inside, photo](https://i0.wp.com/www.craftynest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hero-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&ssl=1)
Kelly and Sarah, two former Sunset magazine coworkers, planned to use this shabby bookshelf in Sunset’s Menlo Park Idea House last summer. After removing the doors, which were in a dire state of disrepair, they painted it. Paint: Benjamin Moore Aura Steam (AF-15) and Caliente (AF-290). Then they decided to kick it to the curb. Knowing I rescue dilapidated furniture, Kelly offered it to me.
It sat in my living room while I hunted for keyhole covers (notice the keys were stuck in rough holes cut in the wood). Finally, I found the perfect keyhole covers (called escutcheons) with finger pulls on eBay. After three days of scraping, gluing, sanding, painting, and reassembling, the doors are hung at last.
![before-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest Bookshelf before, photo](https://i0.wp.com/www.craftynest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/before-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
![doors-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest Bookshelf doors before, photo](https://i0.wp.com/www.craftynest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/doors-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&ssl=1)
![pinterest-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest Crafty Nest bookshelf makeover Pinterest photo](https://i0.wp.com/www.craftynest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pinterest-bookshelf-makeover-crafty-nest.jpg?resize=600%2C1000&ssl=1)
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