At the Anderson Estates, we have so many things we’d like to do, remodeling-wise, that we can jump around to whatever catches our fancy at the moment. This is one of those things.
Our living room was a bit dull when it came to color and definitely not lit well enough for our tastes. We also had a set of bookshelves that came with the house. Nothing special, a bit weathered looking, with open backs:
Track lighting that didn’t really give us as much light as we would like:
The rug is also borderline horrible, in a first world problem kind of way, but that will be dealt with in a separate update.
Our focus was paint, shelves, and lighting. Here’s an in progress shot- a bit of new paint can be seen, and the tired old shelving is getting prepped for a face lift:
Tangible progress- new lighting, paint, and the shelves are starting to come together.
The open shelf backing is fabric stretched over hardboard. The hardboard is held in place with turn buttons like the kind used on the back of picture frames. This will let us easily swap out a different pattern for the shelf backs.
Lighting, paint, and shelving complete:
The shelves cover an outlet, but we cut access panels inside the case and installed cord grommets in the lowest open shelf to be able to get to power without having to see a lot of cords. We have some magnetic closers to add for the cabinet doors, but we are basically good to go!