It took a long time and almost did my head in but this cheap {as in piece of crap, not inexpensive} bookcase was just the right height that I wanted for my daughters room and took me months to find. It was the best one I had seen; slightly pretty, not too tall and ready for a makeover. Of course after I found it, it took me months to decide on a colour. I'm a serious colour procrastinator ... will it be right, will it be wrong? For heavens sake woman make a decision it's a five dollar tub of paint! {It always comes down to a mental telling off}
So first, two coats of serious primer since the bookcase was already covered in stain. This was the stage I discovered that the back of the bookcase wasn't even made of wood but cheap painted plywood. Cue another mental telling off. For heavens sake woman check these things before you hand over the money! Once it was all primed and white I got out the colour I had finally decided on. Taubmans Warbling. I rolled the inside of the bookcase first and stood back to admire. Initially I was going to do the whole thing green but I liked the combination of white and green so much I decided to keep it that way. So back to Bunnings for more plain white paint to cover the primer.
If you want to keep a used paint roller for another coat later cover it completely in a plastic bag, squash all the air out and seal it the best you can. I left this one for a week before I used it again and it was still perfectly wet and ready to go. You don't waste any paint that's left in the roller this way. This was just a small $2 sponge roller but when your doing walls there can be a serious amount of paint in the roller itself. I also use plastic plates and bowls for the paint because there is nothing worse than cleaning paint. I try to avoid it all together.
Two coats of white and green and you could still see the stain through the white. Luckily I decided {was so sick of painting} that I liked it that way. A couple of cute knobs and finally after living in the garage for months it made it to the room. Hear the hallelujahs!
