Recycled Old Dresser turned Book Shelf!

See this cute little nook in Simon's room...

the Book Nook?...Well... DAVE took this old dresser...
and turned it into THIS!

My amazing hubby got the "crafty" bug and did this

ALL on his own

(even some of the blog pics)!

First, he took an old dresser

and sawed off one of the beams that made the drawer.

This created TWO bookshelves, instead of three small ones.

Next, he took the bottom of the drawers and cut them up into pieces...

and made them into shelves with a secure bottom.

Then he Mod Podged old maps on the two bottom shelves...

this was totally HIS idea!

It matches Simon's room because one whole wall

is covered in maps!

He painted Mod Podge overtop of the maps to make a sealer on them.

This will help the books not rip the maps as they

are put on and off the shelves.

One of the previous steps was that Dave Spray Painted

the shelves to match Simon's room colors

in a dark red.

SO cute with maps!

All done!

The two top drawrs were left in for Simon to use

with little trinkets and what-nots...

you know how 4 year-olds collect things:)

Here's Daddy and Simon with the finished product.

I am SO proud of the way it turned out!

GREAT job, Dave!!!

It was a fairly simple project

(about 2 hours max)...

and super cheap because this dresser was free!

Try this at home!!