Hey there! We’re almost to the 1st official weekend of summer and boy, it feels like summer in Texas. We’ve been in the mid-90s all week. I got some much needed relief from the heat at the pool yesterday and started a new book:

I’m enjoying it so far; think Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets vintage tea sets. I’ll keep you posted! But today, I wanted to share with you a bookcase makeover I completed back in January when the weather was chilly. The idea for adding paint to the wall behind our built-in bookcase came from an idea I saw in the book Young House Love. In this book they talk about wrapping pieces of cardboard or wood with a cute fabric or wrapping paper and simply slipping those pieces in between the shelves of your book case.

So I decided to use the gray paint from our upstairs bathroom vanity makeover to paint the cream-y wall behind our bookcase.

I pulled the shelves out first and taped off the edges of the bookcase. I used a paint roller when applying the paint and it only took 2 coats.

After letting the paint dry I popped the shelves back in and ta-da! A whole new look. I love that the bookcase wall now coordinates with the bathroom across the hall (bonus!)

Finished bookcase

Matching bathroom vanity across the hall.

Even the vanity drawer liners match!

The book case decor is still a work in progress. We mainly use this bookcase right now for overflow books (a teacher & a journalist accumulate quite a few) and I added a few family photos and a lantern just so it doesn’t look so plain for guests we might have staying upstairs when visiting us.

Hope you’re feeling a little inspired, or at least reading this indoors to get a little relief from the summer heat. Happy Thursday!