Bookshelf Makeover

Who knew that duct tape could ever be so cool! Well, I saw a picture in a magazine that used duct tape (the pretty, colorful kind) to decorate bags, furniture, anything. So I had this boring brown bookshelf in my new room that didn't coordinate with my colorful plan. So I bought some duct tape (I believe the brand is called DUCK TAPE) at a craft store and decided it couldn't hurt to try. So I put the colorful tape on the shelves first. This is what it looked like...

So you can see the ugly brown I was talking about. I didn't think I had enough tape to cover the entire thing and wasn't sure it would fit against the back part. I was painting a cork board hot pink so I decided to slap some of that on the sides. I love the two colors together....and the paint doesn't look professional for sure. After a second coat, though, it at least covered the ugly brown. Just one thing left--the back. I thought about leaving the brown because if books were on it, you wouldn't really see it.....but of course I couldn't do that because it just wasn't pretty!!! So I spray painted the back white and then put my cute & colorful containers on there....and [drum roll please]....

I inherited the lamp with the room, but may move it somewhere else--or paint it hot pink, too! We'll see....
This bookshelf may not look super high quality, but it's my first "furniture" makeover project! I love the colors and it definitely looks more ME than the ugly brown!! :)