Wednesday, June 30

 Several weeks ago, O and I put together three Hemnes shelves from Ikea, in white, as you can see. They are solid pine, and pretty. The bust is a thrift store find, that I painted with white spray primer, during a "bust" phase... I have still not styled the shelves, I just kind of put everything up there and left it...and got busy.
Posted by Michelle at 1:48 PM

10 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 30, 2010

    I need to buy shelves - I suppose IKEA is my best bet. Unless I figure out how to convince someone to make me then for dirt cheap.

    KeepItFvncy,
    M.E.

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  2. EmilyJuly 01, 2010

    I am really loving those shelves. You say they aren't styled but I think they look pretty nice. I love the bust too, my neighbor has a bust in her side yard and I think it looks fabulous.

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  3. AverillJuly 01, 2010

    I love the bust, especially against the darker wall color!

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  4. LenaJuly 02, 2010

    hi michelle!

    i totally love my new dash and albert rug (thanks for noticing!), but you are so right, it gets snagged by my dog and it's driving me crazy. if i didn't have a dog it would be a problem. but he scratches and rolls on it (he's learning not to!). so far i've been able to repair the snags, but it's a drag. i've had my eye on several d&a rugs and i think they're the best. maria has several and the quality is wonderful and they're pretty affordable as far as rugs go.

    lena

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  5. shi(f)tJuly 02, 2010

    the shelves look great for just throwing thing up there. keep the bust up there --looks great with the darker paint. hilarious that you had a bust phase...!

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  6. MichelleJuly 02, 2010

    Lena, thanks for the info! I love Dash and Albert rugs, I have a runner, and ever since I saw that one you have online, I have been pining after it!

    Shift, I did have a bust phase, hm, pretty mortifying. If blogger weren't such a bitch to post photos, I would post my inspiration folder for busts, it is pretty cool...

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  7. AnonymousJuly 04, 2010

    They look great, almost built-in! I have many many (many!) books and they can easily get pretty cluttered looking. What works for me is arranging them by color, I have a separate shelf dedicated to black and white books, and the rest are arranged like the rainbow...pretty nerdy, eh? I'm have yet to fully update how it looks now, but I do have older pics where the shelves aren't as full. I am also a teak freak and have a full wall system against the entire wall with a huge vaulted ceiling, so it works out.

    Here are some older pics here:
    http://speck77.blogspot.com/2010/04/and-in-this-corner.html

    and here:
    http://speck77.blogspot.com/2010/04/procrastination-station.html

    cheers!

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  8. paulaJuly 05, 2010

    they look fabulous to me. love the bust. hope to find one soon.

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  9. KendallJuly 07, 2010

    Great blog! I'm an interior designer working in NYC and I always love finding another great interiors/art blog!

    I'll be checking back again! Feel free to check mine out at kendallsimmons.blogspot.com

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  10. SuzanneJuly 11, 2010

    The bust is such a great find! It looks great!

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