The Tale of the Green Bookcase
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…but her son said, “Hey, Mom! Let’s go blow bubbles and jump on the trampoline with the parachute guy!” His forces of persuasion were far too strong, and so she abandoned her dreams of miter saws and nail guns in favor of giggles and bouncing (luckily for the girl she was married to a very skilled man who enjoyed building all the items on her wishlist!).


* Yep, I’m wearing sweatpants and Muk Luks. The world must have be ending if I ventured out of the house in sweats (actually, I was starting to feel like I was getting sick). I totally wear those shabby Muk Luk boots every.single.day. I got them right after Thanksgiving, but they look like I’ve had them since 1996. When winter is over that they will probably need to be surgically removed from my feet. It’s a bad addiction. Anyway, back to the story…

The girl really wanted to seal the wood and keep its natural finish, but it looked far too out of place among all of the other darker wood furniture in their home. The girl was disappointed and unispired because she didn’t want another piece of dark wood furniture in her house, but she also didn’t want to cover up the grain of that lovely wood with paint.
Unfortunately, she didn’t need to worry about having to make that decision any time soon. She was struck down by the horrible flu, and the lovely empty bookcase sadly sat alone and waiting to be finished for the next week.

When the girl was finally able to drag herself out of bed, she went straight away to the extra wood scraps and started experimenting with different washes, stains and painted finishes. Her brain was fried from the illness, so she wasted an entire afternoon covering both sides of six pieces of wood with about twenty different color options. All that experimentation led to nothing but more indecisiveness, so she left the final decision to the guy who weilded the power tools.


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This is exactly the bookcase I need for my classroom. I would love to see plans for building this. Thank you!!!
Do you have the plans for this project? Would love to make it for our son!
Hello Josh, I do not have plans, but I did just update the post with dimensions! Thanks! 🙂
This bookcase is something that might work for my classroom! Could you tell me the dimensions please? Also, do you have plans that you are willing to share?
Hello Merredith, I do not have plans, but I did just update the post with dimensions! Thanks! 🙂
Want/need the plans for this bookcase. It is exactly what I have been looking for, especially the idea to “whitewash” with color and see the grain. Love, love, love.
Please share the plans and materials your handy hubby used for this project!
Do you have dimensions and/or plans for these that you could share? Thanks!
Love the shelves! They turned out great. The wash is amazing as well! Do you by chance have any plans for making this bookshelf? Look like exactly what I need. Thanks!