goob's room - styled bookcase reveal

finally. apologies for the wait. we were waiting on a pig to dry!!!
today i can show you goob's bookcase all set up - finished and done!
(all posts regarding goob's room makeover can be found here)

the upgrade of the actual bookcase with the fabric backing can be found here.
there are lots of pics ahead!
here's the final reveal......

we're so very very happy with how it's all turned out.
ahead is a break down of bits and pieces on each shelf - just for anyone that is interested - and i felt like taking lots of pics!
this is the first time i've really tried to 'style' a bookcase. it may not be professional - but we're really liking it this way. (and goob really wants to keep it neat and tidy like this - so hopefully that's an ongoing commitment into the future....we can live in hope!!)

here goes with the pics.....here is the first shelf.....

.....and this is the pig in question that was causing all the delays.....

.....because until i got to him with white spray paint - he used to look like below..... (i covered his eyes and nose with tape for the spraying - as goob wanted to keep that feature!!).....

then we have this storage jar - makeover posted about here - which now stores the nail polish bottles.....

then we have this precious g box - which i painstakingly decorated for goob's first christmas - and now holds her birth hospital band and a few other little keepsake bits and pieces!! (i had so much time and patience back in 1996!!) .....

dozens and dozens of g letters cut out from many many magazines - stuck on - then covered in many many coats of matt varnish.....

next we have shelf # two.....

first up we have a cute little sugar bowl and lid (cheap from spotlight) - with an added handmade tissue/napkin flower i made from this great tutorial.....

next we have the teddy cross-stitch i made when pregnant with goob - frame updated recently - check out the post here.....

 and here's the little angel standing in front of that frame.....she's a willow tree hand carved angel by susan lordi.....a christmas gift to goob from mr w. and i a few years ago.....if interested you can see more on this website.....

and lastly on that shelf we have a rock figure that goob made when she was little - a dog stuffed toy that was mine as a baby - and a bunny from her oma (grand-mother) when she was born.....

next shelf.....# 3 - mostly used for school bits and pieces (the left spot is where she puts her laptop when not in use.......

we have another of my faux cloche/glass domes - which i have posted about here.....($4.00 glass hurricane lantern from sam's warehouse turned upside down - nifty & thrifty!!).....

.....where we have on display a small ceramic owl perched on an upside-down tea light candle...its a height thing!!.....(posted about here) - a star metal cookie cutter at the rear - and up front a metal star i pulled off a tablecloth weight clip that i never use (it's being helped to stand up with a little blu-tac!! - can you spot it??).....

and we have some cheapo magazine boxes from office works (only $1.59 last week!) to hide some of the less attractive stuff - i put them together backwards (ie inside-out).....

.....and added some cardboard numbered tags with some string for fun..... i cut out two different sizes of circles (large in red/small in white) - used a stencil to draw on the numbers - punched in some holes - and strung those babies in place!!......happy to write up a tutorial on this one if any one would like.....

the second last shelf.....

i was thinking that the little pops of red were a good thing - so grabbed these little coffee cups at spotlight (small $2.99 / large $3.99).....

and finally the last shelf.....

and we're done!!!

here's a little progression of where we've come from until today.....

i thought ever-so-briefly about covering some books in white paper - but this is essentially a teenagers room - so i slapped myself and gave myself a stern talking to!! the bookcase is only viewed if you come into her room and turn around - i'm thinking it's looking nice and 'pretty' enough for this space.

plus goob loves it - and that's ultimately all that matters.

here's the final reveal once more....

hope you enjoyed this photo tour!
i'd better now get back to finishing other parts of her room. (i really need to finish the little gallery wall....and get going on sewing some cushions.......)

hope you're having a great weekend.
cheryl xox.

during the week i'm going to be linking up to these lovely blogs......please pop over if you get the chance - awesome blogs and great link parties.....