Snooze to Snazzy: Upcycling a Particle Board Shelf to a Classy Wine Rack

My husband and I moved into our first house this past fall. Even though we didn't BUY the house, I was still very proud and wanted to fix it up like a grown-up's house. But at the same time, because we are renting, I didn't want to drop a lot of money on new furniture that might not work in our next home down the road. Luckily, my early 20's were characterized by hoarding tons of free and hand-me-down furniture no matter the condition to fill a series of crummy apartments. So for our new home, I decided to just re-purpose my old stuff.

Our dining room is pretty large and we needed to use some of that space for storage. I've had this white particle board shelf--which was purchased at Target for less than $20 I'm sure--for almost 10 years.

 

Note the line of holes for the adjustable shelf on the inside. Needless to say, it's pretty junky. Historically, I had laid this shelf horizontally for storing CDs, but when I turned it vertically, I had an epiphany....I found this bottle rack at IKEA for only $10 and it happened to fit EXACTLY into the bottom of the shelf.

Photo from Ikea.com

 

The stark white shelf kind of stuck out from the rest of the dining room decor, but I didn't think paint would stick well to it. So, while I was at IKEA, I picked up some damask-style wall stickers. I assembled the bottle rack, applied the stickers and...Voila! A shelf for my wine and wine glasses.