How can I paint my IKEA bookcase?
I have an IKEA bookcase and small-sized entertainment center that I bought years ago. I’m moving and want to bring them with me but their colors just don’t go with my new decor. Is there a way to paint them so that they look decent?? Would love to paint them a dark cherry color but not sure if I can – or if I should.
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Tags: Bookcase, colors, entertainment center, new decor
You will have to buy a primer specifically designed to cover melamine laminate. You can find this at Lowes or Home Depot – ask an associate to help you find the right primer. Then once it is primed you will need to paint the bookshelf with a painted designed to go with the melamine primer.
If your bookshelf has a removeable shelf bring it along to the paint store – that way there the associate can be 100% certain that you will get the correct product. Nothing is worse than working so hard to paint something and then have it peel off in a matter of days.
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Sand the surface lightly with sand paper. You can use any primer after this. Then paint the color you want.