This weekend, I moved into a new rental home. It is really cute and was well taken care of, for the most part. It is an older house so some of the closets and cabinets needed some sprucing up. So, I decided to re-cover the shelves in one of the closets and to re-cover the cabinet underneath the bathroom sink.
Items needed:
- Contact Paper – any design you choose
- Scissors or Box Cutter
Directions:
• Clean the area you want to re-cover the best you can. I had to bleach underneath the bathroom sink before I could begin this process. I let it dry overnight as well because it was really dirty!
Pre-measure the amount of contact paper you will need. Then, cut the paper.
• For the shelves, I wrapped the contact paper around the edges so it would stay in place. For the bathroom cabinet, I had to use two pieces of contact paper and overlap them in order to cover completely.
• Take off the back of the contact paper and gently stick the paper in place. Rub all the air bubbles out with your hand or a sponge.
• Put the shelves back in place and you are done.
The before and after pictures tell it all. I like the creative designs and colors. Little things like this make me happy and I must admit it is a big improvement.
Have Fun,
Amy 🙂
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