DIY for real?

I have always loved blogs and magazine articles and shows that teach me to do things on my own...like making an old wooden bookcase into something fabulous. Well, we're one step closer to me actually doing something on my own...

We're making the basement living room into the kids' playroom. Right now it has a fireplace, wood floors and attached bathroom. Next stop is the rug store. Then we are doing bookshelves to store toys (in baskets). The bookshelf...

We bought two large bookshelves at a garage sale today!! They're sturdy wood. They fit perfectly on either side of the mantle. Next weekend (or tomorrow if we're feeling ambitious) they will be sanded and painted and ready for baskets of toys!!! I'll take a before picture just as soon as Trevor stops watching football and goes to pick them up! We'll see if all of the hours of home improvement shows and blog-reading have paid off...