I found this little book shelf for $4.99 at a thrift store. It’s one of those pine, finish yourself, pieces of furniture. It had already been painted red but had a few spots where the paint was missing. I decided to hit those bad spots with a red spray paint I had on hand that was a little different shade. That’s when with the push of the nozzle, the cost of my cheap find just went up (Notice I said cost, not value). It was too cold to paint in the garage yet knowing it was a dumb thing to do, I did this quick little touch up in the house. Over spray from the rattle can got on the carpet. That’s when the cost of my $4.99 find went up dramatically. After many days and carpet cleaner solutions later, I did eventually get the paint out of the carpet. I liked the mismatched reds as it gave some depth/dimension/character to the paint (aka too lazy to paint the whole thing properly). We’ve placed it on the basement. Now what to put on it?

Side note: The red, blue and tan color scheme of the basement is the “in” look according to Ralph Lauren. Now that was many years ago… he may have changed his mind by now. Is he even still alive?… Google says Yes.