Living Room Makeover

Instant Upgrade: Bookcase

1. Remove the shelves and apply latex wood primer to the exterior and the interior.
2. Paint the inside the same color as the walls. Paint the outside white.
3. Cut fabric (here, linen) large enough to wrap each shelf, securing it in the back with a staple gun.
4. Apply a second coat of paint.
5. Measure the front of the case. Cut three fabric panels (here, Ikea's Anno Inez curtain panels) so they overlap and cover the unit.
6. Install Ikea's Kvadrant triple-track rail kit ($17, instructions included) to the case's top and the top of the fabric panels.
7. Attach Ikea's Kvadrant bottom-rail kit ($6) to the bottom of each panel. Then hang the fabric panels by sliding them into the top of the track.