Fret for Months, Finish in Minutes

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When we moved into the apartment we mounted the TV on the wall. We put a cheap-o bookshelf underneath to hold the components and...wait for it...BOOKS! How practical and unique. The wires running every which way annoyed me to no end. So I did what I do...I found a solution on Pinterest.

     (For those of you playing the drinking game version of this blog...I said Pinterest. DRINK!)

Fast forward maybe 4 or 5 months. I found some fabric that I liked to cover the back of the shelves. I also bought enough to cover a few pillows. $2.43 - problem solved!?

Not so fast. If you thought waiting 4-5 months to purchase the fabric was bad, you clearly did not read the cute panda meme at the top of this post. I am no amateur.  The next step of this project was to leave the fabric along with a new pack of Mentos (that I just knew I had bought, but couldn't find!) in the bag for another month or so. Now I had 2 things to annoy me: crazy wires and a bag of stuff just sitting in a chair.

Finally, one night when the husband was out of town, and it was a little past bed time, and I couldn't find another thing to do instead - I began the project. I cut the width of the fabric to fit the shelf. Then I measured the top shelf and subtracted an inch to allow for the wires to go out and down to the plugs. I did the same for the second shelf.   I have tall books and photo albums on the third shelf so, (I'm gonna keep it real here)  I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER with it. Yep, you read that right. I'm a procrastinator AND a rebel.

I took thumbtacks and attached the fabric to the back of the shelf. This measuring, cutting, and attaching the fabric took about 5-10 minutes. I really like the results and Mr. G does too...of course the wires never bothered him, he just thinks the update looks better.

BEFORE

AFTER

Since it was still past when I should have been in bed, I went ahead and stayed up another hour or two watching Netflix in front of a very less annoying TV. Hey, I was left unsupervised.

By the way, don't get all up in my grill about re-covering the pillows with the remaining fabric. It's only taken me a few weeks to write this blog about the shelf protect...there's  no need to rush things.