Easy DIY Project To Revamp Built-In Units

A fun way to update your house with recycled supplies

Image made by the author in Canva utilizing her mother’s pictures of the project.

My mother recently reached out about a project she’s been working on and wanted to share it with others. She revamped a shelved alcove in her house, modernizing it with a pop of color and opening up the space.

Do you live in a home with some interesting built-in features that you either don’t use or want to change? Here’s an easy way to DIY a change and even reuse supplies instead of buying new ones.

As you can see in the before picture below, the shelved alcove featured a top section that was closed off with cabinet doors, two shelves within the open middle section, and a lower section with two cabinet doors, taller than the top section.

Picture by the author’s mother of the alcove space before the project.

My mother’s goal was to remove the cabinet doors to provide more of a display and add more shelves.

Below are the steps she used to revamp this shelved alcove.

1. Unscrew the doors and any hardware to remove them.
2. Take a crowbar to remove the trim of the cabinet doors.
3. Sand down the holes and any uneven…