Revive!

My students have always been "Mrs. Greene's Goodies", but I've never quite had a classroom theme. I'm a minimalist at heart and my CDO (that's OCD in alphabetical order) likes to keep things CLEAN. This year, however, I was so inspired by the trillion and one ideas on pinterest that I decided to create a full on classroom theme. Since I got married in April, and am now Mrs. Chilton, I decided on Mrs. Chilton's Cheetahs. JUNGLE THEME SAY WHAT!?!?!? I wish I'd had enough foresight to take before and after pictures, but I didn't...boo.

Anyway! Project número UNO on the docket was to REVIVE my old, blue bookshelf. I rescued this thing 8 years ago from the trash pile. You can kind of see it in the background of the picture below. (I hope I blurred the faces well enough!) Functional? Yes! Beautiful? No way! So...in keeping with my jungle theme, I spray painted the inside of the shelves (it took 3 cans of "Saddle Gloss") and covered the outside with decorative duct tape (3 rolls of leopard print). I was so proud of the outcome! What are some of your REVIVAL success stories?