Sorry I don't have any pictures of this part, but we all know what shelves are like.

The ones I had were black to begin with so, because the colour I wanted to paint them was lighter, I sanded them down and gave them a base coat of cream emulsion.

After painting the shelves cream I gave them the first coat of gloss in the colour I wanted. I chose red to go with the scheme I wanted. I used emulsion as a base coat, so I didn't feel the need to sand before painting the gloss on.

I think it's always good to give a second coat of gloss, or even a third sometimes. I found that two was enough to cover it.

This is the bit I found a tad tricky, I didn't actually think it through before applying the gloss :P.

The paint almost ran off the gloss in a few places (I know, silly me!), and I though I was going to have to give up on the whole think. In reality after a few coats the gold stuck :).

I painted the rim round the shelves in gold. Sorry the picture quality isn't brilliant, I took this one inside.

I then began free-handing my desings. Obviously, if you like, you can use stencils, I just couldn't be fussed with the extra work tbh!

The designs I was using were also a bit too complicated to do stencils of really.

I painted the outer bits of the shelves, such as the top and outer sides first.

I then painted the inside of the shelves and slowly built up my design. I have to say I made no real plan on the design of this, I just found images I liked then went wild.

Once you have your design finished wait for it to sry then, voila! You have a lovely new set of shelves!