Day Seven-ninety-seven: bookshelf's done!

Sorry to keep you all in suspense. This project's been done for a couple days but some other things (subject of future posts) distracted us. Anyway, let's bring this one to closure. Here's the piece still in work, with a couple coats of paint.

We decided to try a design that combines natural wood with paint, so we had to protect the parts we weren't planning to paint. Unintentional painting is always a hazard.

And voila! Here's the finished item up close...

from a jaunty angle...

and in action!