Category: KNOCK-OFF CHALLENGE

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Hey there!  It’s been a while since I shared a dupe or knock-off, hasn’t it?

Did you read my latest room refresh about my thoughts for the craft room? If not, you can catch up here!

While I am busy in the craft room, painting right now, I decided to take a little break and recreate my books that once were sitting on my workstation’s shelves.

I am setting a challenge to myself, not to buy anything for the craft room’s when it comes to decorating. Instead, I am going to use what I have and change the look of the items.

With my plans for my worktable’s bookcases. I am painting them black, so wouldn’t these books look great in a natural linen sitting on the shelves?

I went over to Studio McGee’s website to take a closer look of these books.  The first thing I checked out was the price of these books.  The small book runs $36 and the larger book $44.  Although, I am sure they are worth the price, I already had all of the supplies I need for this dupe, so this will cost me exactly $0!

Let’s take a look at the two book boxes I have.

The shape and design of my book boxes are very similar to the Studio McGee’s books, besides the brads, which I can easily remove.

I gathered up all the supplies I needed to change my book boxes.  Paints, paint brushes, material, glue and scissors.

First thing I needed to do, was remove all the brads from the books.

Since my books were painted bright green, I painted the books to match the linen material.

First, I painted the inner part with off-white craft paint to create the look of pages.

To create the look of pages, I added more paint to my brush, painting long brush stokes to form an uneven surface.

Painted the covers with spice vinegar.

Let the book boxes dry thoroughly.

While the books are drying, I ironed out all the wrinkles from the linen material.

To cut the size of material to cover the book, I laid the material over the book and cut around the book 1/2 inch from the edge.

After I cut the material to size, I stood the book up to spray the adhesive on to the spine.  I tried to use mod podge and wallpaper glue, but nothing would hold the material to the book, so I used spray adhesive.  Worked like a charm!

Let the adhesive sit for 4 seconds, then placed the material in place.  Pulling the material to get a tight fit on the spine.

Next, I did each side of the cover.  Sprayed the adhesive, let sit and apply material.

To finish all the edges.  I sprayed the adhesive on the edge …

Fold material over edge, tightly …

To cut off the excess material, I used a utility knife.

I did these steps to all the edges.  Let the adhesive dry for an hour.

I love how they resemble the high-end books; the spine details are perfect.  Don’t you think?

———- Studio McGee —————————– My Dupe ————–

               

I think this dupe turned out great, I might have to make a couple more for other rooms in our home.

I hope you enjoyed this Studio McGee Dupe!  You might also enjoy this post about Dollar Tree Distressed Painted Books.

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