And Now, On To the Bookcase

I am now in the process of painting the aforementioned bookcase (here). I wish I had taken a before picture - I don't know why I didn't. It was U-G-L-Y and it didn't have no alibi, it was ugly. What, what... Okay, I digress.

Anyway, after talking to my mom, who is a fabulous decorator, FYI, it was decided that I needed to give the bookcase the same treatment as the dresser. Well, that was a little challenging, because...well, it just was. They are two different kinds of furniture, and one started off black and the other stained wood, etc. There are obvious places on the drawers of a dresser that you can distress and it will look natural, but no so much (to me, anyway) on a bookcase.

Oh, and because I decided to try a black glaze instead of the brown I used on the dresser. It was waaaaaaay less pliable than the brown, for whatever reason. So, what that means is you better only put it where you know you want it. Lesson learned.

Here's a picture of what it looks like now. Not the best picture, but...

I'm going to live with it for a few days (I don't have a choice) and then decide if I like it. It looks a bit overdone to me...just a little too obvious that this was done on purpose. Which, truthfully, most distressed furniture does. Anyway, I would love an opinion...from the outside world. What's going on out there, anyway? What does it look like? ;)