Recently I turned an old house-shaped bookshelf into a DIY Super Mario Play House for my girls. It turned out really cool, so I documented the whole process, so you can make one too!
Step 1:  Gather your supplies.– House Shaped Bookshelf– Acrylic Paint– Clear Spray Paint – PVC Pipe– PVC Couplings– Super Mario Characters– Princess Peach Castle Set
STEP 2: Clean the bookshelf.Cleaning before you paint is SO IMPORTANT. Dust with a clean rag first, then use a good cleaner to scrub all the dirt off.
Let it dry completely before painting anything.
STEP 3: Paint the first coat.I used white latex interior paint to paint the whole house first. Acrylic paint would have taken 400 coats to cover all those paint streaks and blemishes.
The inside of the house only took one coat since I was covering each room with color and the white was just acting as the primer, but the outside took two coats.
Step 4: Make the warp pipes.I cut the pipes to 4″ and fitted 1 1/4″ coupling onto the tops. My couplings were too long, so I had to cut them in half to make them the right length for the look I wanted.