Made It Monday-Duct Tape and Yellow Paint

I am so excited to have the time to participate in Made It Monday again!

Last year my district bought 3 sets of non-fiction books.  (Yeah!)
They all came in these displays:

Not only do they take up a bunch of space, also they aren't visually appealing!
At the end of the year, we got the go ahead to let the displays go, as long as the books were accessible to the kids, of course.
So I am keeping one.  But it will not be acceptable for it to look like that!
My hubby suggested spray painting it.
That's a no go, since it is 100+ degrees outside.
So, duct tape, Duck tape brand, is the solution!  (I can totally do that in the air conditioning.)

My supplies

I put on one layer of white tape, and realized it didn't look quite right.

Too see through.

So after I covered it with 2 layers of white tape, then it was time for an accent.

I think it will look so much better in my classroom!

I am still in the process of making some signs and things for my classroom.  (Hopefully next week I will share those!)

For my home Made It. 
I am waging a war on beige!  (I know some of you love this color, but I do not!)
I painted my cabinets last summer.

So I finally had time to paint the walls.

We are putting a chair rail and moulding similar to the cabinets above in as well.
When I say "we," I really mean my hubby.  (He is a picky engineer, so he must do it himself!)

I still have a couple coats of paint to go, because I took the weekend off to go on a short vaca to Atchison, KS with my hubby.
We stayed here:

Glick Mansion

Where I they make this as a part of every breakfast:

Spiced Bacon Twists

It is on my Made It (Food Edition). (Definitely making this as soon as possible!)  Click on the pic to get the recipe.

Are you a DIY person?  What recipes have you tried lately?
Can't wait to see what everyone else is busy making!

EmilyK