It looks it is melamine. You need to use the right paint. You can buy melamine paint, or melamine primer, then spray paint it. Also, it will work better if you sand it lightly, wipe off thoroughly with a damp cloth, washing it with TSP will remove all the dirt, grime and greasy residue to ensure the surface is clean and ready to paint.

I would go with white as it will look clean and crisp. Whereas, the almond colour or woodgrain might look kind of cheap and might look messy. You could try it though on part of it and if you don't like it, it would be easy to paint white.

You can take the shelf part into a home improvement store ask them what to use to paint it if you are unsure of the material.
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http://www.ehow.com/way_5405861_tips-painting-melamine.html

Also, I worked in a hardware store with a very busy paint department, I've learned a lot about paint and I've also painted melamine.


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