Ah, the
hutch. Few things combine my love for all things vintage and all
things specific like a proper hutch. It's super specific piece of
furniture made to showcase some of my most favorite things in the
world, very specific dishes. Make everything about this equation
vintage, and well, my heart skips a beat. So, when I had fully
stuffed my
delightful dining room hutch with china and crystal and silver,
I found myself in need of MORE storage for my vintage dish
collection (might be time for an intervention).
Do you
see that lovely fluted milk glass cake plate in there? Yeah,
amazing, I know. That little guy deserves a post all his own, but
for now, suffice to say, my new little friend needed a home. So I
set out on Craig's
List to find him just that. And this is who I found:
Hmmm….not
in bad shape, just the right size, a little lack-luster….for $70?
Oh, yes, you will work nicely. I have been SO inspired lately by my
BFF Rachael and the really exceptional things she has been doing on
her blog, Lovely.Crafty.Home,
that I enlisted her help and guidance. She not only helped me lug
this little guy to his new home in my kitchen, she made me a list
of materials, even donated some to the cause, and came over with
some hands on instruction and elbow grease for my project. Best
friend ever? Yep, you bet. In ONE DAY we were able to transform
this little shabby hutch into this vision for my
kitchen:
Can you
hear the angles singing? Oh I can! It's the full Hallelujah chorus.
Here is a closer look at the detailing Rachael instructed me
on:
I know.
Hutch love. When it happens, it's just so right, it can't be
wrong.
For this
transformation, I used:
Sand
paper
Sherwin
Williams Westhighland White for the majority of the hutch and
Watery for the backing in the glass cabinets
Glaze and
Wax for distressing (see
Lovely.Crafty.Home for the details on this
technique)
Glass
cabinet knobs from Lowes
