I bought this hutch a few years ago for pretty cheap at a shop downtown. It's a neat place that typically buys estate pieces, but they also have a lot of junk too! I found this piece and fell in love with it. Originally, I'd planned to strip it, paint it black, then antique it, but the wood was so pretty I couldn't do it... that and Mom talked me out of it. The inside was horrible; it had this puke nasty diarrhea yellow brown colored velvet nailed to the shelves - which as it turned out - were rotten boards. I immediately tore the puke nasty diarrhea yellow brown colored velvet out and exposed the sorta rotten wood -- then just left the sorta rotten wood in there! I was lazy... and I didn't know where to start (duh, Lowes).
I filled it up with picture frames and ceramics and a soapstone nativity from Kenya, but (there's usually always a 'but,' right???) since I've been doing more sewing, I have found myself using the dining room table as my assembly area. I had all of my stuff on the table because I have absolutely NO space in the sunroom (office/craft room) for anything else, and I don't really want to spend $40 on a fold-up table when I have a perfectly good, unused table just to the side of that room. So... makeover time!
This makeover mainly consisted of removing picture frames, the soapstone nativity, ceramincs, and a few random trinkets and laying plain canvas over the rotten boards (yeah, I know... Lowes). Then I somewhat organized the fabric, supplies, etc... on two shelves. I still need the bottom shelf for cookbooks and recipes since the kitchen is so small, but it totally works. I love how it looks too. Makes me feel so crafty inside. I really do need to fix this piece up, but it's SO fragile I almost hate to do anything to it at the same time. For now, it works and I guess that's all that matters.
Hope everyone had a great Easter! I'll post Easter pics sometime tomorrow. We have some really cute ones of the puppies. They were SO much fun and they are SO sweet! I can't wait to show off their big feet... their paws are more than double the size of Nola's and they are only 11 weeks old!!!
11 comments:
I love it, it is gorgeous. What a great find!!
Oh, I would love to have a piece of furniture like that! It's beautiful! I mean, bee-YOU-tee-FULL!
Just be careful moving it when you go to Boston! ;) We missed you at brunch yesterday, it was fun.
Beautiful! I would love to find something like that =)
girl, they are 12wks. i can't believe you kicked out the picture frames. :-(
i can't tell, is that luka or finley trying to get in??? by the way....i LOVE my bag girl!!!!! of course i am going to be using it ALL the time. you need to make some business cards for me to hand out.
LOVE IT! You did great.
Thanks girls, all I did was stack some fabric in there, lol! But I'm glad you like the furniture too. :)
That is a great piece of furniture. And I know...all you did was stack some fabric in there...but isn't it fun to "redo" a room with stuff you already have. It just gives it a fresh look and you something new to look at.
I am in LOVE with your cabinet!
I like the idea of what you want to use it for! I need something pretty like that to hold my craftables!
Thank you! :)
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