Revitalized Hutch

There had been a gem of potential sitting in my basement for a while in the shape of a hutch.  It was the only thing left (of value!! they left a lot of trash!!) by the the "tenants" that stayed in the house for 5 months.  It is an interesting piece, with lots of unique details.  I wanted an opportunity to experiment with chalk paint, so I took this low risk opportunity to try it out!

The hutch can be seen below in two pieces, with the door taken off (sometimes I forget to take the "before" pic at the very beginning!!):

I decided to take off the glass panels on the sides as well because the one on the left had a crack in it and I didn't want to mess with finding replacement glass!!  Not very "rehab addict" of me (for any of you familiar with the show!), I know.  The next step would be to have Gabe use an oscillating multi tool to remove the side lights (the attached side glass panels). This proved to be tricky since we would have to deal with the articulation of the sides where Gabe cut them.  I found a 3/4" trim detail at Home Depot that fit perfectly, so Gabe glued/nailed it into place.

Here is an after shot!

I used Annie Sloan's English Yellow color.  It was a little bit expensive, but I thought it was worth it!  After two coats of the chalk paint, I used a couple coats of the wax that they recommend too.  I really love how it turned out!

And some detail shots:

with flash

And I really loved the original handles for this piece, so I kept 'em.  I did have to give them a good spray paint job--a dark dark brown, resembling oil rubbed bronze.  You might be able to see how I distressed the pristine paint job to give it a unique look.

without flash

I didn't paint inside, because the wood finish still looked so good.

Once our basement renovation is finished and our bedrooms are all switched around and finalized, I will make the final decision about where to put this large yellow hutch.  It's rather bulky and heavy so I need to see where the dust settles with everything else first.  My first thought was the dining room, but it's such a small room and the dining table barely fits anyways.  My second thought was the living room, but I'm not 100% sure, so I'm just going to wait it out!!  Currently, it is fulfilling the role of housing breakable storage in the basement.

Until next time!