Hutch Revival: Craigslist Find Turned Kitchen Beauty

Passing notes today:  Mrs. Gosling

Hi Girls!  Since we're talking kitchens, I wanted to share a recent kitchen project.  Of course I forgot to capture a before picture.  But here is a similar inspiration piece to keep in your mind.  

So, we have had a really awkward section of our kitchen that collected junk, I mean,  family treasures?!?  We also had a lack of storage to display any of our china and finer pieces. 

Anyways - it was a waste of space.  It was a weak attempt at throwing in bargain cupboards to sell unsuspecting young-ins a house.  It worked, we BOUGHT it!  We always knew we wanted to change it, but didn't know where to start.  Well, Craigslist was just our GUY!  We found an old 1940's hutch for $200.  It needed a good cleaning, some TLC and a little minor construction - BUT it ended up being perfect.

See the weird collection of cabinets/pseudo desk, left of the fridge.  Well, it's gone!

We started de-constructing the cabinets.  Which meant, we put 3 kids to bed and a severely pregnant lady and an overly tired businessman got to work.  It only took a couple hours from start to finish.  Don't worry, this chickie didn't do any heavy lifting this time around.  I was on clean up duty, while enjoying a snickers cheesecake from cheesecake factory.  Thanks Honey!

Progress!

We had to separate the two pieces, remove some molding, relocate electrical and phone jacks.  We brought in the "big guns" - our carpenter to help with most of this.  After positioning the top piece, the electric was pulled through the top section to accomodate for a "phone caddy." Finally the piece was secured and in it's place.   I sanded it 3 times, added 2 coats of KILZ primer and 3 coats of finish paint.  Instead of using the old hardware, I freshened things up and purchased farm style hardware from Lowe's, in rustic black.  I used Eddie Bauer Honeysuckle Bloom to match the rest of the house trim and fireplace.

 

 

 

We removed the hutch legs.  The carpenter made new legs (out of 2 x 10" pine) to accomodate the heating unit offset.  They really make the job look like a custom piece now. 

 





 

 



 

What a difference!  Who has "revived" a craigslist find out there?  I would love to hear about your projects .... past, present or future!

Thanks for checking in,

Mrs. Kelly Comment:  So pretty--like Ryan G.'s face.  I'd be afraid that I'd start Eddie Bauer Honeysuckle Blooming up the cabinets next.  That color is lovely!  Nice job lady.

Mrs. Willams Comment:  My favorite part of this project?  Easy...the phone cubby.  Actually all the cubbies.  Why is cubby seeming like such a strange word all of a sudden?  Nice revival Mrs. G!