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Hello friends!  Thank you for stopping by.  FINALLY!  I can say the painting has stopped. I put down my paint brush…… for the time being.  I can honestly say……I LOVE how it turned out.  It was such a long process, but worth every minute.  I can share the hutch make over with you now. YAY!  I will be doing a separate blog on my table and chairs. Since they both are long and hold a lot of photos.   Hope you enjoy!

We purchased this hutch back in 1986.  About 4 years ago I decided that the top portion of the hutch was outdated and I wanted it removed from the cabinet.  We took it off and stored it in the attic.  Recently, I have been noticing a hutch being used in more kitchens. It made me think about my hutch.  HMMMMM, maybe I can do something with my hutch that will bring it up-to-date.  I looked at the hutch and saw that it would be possible to remove the parts with out to much damage.  I took a hammer to the poor hutch and went to work.  It really wasn’t that difficult.  Most of it was put together by pegs and no nails. Once I got one piece out the rest was easy to knock out without any damage.

​I could not find anywhere in all my photos a picture of the hutch, all I could find is this photo of it decorated for Christmas.  Look past the garland, packages and bows.  I have posted this hutch on my Facebook page, so some of you already know what it looked like. For those that have not seen it, here is the before picture of my hutch.

This is what the top of the hutch looked like after I removed the glass doors and the bottom portion.

I know that some people are totally against painting furniture, but the oak color was just not working for me.

I decided that I was going to keep the top of the cabinet a stain and paint the rest of it.  I chose Dove White by Benjamin Moore Advance paint.  It is so hard going into the store and looking for the right color.  There are so many options.  I know I didn’t want a yellow or a gray tint but didn’t want a pure white either.  UGH!  I came to the Dove White and it had the color I wanted.  To give you a visual of the color, because in the pictures you can’t really tell.  Think of an old time dish that use to be white that has aged.  It could be a cream but not so yellow.  That’s the color of Dove White.  When placed next to the stain the color is the perfect shade.

First thing I did was to remove all the doors, drawers and hardware. I took the cabinet outside to strip the old finish off.

I used Goof Off Pro Stripper to get the old finish off.  I had to do it twice in order to remove all the old finish.  After I got all the finish off, I used 80 grit sandpaper and my hand sander until I got all the remnant off.  I finished it off with 220 grit sandpaper until it becomes smooth.

The stain I used was Minwax Wood Finish Penetrating stain.  Color – English Chestnut 233.
I brushed it on and then wiped it off.  I let that dry over night.  I sanded it lightly with 220 grit sandpaper by hand and applied another coat of stain.  Once that dried I applied two coats of Minwax Fast-drying Polyurethane in satin.

Now, it is time to paint.  I did the same techique I always do when painting furniture. If you had not read my post about how I paint, click here (click and it will bring you to that blog page).

The chest part was done, now it is time to start on the hutch.  I wanted a wainscoting back to the hutch, mine had a smooth panel back.  I did not want to tear the back off and apply a piece of wainscoting paneling.  So, I decided to do a faux wainscoting.  I should of painted the primer first then apply the tape to the back.  It all turned out just fine.  Just a little more steps to achieve the look I wanted.  Here is what I did to make my hutch look like it has a wainscoting back to it.

I didn’t have any real thin painters tape on hand, but I did have a thin roll of washing tape that worked perfectly.  I measured lines 4″ a part from one side to the other.

After I taped all the lines, I primed the whole hutch and painted like normal.  Before it was dry I started to remove the washy tape.

When the tape is all off I took a sponge roller with paint on it, dabbed the roller on a clean paper towel to remove most of the paint.  I did a dry roller coat to have some paint over the tape marks. This is where I should of primed the cabinet first, then placed the tape. Why? Because the primer would of gave it just a little color and I wouldn’t had to do the steps of dry rolling.  I think it would of been a smoother look if I would of primed first.

It turned out just fine.  I did get a little heavy on some places, but I just took a new sponge brush and lightly rubbed it off.

I let it all dry and then placed it on the cabinet.

I placed the doors and drawers back on after they were painted and dried.

Dressed it and fell in love!

What do you think?  It has a whole different look, doesn’t it? I really love how it turned out. Keep on saying that, I know!  I did add two LED remote lights inside of the top part of the hutch.  I forgot to turn them on in this picture. UGH!  It just gives it a little kick.

For those of you that remember my inspirational piece that got me thinking of this whole make over hutch project.  Here it is again.  I think I got it pretty close.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me on my hutch makeover.  I will be sharing two more kitchen projects.  My table for one and then a wall grouping that I put together. Stay tuned!

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Stay strong and stay blessed!
​Terrie