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Hello and welcome to the second week of the One Room Challenge!  In case you missed the first week, don’t worry you can catch up HERE WITH WEEK 1 (The plans and inspirational board).  As always, joining me Niki – Life as a Leo Wife, Teresa –  Through a Vintage Door and Tammy – Patina and Paint, I will have their video post on what they have been working on this week at the bottom of my page.

Well, this week flew by!  I actually did a lot more than I thought this week.  Feels good to check off everything I wanted to accomplish.  Heading into another week with a new ‘To-Do‘ List.

This week I focused on the changes I wanted to make to the hutch.  Also, I finished painting the base of the table, still haven’t tackled the 6 spindle chairs, that will be on my list for the next couple weeks.

First Week’s Progress

The Hutch

Before I start tearing into the hutch, I wanted to show you how it sits prior to this challenge.  Remember my plans, a new color of paint, a new backing and new hardware.

With everything off the hutch, I removed the hutch from the cabinet.

Laying the hutch on the floor front side down, I pried the back off of the hutch with a putty knife.

For a template, I used the old panel, with a pencil I traced around the old panel on to a beadboard.

   

Cutting the straight lines with a circular saw and finished cutting the curvature lines with a jigsaw.

After cutting the pattern out of the beadboard, I sanded the entire board and edges with 120 grit sandpaper.

Placing the new panel down on the hutch to make sure my pattern fit.  It fits like a glove!

I stained the beadboard with Minwax English Chestnut, don’t mind the can, it has been abused over time.

Three coats of stain and 3 coats of poly, with sanding between coats.

Now the back is done, it’s time to work on painting the hutch.  Sanded, cleaned, primed and painted 3 coats, with each coat drying 8 hours and sanded before the next coat.

I let the pieces sit for two days to let the paint cure before attaching the stained beadboard to the back of the hutch with a nail gun.

Since the wood grains are different, the beadboard is lighter even after 3 coats of stain.  But all in all, I still love how it looks.

The Cabinet

Learned a new trick, when filling in drilled holes for handles, use a piece of dowel rod and wood putty to fill in the holes.  Doing this, it doesn’t show any signs of the previous screw holes.

A work in progress!

After the paint had time to cure, I put the hutch on top of the cabinet.

I did save money by using the old hinges, I spray painted them black.  I purchased two handles and two knobs in Lowe’s to replace the stainless still handles that were on there before.