Guest Post- {{Homeroad}} Hutch Transformation
Hi! My name is Susan, welcome to Homeroad.
Six months ago a friend told me about the blogging community and I hit the ground running. I’m learning everything I can and I’m crazy excited to be doing it!
I’ve been “crafty” from the day I was born thanks to a mom that sat with me and took the time to teach me with plenty of love and patience. I learned how to sew and it was the beginning of a love of everything creative! Today I’m the mother of four daughters and I hope I’ve passed down
the gene to at least a few of them.
This painted hutch is just a hint of the furniture and decorating I love to do. I sew, paint and draw but probably my favorite thing to do is to visit the thrift stores and make something fabulous from old cast-offs.
I’m very excited to be a guest on Craft-O-Maniac!
Thanks Jen so much!
And now…
The problem with changing one thing in a room
is that it leads to more…
The hutch was green, it used to go very nicely with the green wallpaper that hung in my kitchen.
(I dare to mention that this hutch was once white and I painted it green to begin with)
But once that wallpaper came down…
(well you know the story…)
I started out by giving it about 3 coats of
Behr white paint with primer.
(the primer part was very important)
(Are you noticing something strange?)
When I was finished I scraped all the windows with a razor blade to remove any paint that might be is on them. I might mention that the windows go all the way around both sides of the hutch.
You may notice that I left the inside of the hutch green.
No, I wasn’t lazy…
(though I will admit, I did paint it with everything inside)
…the fact is that almost all the dishes inside the hutch are white so I left the green to highlight the white.
I gave all the flat surfaces 2 coats of
Polycrylic Protective Finish by Minwax
to protect the surfaces from scratches.
And I think it looks about 300% better
in white!
Don’t you think so?
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Good job!
Nice transformation
Hugs
Mari
I love this hutch!! Where in the world did she get this beautiful hutch! I have been dying to find one like that. Or transform the plain jane one I have now!
Love the cabinet!!
Happy Wednesday!! I am blog hopping today and decided to stop by your blog.
Please stop by and say hello and even become a follower (if you aren’t already) at either of my blogs:
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Have a blessed Wednesday!! :0)
Very nice
YES! The white paint on your hutch is beautiful! I liked the green but the white is… lovely.
Hope you have a great week.
p.s. About the eyebrows, Years ago I bought eyebrow pencils from a friend who was at that time selling Mary Kay cosmetics and I LOVE them. I have tried many others since but they can look artificial or the color is often off a bit which can look ‘clownish’. Proper shape is important too. There’s a lot of good info out there on how an eyebrow should arch, etc. I think you are on the right track! 🙂 A shaped brow makes for a great frame for the eye, I agree.
blessings
deborah
{the white chair}