This weekend we finally finished the hutch for our dining room. It was quite a project. I forgot to get the camera out and take some pictures of what it looked like when we bought it from the resale shop, but it was stained a very dark color wood. The bottom of the hutch was almost completely rebuilt by my Dad and Chad after we got it home. We sanded it first, and the most awful musty smell came out when we started. It was like you could smell the house it used to be in...yuck. After sanding it, we put a primer on it. We bought a paint sprayer to complete this job, and it seemed to save lots of time. Kurt definitely wanted to use the new gadget, so he did the spraying with the primer and then our coat of paint. We painted the hutch green, the same color as one of our chairs. Then we used a gel stain and wiped it on and back off of the furniture, in hopes that the dark stain would stay in the crevices of the furniture. There were some spots we had to go back and complete, but we were pleased with how it turned out. Kurt put the cabinet doors on and we got some new hardware too. I guess we're officially on the lookout for our next project.
After sanding...the bottom piece.
Getting started with the sanding...the top piece.
Spraying on the primer
Finally finished!
2 comments:
I think the hutch looks great & I don't think that the runner is too busy. Had fun with y'all last weekend. I think I'm finally over being so sore! I can't remember if I told you, but this will pop-up Auntie Jenn since I started out commenting on my brother's blog...
I love it! Yall are so creative Corrie! :) Can't wait to come visit again. Your house is going to look totally different from when I last saw it!
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