Hope & Happiness in Hampton, Georgia: Hutch Makeover

Since we moved into our new place, we have been seriously lacking in the furniture department. We decided that each month we would try to buy one new piece of furniture until we finally finished up and were able to fill all of our new rooms. We really struck gold at the end of January. After some major Craigslisting, I stumbled across a hutch that I knew would be PERFECT and for a steal of only $50.00! We called up the sellers straight away and sent Clint into the city the next day to pick it up.

When it got home, we were so surprised at the great shape that it was in for the deal that we had got. But, in typical fashion, I decided that it needed a little paint and a little lovin. So I went right to work. Here are some of the before shots. Unfortunately, I got a little too excited and didn't get to grab too many good pictures.

Clint decided our hutch made a better storage bench.....

Doors and drawers removed

Removed the glass doors and the glass center shelf

We headed to Home Depot to get the supplies to strip the wood and get the paint. Instead, we discovered an awesome new kit made by Rustoleum. For anyone who is needing to paint some furniture I HIGHLY recommend it. The kit comes with everything you need to paint your furniture. It has a cleaner, the paint which can be tinted to over 20 colors, a glaze and a gloss cover. You get all this for less cost and less work than buying the traditional stripper and paint and it was so easy!

You start by wiping down the entire piece with the wood cleaner. This basically gets all the gunk off the piece. Then, you use the bonding paint. I ended up putting on two coats of black paint on mine to make sure everything was covered. Once the paint was dry, I did some light sanding around all the edges to get that worn and distressed look. It was already looking beautiful!

Black paint going on the doors

First coat of black

First coat of black on both pieces

BEAUTIFUL!! Two coats of black and some light sanding

Since we had decided to paint our piece black, we were able to skip the glaze and head straight onto the top coat. It only took a few hours to dry and we were all set to go. Because everything was made so easy with our handy new kit, it only took me about 8 hours to do all of this work! So awesome! I could hardly wait to get it moved inside and decorated. I am seriously in love with this piece. It turned out better than I could have imagined. Now we just need to get a new dining room table and some chairs and we will be all set!