Re-Purposing A Dining Room Built-in Hutch…Into Playroom Toy Shelves

by Creatively Living

1 Material

Do your toys multiply overnight (like mine do)? I seem to always lack storage and organization in the playroom.
My husband and I been renovating our house and we recently removed a really big built-in unit from our dining room. I gave away a couple pieces (the shelves on the far right and far left) that were removed but the center hutch I knew I could re-purpose for something.

re purposing a dining room built in hutch into playroom toy shelves, entertainment rec rooms, painted furniture, repurposing upcycling, shelving ideas

Here’s a pic of the original dining room built-in. I have an arrow point to the hutch that I was going to re-purpose.

Unfortunately it had the countertop attached to it so my husband sawed that part clean off. Then it sat like this in our garage for a month or so before I decided to do anything with it.

Finally, I had an "ah-ha moment" when I decided I needed something to organize all the toys in the playroom! Something fun in color.

So I painted the sides and front this fun teal-ish blue, then gave it bit of a rustic look.

It turned out beautiful! AND so functional!

Adding this to the playroom really brought in more color, function, and fun decor.

What do you have in your house that you can re-purpose into something functional?

For more pictures and detail about how I turned this dining room hutch into our playroom toy shelves, please click the link below.

Enjoyed the project?

You can do it! Saved to your projects

Frequently asked questions

Have a question about this project?

Ask a Question

3 questions

Mary T on Apr 08, 2016
What did you do with the rest of the built in? Just curious. beautiful job on the toy storage.

3
Jane Fiedler on Apr 10, 2016
Did you keep/repurpose the glass doors? And what a great idea. I especially like your colors.

4
Kim McConnell on Feb 27, 2018

How did your husband cut/saw off the the hutch top?

1

Comments

Join the conversation

4 of 52 comments

Olgabolga on Feb 28, 2018

If I were you, I’d paint the inside too or glue cool wallpaper to the back and reattach the doors to hide the mess after replacing glass with a beadboard or tin sheet. Great repurposing idea! Thanks!

1 Reply
- Creatively Living on Mar 16, 2018
  
  Great idea!
  
  Like
Terre McCanna on Mar 07, 2018

Lovely and resourceful. Congrats to all you folks who have kids for making time for projects when you have kiddos!
And a shout out to Dottie Grady for her idea, too. You added mirrors?
Thanks!

1 Reply
- Creatively Living on Mar 16, 2018
  
  Thank you Terre! It's definitely a challenge to get things done with young kiddos. Some projects go unfinished for a long time...!
  
  Like