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Old Hutch Gets a Shabby Chic Face Lift
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Carol Strohm
(IC: homeowner)
updated hutch from icky to chic
My mom bought this hutch early 60's. Poor thing has had a long life and needed something so I decided to paint it. I figured it couldn't be worse. The first thing I needed to do was wash it. It had so many layers of 50 yrs of waxing that needed to be removed.
I started with the top as it would be easier to paint then take off when dry. I used eggshell white paint and used blue flowered self stick shelf liner to do the inside back wall and the shelf. There are two layers of paint.
I did the bottom the same and when it was dry put the top back on. I did the trim in a eucalyptus green.
I didn't want to really stick anything to the windows so I just taped the paper to the inside and then set them back into the door.
I used ceramic tile that I had left over from another project for the shelf to prevent scratching. Nice way to show off the teapot collection. While I was at it I painted the little shelf to the right green.
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Published August 18th, 2015 2:38 PM
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PennyB9 on Aug 18, 2015
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