Asked on Jul 03, 2015
Looking for ideas for repurposing a hutch
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I am looking for ideas for repurposing the hutch from my triple dresser. I recently refinished the dresser portion and currently use it in my bedroom. I have thought the top portion would make a nice shelf or mantle piece, however I don't have room for another shelf nor a fireplace. It is solid pine except for the back wall. We are planning to make a basement bar in the future and I thought the hutch might provide good bones for that project, however it is about 2 feet shorter than the bar we want to build and would probably require some custom millwork to make it fit our needs for that. Any suggestions?
This is the hutch portion of the triple dresser
The triple dresser before and after
8 answers
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love your dresser redo! Hey could you remove those smaller shelves and run shelves straight across for a bar? You would have to notch out for the moulding around the mirror. But that could work and offer nice storage and display on top of cabinets. You could even decorate those wooden inlays by the mirror to suit your rooms style!
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Fab and Pretty
on Jul 03, 2015
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What she said. ;-) Great idea, Donna Larsen! Bravo.
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Molly Evans
on Jul 03, 2015
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I took the top of a hutch and sectioned it for chicken nest, using weathered pallet wood. One hutch top is black and the other was from a little girls room, it is white with decal roses. i thought it made the chicken house more homey.
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T karr
on Jul 03, 2015
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I always thought they would make a great back to a bar
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Mary Staat Coomer
on Jul 03, 2015
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Great entry way mirror with hooks for hats scarves etc.
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Bobbie
on Jul 03, 2015
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Turn it upside down, refinish in a great color like you did the bottom part, which I love btw, and then create shelves that extend to either side, using those original ones. Top with whatever strikes your fancy, rustic with pallet boards, smooth with glass (wood under to support) or a redwood burl maybe? (those are exPENSIVE) This dresser looks almost like my mother's old one she got a Brueners back in the 70's I loved it!
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Christina Dorrego
on Jul 03, 2015
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hang the hutch over your fireplace, if you have one
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Sue Crow
on Jul 04, 2015
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I have always wanted to use one of these in a mud room. You could paint it and hang it on the wall and add hooks below for jackets. You could use small containers for storage of items in the openings and sit a bench below. It is a lovely piece.
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Carol
on Jul 04, 2015
Fab and Pretty
on Jul 03, 2015
Molly Evans
on Jul 03, 2015
T karr
on Jul 03, 2015
Mary Staat Coomer
on Jul 03, 2015
Bobbie
on Jul 03, 2015
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