the hutch is finished!! the hutch is finished!!

So Tyler and I have been working on this hutch along with multiple other projects since Adelaide was about 1 month old and we finally finished it this week. We're supposed to be throwing a "going away" party for my sister and brother-in-law who are moving to Italy and this is pushing us to get some things done. So, if you didn't read the blog that showed the before picture, here it is...

Lovely isn't it? That's four, count them, four layers of paint removed with stripper and sanded. Tyler only about blinded himself with the stripper once and has some nasty burns on his arms to prove it. Not to mention the entire top portion was stripped and sanded in 100 degree heat in our garage. Can you say smelly?! So here is our hard work...

We both love it! This lovely piece of furniture has inspired us to paint our entire kitchen, including the cabinets. One project always leads to the next. We'll be painting it this fall. Walls will be blue and cabinets white. The awesome Amy Butler fabric inspired the colors. We decided to leave the original hardware, it grew on us. May I remind you that this hutch was FREE on craigslist. Just bought paint, fabric and a few little hardware things plus steel wool. And please disregard the weird strip of dark green pain above the cabinet, we had to take down a pot rack to put this here and the genius that painted the kitchen last, painted around it. It is making us want to paint the kitchen sooner though!

We also did a little work on the sun porch. Still want to do a little more but this is the furniture we painted. 

We got the love seat and two chairs for $25 on craigslist and another chair and table from Tyler's parents for free! Just the cost of spray paint and you have a fantastic room.(Okay, we did buy some cushions but most of them were on sale, I swear!) The orange cart I got at a flea market for $5 and painted. You can't see them in this picture but there are 2 other chairs in the other corner of the room that Tyler and I got from the dumpster of our duplex in Lawrence and painted green. We figured we furnished the entire porch with room to sit 8 for only about $130. It's turning out to be a festive little porch and with the fans on full blast, we're ready to entertain!

My next blog might be of my next project, killing EVERYTHING in my backyard!

Can't leave without a cute picture of my growing sweet pea. Look at her sitting up like a big girl!