If I'm the only one who thought that, then I guess we can all relax a little. As I have finally done it! I finally painted my china hutch.
Those of you who have been following me know that I have been wanting to paint this hutch like forever. Or at least for 15 years since I purchased it. But I could never decide on white or black.
I'm not good at making decisions. So hubby finally made the decision for me. He said to paint it black. That way it would go with our table & chairs.
Plus it sits right next to a huge white TV armoire. And my walls are white. It would have been too much white. But I do love white.
And you know what? Hubby was right (but don't tell him I admitted that). Black is the perfect color for this.
Here she is all dressed up in her Sunday best. She even got new pulls, knobs and hinges.
And here is the before photo. She was just a plain Jane. And I hated the hardware.
Here I am painting the hutch. What do you mean that doesn't look like me? What is hubby doing in the photo? Ok, I'll admit, hubby did the actual sanding and painting of the china hutch. But I was a great supervisor.
I even got hubby to put on new glass knobs & pulls. So much better than the ugly ones that were on it. I purchased these years ago from ABC Distributing online. They were cheap. Four knobs or two pulls for $4.95. I still have a bunch more knobs. And they are glass, not plastic. Too bad they don't have them anymore. Don't you hate that I just had to rub that in?
So I admitted that hubby actually did the sanding and the painting. But I got to do the fun stuff, decorating. I pretty much set it back up like I had it before painting. My plan was to decorate it for Easter, but I've been too lazy to climb up in the attic to get down my Easter stuff. And since Easter is this coming Sunday, not sure I will bother at this point. But then again, you never know.
I did pick up this little birdhouse ornament at the thrift store this past weekend for 50 cents. It kind of matches the one I had already that is on the left side of the same shelf (see photo below).
I put the 2 bird finials from Michael's on the this shelf. When I first showed you my Spring decor a few weeks back, I had the smaller finial on the top shelf where I now have my new birdhouse.
I did add a little Easter sign to my cloche I had picked up at Michael's last month for 99 cents. The sign was 99 cents, not the cloche. I wish Michael's had cloches for 99 cents.
I love how the white ironstone pops against the black.
It's fun to find stuff to put in apothecary jars. Almost anything will work. I may change mine out for candy for Easter. But if I fill them too early, they will be all gone by Easter. So I'll probably wait till Friday to fill them with candy.
I just love how my china hutch turned out. It's going to be much more fun to decorate now.Maybe I will climb up to my attic to get down my Easter stuff.
And speaking of Easter. I did add a little decor to sit on top of my hutch.
The bunny usually sits outside in my yard. But gets to come inside for Easter. I've been having lots of fun with this photo holder. I added letters to spell Easter as well as some Easter prints. All came my collection of vintage image CD's.I hope that you like my china hutch makeover. I love it!!! I am so happy with the result. Except since it is black, I will now have to dust it much more often. I hate housekeeping.
And I still want to distress the edges. But I was too tired after all this work to do so. I'll have to do it later. Hopefully it won't wait another 15 years.
Did I tell you I was lazy?
I think I will go and take a nap now.
Thanks for visiting.
Linking to:
Furniture Feature Friday @ Mustard Seed Creations
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch
Tabletop Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life
Its So Very Renovated @ Its So Very Cheri
Ready, Set, Vignette Party @ The Stories from A to Z
Transformation Thursday @ The Shabby Chic Cottage
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home
Weekend Wrap Up @ Tatertots and Jello
Saturday Nite Special @ Funky Junk Interiors
