There’s nothing quite as satisfying as taking an old, forgotten piece of furniture and making it look and function like brand new. It’s amazing what a little bit of paint and TLC can do!
One of my favorite furniture makeovers of my own is my little blue china hutch:
(You can read about the makeover here and here.)
Amazingly, my little hutch caught the eye of the folks over at Hometalk and they asked me to curate a clipboard of my favorite hutch projects. What fun!
Hometalk, in case you’re not familiar, is a great place to find furniture makeovers, DIY projects, home and garden resources, and other people who love the subject of home. You can share ideas and connect with others to help you solve some of your home dilemmas or just browse for inspiration.
It was easy to find several great furniture pieces that inspired me:
You can see all 19 makeovers on my Hometalk clipboard, but today I’m giving you a taste of what you’ll find on my board for “Favorite Things Friday.”
First up, is this ingenious hutch created from an old postal letter cabinet. The old letter cubbies were removed and embellishments and shelves were added to turn it into this beautiful china hutch.
Amazing, right? You can read more about its transformation here.
This one also caught my eye because it looks just like the hutch in my mom’s kitchen. Only hers is not painted but stained. My mom isn’t in to painting furniture like I am, but I can’t help think how cute hers would look like this!
And, there’s this re-do. Here’s the before:
Here’s the after:
How can you not get excited about a large hutch with good bones that says, “FREE” on it?!
Don’t you think the former owner is kicking themselves for giving the hutch away?
You can see the complete post on Hometalk here.
Finally, I love this cute little cabinet. It could store so many things! I love furniture that’s both pretty and practical.
If you want to see more great projects likes these, hop on over to my Favorite Hutch Projects Clipboard at Hometalk.
And, thank you to my friends at Hometalk for asking me to curate such a fun board!
Happy Friday!
Thanks for featuring my hutch Julie! I just love looking at painted hutches…. So grand and gorgeous!
Julie… These are great. I have a hutch in the kitchen that could us a make over and you gave me some great ideas. Have a wonderful weekend!
ciao julie! sono Margherita e sono italiana. Mi piacciono molto i tuoi lavori…Mi piace molto anche il tuo blog che è fatto meravigliosamente bene. spero di rivederti presto con un nuovo lavoro.
margherita
http://www.margheritaarrighi.com
Your beautiful blue china hutch still makes me swoon, Julie! I love everything about it.
First of all I LOVE your cabinet – that’s a gorgeous color – I’m not surprised it caught someone’s eye at Hometalk – it must have caught a whole bunch of eyes 🙂
Secondly what a great post!
Thirdly – I’m visiting from Miss Mustard Seed – congrats on the feature – and I’m so glad I saw it because I’m now very happily your newest follower.
BBig hugs from Montreal
Suzan
Julie congrats on your feature over at Miss Mustard Seed’s! 🙂
Miss Mustard Seed featured your cabinet!!!! Can you hear me cheering for you from Alabama? YAYYYY! It is so gorgeous!!! You deserve it. 🙂
The china cabinet is really beautiful…I love the shade of blue and contrasting color on interior. I’m visiting from MMS..how exciting for you to be featured by her! Congrats!
Robin