A “ReStore”ed Hutch

I just love the Habitat for Humanity ReStore because I never know what I may find.  I had been looking for a smaller hutch for a client and the ReStore just happened to have three hutches in their inventory.  While my client didn’t choose any of the pieces, I couldn’t pass up this hutch with its paneled cabinet doors and unusual pattern on the glass.

A client purchased the hutch before it was finished so the only photos I have are taken in the garage and are less than ideal.  I have no idea why I didn’t take a “before” photo of the entire hutch but I only took them in parts.  You can see the pseudo etching on the doors before I used a razor blade to take it off.

I knew immediately that I wanted to paint the body a light grey but the interior color was more of challenge as you can see from this photo.  It looks like I tried nearly every blue color in my arsenal along with red and coral.  Turquoise won out because it is a happy color for me and I like the contrast with the grey.

The hutch has an interior light and the brass color object inside is part of the light fixture that my husband reinstalled after I took the photos.  The hardware is the original painted in oil rubbed bronze.  Too bad the lighting in the garage doesn’t capture the hutch’s whimsy.