I like refinishing hutches. I have a whole folder on our hard drive dedicated to before and after pictures of hutches that we've done. They are straight forward, and they sell really well for us. (BONUS!)
So I don't know why it is that we hate china cabinets. But both Ken and I do. Somehow those simple doors on the front that officially make it a "china cabinet" also turn it into a project from hell. I also have a folder dedicated to before & after pictures of china cabinets. I hope I don't ever have to add another picture to it. I don't want to say, "never" but, I never want to refinish another china cabinet again. Unless it's free. And unless I'm doing it for myself.
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Here's the before of the latest china cabinet that we've redone. It was next to free because the glass shelves on the inside were gone. Buying it we knew we'd have to invest in the expense of replacing them, but we know a guy. ;-) Not really. We know Ace Hardware. They sell and cut glass.
Now, this is the point that I also have to point out the missing pane of glass on the right. I wish I could blame that on the kids. But that was an adult in the house. And not me.
The other pane came out and some chicken wire went in. Because chicken wire definitely goes with what we had planned for this.
Yesterday I posted about how we came upon the jackpot of barn wood. Check out that post (here). Before we even started on this china cabinet we knew that we wanted to add some of the barn wood to it and change the look completely. This is where I get on my soap box and proclaim, "Please do not throw out furniture. Find a way to reuse it. Invest in quality furniture to begin with and you will never need to replace it!"
Ahem, without further ado, the AFTER:
This took over a week to complete. Seriously, it did. With prepping, cutting wood, installing wood, drying wait time, painting, drying wait time, sanding, curing wait time, waxing, hardening wait time, installing chicken wire, and new glass shelves it was a FULL WORK WEEK. The wood is priceless. It cannot be replaced or replicated. This is a one of a kind, truly unique piece. And since I'm never making another one (never say never?), there is only one opportunity to get anything like it from us!
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Now THAT'S a makeover! Completely different.
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