DIY Hutch Makeover — The Wandry Way

My favorite thing in the entire world is giving a piece of furniture a makeover!

It can be a great affordable alternative to buying new furniture.
We love finding great deals on furniture and then making it our own!
Oftentimes vintage pieces are strong and need small cosmetic fixes, which makes it such a fun project!

We found this great hutch on Facebook Marketplace a few months ago and we knew we had to pull the trigger! (Sites like Facebook Marketplace, KSL, and Craigslist are awesome because you can see your item face to face and do a little haggling!)

The only issue Ty and I face is transporting larger furniture to our home since we don’t have a truck!
But our great friend Austin came through and let us borrow his truck to pick up this beautiful piece :)
(I have been trying to convince Ty to get us a truck so that I can purchase even more large furniture hehe ;)
Fingers crossed!)

So my favorite part of a makeover is deciding what I want the final product to look like.
I love getting inspiration!
Ty and I decided we wanted to put this hutch in our dining room so I made some sketches and kept in mind the current colors of our dining room: white, natural wood, gray, gold, and green from our greenery.
While it was a tough choice between an off white rustic look and a black, copper hardware look; ultimately we chose black!

We knew this would be such a focal point in our dining room and would look so classic and beautiful!

Here’s what we did:

We took the doors off and started sanding the hutch. Sanding helps remove old paint and create an even canvas. Because I was painting the hutch black, I didn’t try to hard to remove all of the paint, I knew the black would cover it up. My biggest concern was having the wood be smooth so that the paint would go on great.
I started painting while Ty started cleaning the glass! HERE is the paint I used! It is thick and goes on so smoothly, it leaves no brush marks! Ty used a razor blade to get the old paint from the glass. Since I started painting before Quarantine (when I have more time), it took me a little longer since I would paint a little every week.
Next came hardware! We found some cute handles and door hinges at Lowe’s (I cannot find them on the site to link them, but they are still there!). Last week as we were helping my mom clean out her garage, we found some door knobs that were my dad’s. My mom gave them to me so that I could use them on our hutch and so that I can always remember my dad when I see them :)
The backing! The original backing of the hutch was not our favorite. We had plans of buying new paneling to make it look a little cleaner, but then we realized we were a little tight on money so we got a little creative and painted really rustically using white chalk paint. When I use chalk paint, I always water it down slightly so that it is easier to paint with. I was not careful as I painted and think the rustic look turned out beautiful! We painted the shelves and sides the same way (look below for example in picture).
Ty and I brought it inside but required help from my strong brother to get the top part on.

There are still a few finishing touches we want to add and I am debating wether or not I want to sand the edges and grooves slightly to add a rustic look! What do you think?
We love what this did to our dining room and can’t wait to get curtains and artwork up on the walls!
Stay tuned for that!

Let us know what furniture we should flip next!