the hutch wasn't meant to be....

i really wanted that hutch...

however, shannon called me on friday and excitedly told me

"mom, i found the perfect piece of furniture for you"!!!!

she had gone to a flea market that she has been trying to get me to go to for a couple of months.

of course, i was at work and wasn't getting out for a few hours.

so she sent me an iphone picture of it.....

it was a cruddy picture but good enough that i knew that it was exactly what i been looking for.

a wonderful jacobean buffet.  

i finished up at work as fast as i could, snuck out and headed home.

 i stole borrowed my neighbor's minivan and headed out to the flea market and found it hiding under a bunch of junk.

i paid the man, had them load it into the van (thank you, laura) and brought that bad boy home...

here is what she looked like when i got her into my garage new furniture reworking space.

i love her curves

 her detail

 and her knobs and pulls

i sanded the top and filled some of the defects with wood filler. 

now i fully intended to sand and paint this project myself. 

don had just rolled his eyes when i asked him to help me take it out of the van.

however, 

saturdays in the fall in michigan mean university of michigan football games.

don is a michigan man.  

he graduated from u of m.

he loves football..

but he cannot watch a michigan football game.....

it's a long story.  but that will be the subject of a future post...

so he started sanding...(because it keeps him busy and diverts his attention from football)

please ignore the beer in the corner.  i use it for cooking....really!!

beer and buttocks, or michigan football...hmmmmm

i chose michigan football.  so while he sanded, i kept an eye on the game....(we won)

and i picked out a beautiful shade of turquoise, a lovely robin's egg green

and he got busy painting.....

the games last 3 hours, so when the game was done, so was don...

and he paints with one of those cheapo paint brushes that are like 2 for a dollar. 

now all i have to do is layer a nice gray or espresso glaze on it so all of her 

lovely details shine through.

and i left the best part for last...

oh no, it wasn't 35.00

it was 20% off of 35.00

$28.00.

here is the final paint job.  i love the color.   i just need to decide on the glaze now....

i painted the hardware with a oil-rubbed bronze spray.  i love it...

we touched up the missing paint on the back right leg...
and i turned the drawer pull on the top left side.

i will post the final pictures later.....


linking up at
http://creatingahouseofgrace.blogspot.com/2010/10/we-have-been-busy-and-twice-owned-party.html
http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2010/10/nifty-thrifty-tuesdays-no35.html
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2010/10/fireplace-for-my-dream-library-welcome.html
http://www.perfectlyimperfectblog.com/and http://www.inthefunlane.com/2010/09/fresh-coat-friday_24.html
and http://www.storiesofahouse.com/2010/09/project-diaries-volume-1.html
http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/2010/09/show-and-tell-get-your-link-on.html
here too...http://www.domestically-speaking.com/2010/09/39th-power-of-paint-party.html
http://primitiveandproper.blogspot.com/2010/10/piece-of-work-wednesday-link-party.html
http://decormamma.blogspot.com/2010/11/frugalicious-friday-giveawayjunk.html



edited to add....
i have had some friends ask what kind and color of paint i used for this project....
i used behr premium plus paint in a satin finish.  when i sent hubby to home depot to get the paint with the swatch, he left the swatch at the store so i don't know the exact color.  it is very similar to the
martha stewart living tidewater msl 121
paint swatch, though...
for the glazing i used ralph lauren glaze from home depot and just mixed black acrylic paint from hobby lobby until i got the gray that i liked.

the glazing results are
here:
http://camerasandchaos.blogspot.com/2010/10/finishing-touch.html

and you can see the final result
here:
http://camerasandchaos.blogspot.com/2010/10/final-result.html