My kitchen hutch re-do

Hello everyone! Can you believe that it is finally Spring?! I'm so excited! This is one of my favorite seasons. I love Spring. Today I decided to start a little spring cleaning to get ready for Easter. I had planned on putting out all of my Easter things but guess what? I can't find them. I have two storage buildings out back and can't remember which one I put them in. Usually that's not too much of a problem...but "Baby it's cold outside". Too cold and windy to be out in a storage building looking for Easter bunnies! So on to plan B. I finally packed up my Christmas dishes...right before Easter! Yay! I'm doing good this year. LOL

I decided that I would paint the inside of my kitchen hutch before I put my everyday dishes back in it. I painted the whole thing black about 4 years ago. I looked in the utility room and all I could find was this yellow paint that I bought off of the 'oops' table one day at Walmart.

I thought it was a little too yellow so I decided to add some red acrylic paint to it to darken it up a bit. ( I didn't know what I was doing!)

It started looking good...I thought...

But it was a little bit too 'pink' for my kitchen. So I found some purple glaze and added a little dab of it. Kind-of like cookin'. I ended up having to add more yellow before it was all over. LOL

This is my kitchen hutch before I painted the back of it. It started out white all over and a few years ago I painted it black. I might even go back to white one day...that will be tough!

I bought it one day at a junk store for $50.00. It had been in a house fire and it was a mess! I love the style if it. I love the feet and the wire. I have glass for it...somewhere in storage.

Close up of my dishes. I love mixing patterns.

I love using warm vibrant colors in my kitchen. I bought the black hand painted bowl at a flea market one day. Whoever painted it did a beautiful job. Maybe she is famous and I just don't know yet.

This cabinet has a French Country look to me.

This is my little apron collection. I love wearing aprons when I'm cooking.

My fruit dishes are from the Biltmore Collection. The solid color dishes are from Signature called 'Bella'. I love that name.

I bought the tassel from a thrift shop the other day for only .50 cents. Isn't it pretty? I knew it would be perfect for my hutch door.

Didn't it turn out pretty?












It has it's little imperfections...it's been moved 3 times in the last few years. I guess that just gives it the 'shabby' look.

I'm linking to "Show Off Your Cottage Monday" at "The House In The Roses". Be sure to go by there and check out everyone else and what they are sharing about their cottage today.

I'm also linking to Transformation Thursdays at 'The Shabby Chic Cottage'. Go by there and see everyone elses links. There are some great ideas out there!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!