Hutch Tutorial and Colors

My last post about my hutch was forever ago, but everyone asked about the colors and what technique I used. So I put together a little Tutorial.

The color's I used are a mixture of

Benjamin Moore- Night Train, and

Benjamin Moore- Wedgewood grey.

For the tutorial I found a piece of wood then I just used wood glue to put a piece of trim on there to show how to get the grey in the creases.

Step 1- Prime

This was a natural piece of wood so it needed primer. I used Kilz. I prime about 90% of everything I do. I don't want to take the chance of spending hours and hours on something, just to have something go wrong b/c I skipped priming.

Step 2- Sand

I use a small palm sander with a fine sand paper.

This will remove any brush strokes that you can feel.

Wipe dust off with a damp cloth.

Step 3- Paint

I use a small foam roller to get the smoothest coat.

both colors are Benjamin Moore paint,

mixed until I liked the grey color.

Night Train + edgecomb grey

Step 4- Sand with fine sand paper. Wipe down.

Step 5- Paint 2nd Coat

Step 6- Sand with very fine sand paper (400 g), wipe down

Using the Night Train I just mixed in a drop or 2 of black paint. This is considered a glaze. You can add water to a glaze or you can buy actual glazes. I just used regular paint. You can see the lighter color under the new paint is the paint I used for the 2 coats, thats about how much contrast you'll want.

Step 7- Brush on the grey paint or Glaze.

Make sure you get it in the creases of the moulding. It can be a quick fast coat, and you can cover the whole thing.

Step 8- Wipe Glaze Off

While the glaze is still wet, just use a cloth that is barely damp and start wiping it off.

I found out that if the rag is too wet, it takes too much of the grey off.

Wipe most of it off of the flat areas, just leave the dark in the creases, corners and edges of the piece.

Step 9- Seal with Polyurethane, satin finish

This was the first time I used wipe on Polyurethane and it is the Bomb.Com

Seriously, I loved it. It is my new favorite product to use. It is so easy to use. Just wear gloves and use small rags you can throw away.

I have used other types and they are messy and leave streaks and some bubbles. Not this.

I put 2-3 coats on the hutch, letting it dry 24 hours in between. No sanding in between.

I put an extra coat on the top of the bottom part of the hutch to protect it where things get set on it.

*Do Not Use it on White or Cream painted pieces. It will yellow, or discolor.

The end. I hope this helps! Let me know if anyone try's it out, I would love to see if this was helpful and if your piece turned out.

Thanks!

Hutch Before and After

After slowly chipping away at it over the past few weeks, I finally finished my Hutch!

Hallelulah!!

BEFORE:

AFTER

I'll try to take better pictures of it. I havn't had time to take pictures in the daylight yet.

Linked up at

(Click to visit her blog and see lots of other projects people have put on there!)

Here are some a couple of Sneak Peak pictures of my Hutch. I am really happy with the way its turning out so far. I still havn't painted the window panels so it still looks weird which is why I didn't want to show the whole thing yet. But this week I have alot of time to work on it so I'm crossing my fingers I will be able to finish it.

Stay tuned!

I feel like I've been so busy these past few weeks. I havn't had time to do one dang thing around

the house. It just so happens that I had today off work, and

tomorrow as well!

You better believe I spent my day working on my hutch.

Finally!

I have had this thing for almost 3 weeks! Just staring at me in the garage.

I've been stewing over it every day. I've finally come to a decision on what to do to it......

Today was just sanding, sanding, and more sanding. This has by far been the messiest re-do I've ever done. I was completely covered in dust. Hopefully I can finish it tomorrow or at least by Saturday!

(mine and Scotts favorite picture.)

more to come! (hopefully soon!)

My amazing husband installed new tall baseboards for me today. He's the best. I was going to do before, during and after pictures but he ripped up the old ones before I expected, and he got the new ones installed today before I even expected him to! So tomorrow we will caulk and paint them. Then I will post Pictures of my new lovely large baseboards.

Stay tuned....

I just got an Email from Linda at lindaslittlebits. Linda awarded me the ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD! Thank you so much!! I'm so happy that other people have enjoyed the things I've done. I'm glad I can inpire someone out there, because I know how excited I get when I see someone else's project that gives me some great ideas! Thank you Linda! You made my day today! Now it is my turn to award 15 fellow Blogladies. These are a few fun, entertaining, and inspiring blogs I like to keep my eye on... (click on each one for their link)

1. Lettered Cottage

2. Better after

3. The DIY showoff

4. The Old Painted Cottage

5. Shanty2chic

6. Just Beachy

7. Its the Little Things that Make a House a Home

8. My Cute Little Crafts

9. Velvet & Linen

10. Shabby Rags to Fancy Riches

11. Strictly Simple Style

12. Barnhouse

13. Imperfectly Beautiful

14. Thrifty Decore Chick

15. BusyBee Lauren

Enjoy!

Well let me just say that my new friend over at BETTER AFTER made my day!

She featured me on her blog! (Click here to see her blog)

You know when someone leaves you a nice little note out of the blue? And you feel all giddy inside? That is me! Thank you so much! I love her blog. She just displays before and after pictures of everybody's projects no matter what they are. So go check out her blog! Especially if you have something you need to re-do, and you just havn't whipped up any good ideas. There are tons of them!

CLICK HERE to see her post all about my things!

Step by Step chair Re-d0

1.) Remove staples with needle nose plyers & take material off.

- Sand out any scratches and nicks on wooden areas that will be visible.

- Prime wooden areas that will be painted.

-After priming, sand with a fine sand paper. Wipe with damp cloth
-Paint 2 coats. After it dries, Sand again with very fine sand paper & wipe off

- Seal. I use polyeurathane with a Satin finish.

-Lay old pieces of matieral out on top of the back side of new material.

Trace with pencil and cut each piece out.

-Lay the piece of material on the chair and center it so it will stretch over the batting evenly. Use a nail gun and start at one side, nailing the material into place, working your way around the chair. My chair had large pins in some areas. They came in so handy because they cover up any folded areas so you cannot see a seam. (notice on the side of the seat.)

Kitchen Before and After

(Click on Picture!)

Its a before and after Party for Home improvement projects! So I thought I would post pics of my Kitchen, and I just finished my new little cornice yesterday so perfect timing.

I havn't posted any pictures of my kitchen since it got a facelift last year. So here it is so far...

I'm going to do the After first, because the before is quite scary.

AFTER

Before

We actually lived with the blue counter tops and laminate cupboards for a year. Then I ordered new cabinet doors, as plain wood (paint grade) and painted them myself. It took FOREVER but it was worth every second and saved alot of money! Then my brother put in new countertops for us, and My Husband put the crown moulding on top. I'd say it made quite a difference. I've been so happy with it.

Don't forget to go to the DIY Show Off (click here) & see all of the before and after projects that people have submitted! Lot of great projects to see! Or if you have a home improvement project you've been working on, Add your link to her site!!

Flea Market!

This morning we got to the Flea Market right when it opened. They had so much cool stuff! It was in the parking lot of an Antique store, and the store was having a sale too. Each of us found cool stuff. I wish I would have taken pictures of the things my friends got too so I could show you. Maybe I'll round them up. These were my cool finds for the day.

This is my favorite. It sits on my counter as a little recipe stand. I did find out that it is an old shoe display stand. (I gave it a good scrub down after I found that out...) The best part is, I don't have to do anything to it! Its way cute. Got it for 3$

I found these old lock plates. I've been looking all over for these. I almost ordered some from ebay but I'm glad I didn't. These were 1$ each.

I'm not sure what to call this. It was 5$. I used this on my cornice above my Kitchen window. Click here to see my kitchen

K, I love this. No clue what it is. Just a tall post thing. But I love it!

Anyway.. I highly recommend that if you hear about a Flea Market in your area, don't pass it up! Also, this is a great blog with lots of ideas on flea market finds and what to do with them! check it out! (click here)