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I haunted Craigslist for days/weeks/months/(who knows) to find a similar piece for a good price, and finally came across this one:
It was $75!! The only problem…it was in Kirkland, WA, while I was in Portland, OR, for spring break! The owner was moving, and it HAD to leave on one specific day, and I wasn’t going to be available. I fretted over that for a while, until an elegant solution occurred to me. I was supposed to paint a small chest of drawers for a client that she was picking up IN Kirkland! I made a deal…if she would pick up this hutch for me, I would paint her chest for free.
I tried my best to re-create the look of my inspiration picture. I painted the body with a DIY chalk paint made from SW Creamy ceiling paint! I distressed everything heavily, and also glazed it with a dark walnut stain .
I had a different vision for the backing other than beadboard, but I had to bring the hutch inside before I got to it in order to keep it “safe” from other garage projects.
After putting it all together, I could appreciate that it was a pretty piece…just not for me! It has moved on to a new home now.