Wednesday, December 21, 2011

I am Loved.

My aunt gave Rob and I her old hutch this weekend. No one else in the family wanted it?!


We put it in the black hole we had behind the couch. It seems to fit in there nicely. 


I do need to get a smaller side table for between the couches now. It looks a bit tight right there but really, there is plenty of space. It's just so dang huge it feels like it needs its own football field of space!


It's 100% pecan, and it's solid as a rock. Poor Rob had to get 3 other guys to help lift it-- the top and the bottom are separate... so he needed 4 total guys to help lift just the bottom and then just the top. That should tell you how HEAVY it was! We probably need to like reinforce the floor under it or something.

(striped jammies alert!)

I can't decide if I want to paint it or not. It's got that speckled marine varnish stuff on it that our dining room table had. I hate that. But, I do like the extra dose of wood in the room. Maybe once we put down wood floors it'll tempt me to paint it? Honestly I DO want to paint it... but oh mylanta that'd be SO much work!!! 


Having the hutch there also helps break up that huge expanse of wall we had going on. Now I can hang up two large frames over the couch and just call it done! 

Oh and here's a little before and after of the black hole behind the couch. 



Anyways, I love it, even with its flaws. Mainly because it'll outlast me with it's hulking-ness. Thanks Ma (what I call my aunt!)



7 comments:

  1. It was meant to be! This hutch is about double the size of mine and it took FOREVER to paint. But totally worth it.

    I like your curtains!

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  2. Oh my gosh you MUST paint it - have you seen the blog Better After? She only posts other people's Before & After shots. It's like design porn, I tell ya! She has oodles of painted hutches ver similar to yours, you should check her out for ideas =) http://betterafter.blogspot.com/

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  3. Ooh pretty! Gotta love free stuff that takes care of black holes!

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    Have a Safe & Happy New Year!

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  5. I agree it must be painted! You are to young and hip to have that much dated wood in anyone one room!! It also needs fab new hardware!!

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  6. I agree it must be painted! You are to young and hip to have that much dated wood in anyone one room!! It also needs fab new hardware!!

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