If you are like me, I draw energy from the sun.  I get inspired on sunny days and I can accomplish many things.

This pretty piece was inspired by warm sunny days.  For a while now I have been wanting to do another yellow piece.  I absolutely love the two I did previously (click here and here to view)  and have been itching to find a piece that would suit the color.

Here is the piece I found.  It is an old display hutch probably from the 80’s.  It was in pretty rough shape, missing hardware and having some holes in the back of it.

Before:

I took the entire piece apart, discarded the broken and damaged pieces and removed the moldings off of the doors.  They were just plastic anyways and I think removing them kinda removed the 80’s from it.  lol!

Here is what I was left with …

A friend of mine stopped in one afternoon and commented that it looked like one of those security things you walk through at the airport … she’s right! Ha!

After a good cleaning and a little more prep I gave all the pieces of this cabinet 2 coats of American Chalk Paint Co’s Amber Waves of Grain.  I sanded between coats of paint and did a final sanding with 400 grit paper after the second coat.

Each piece (inside and out) also got a generous coat of clear wax.  Followed by a light brushing of antiquing wax that I blended in with a soft cloth.

The backboard to this piece was replaced with pine tongue and groove planks.  I white washed them with watered down white chalk paint and when they dried I went over them with random brushstrokes of antiquing wax.  The wax was smoothed into the wood to soften the brushstrokes.

After the bottom shelves were reinstalled and the back attached I continued on and made 2 additional shelves out of the same wood as the backboard.  This cabinet was missing the shelves when I got it so I decided to make some.  Both shelves were glued and screwed together to make them strong enough to hold the weight of anything that may be displayed on them.  Then I cut them to fit and finished them the same as the backboard.

(sorry for the blurry picture!)

Once the doors were reattached and the glass was installed I added new hardware.

Then it was time for a photo shoot inside the house …

I don’t think I mentioned it, but it is a lighted cabinet as well.  Unfortunately only the top shelf gets the spotlight as the shelves are made of wood.  It probably had glass shelving originally.

I picked up these cute little honeycomb embossed milk bottles the other day.  They came with red and white striped re useable straws.

I also found a new tureen to love.  It came with a big white porcelain ladle.  I love the shape of the whole piece.  I’m using the lid as an ornament right now in another display vignette in the kitchen.

Here you can see the shelves a little better

I am pleased with the way this cabinet turned out.  It is so cheery but not “in your face” cheery.

I took her to my booth yesterday if anyone is interested in seeing her in person! :0)

Hope you have a sunny day!

Smiles!

Terry

Also …  just a reminder that my Broken Made Beautiful Furniture Linky Party begins again tomorrow evening at 6:00pm (MST) so please join in the fun and share your latest and greatest projects, finds or favorite pieces!

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