A New Antique Hutch

Craigslist is a funny funny thing. One never knows what will turn up at any given time. Sometimes I check it at just the right time to snag the most wonderful and unique antique furniture. On Thursday I spotted this unbelievable antique bead board cupboard, and knew immediately that I had to have it. On Friday after work I drove halfway across the state to pick up this beauty. It was covered in spiderwebs and god knows what else. And it weighs about as much as an elephant. It's all solid pine, mostly tongue and groove bead board. It's clearly home made, which makes it all the more charming. It was in the basement of a house that was built about 1875, and I would guess that's about when it was built, probably by the first owner, and I suspect it had never once seen the light of day until I bought it.
It was original a slate blue/gray, and then at some point someone painted it a bright candy red. That paint surface had seen better days, and you know how I hate the color red. I re-painted it my new favorite color- Benjamin Moore's Roasted Sesame Seed. It's the most pleasant and warm color. I put it in a corner of my kitchen that's been bothering me with its clutter. Now I can't stop looking at it. I love it SO MUCH.

Here's the corner before the new cupboard. I had a hanging cupboard, a table, a chair- it was all too much and no one ever sat at the table. 

Here's the cupboard after we first carried it in, it its ugly red.

And all done!!

And I just had to show you the beautiful blooms my hydrangeas are putting out.