Last Saturday I went out with my friends Laura and Keith to the city wide garage sales taking place in Nixa. I found a few things to add to the wedding, but was not able to find any of the big pieces of furniture I was on the hunt for. I was hoping to find a credenza to refinish for our living room, but I guess it wasn't meant to be.
Saturday night Laura and Keith came over with Laura's husband Dave, and we had a nice bbq and sanding party! Laura found some great deals at the garage sale, and she wanted to start sanding down her new barstools to get prepped for painting. Luckily I had a sanding project that I was working on and we turned the night into a sanding party.
About a week ago Cameron and I bought a hutch off of Craigslist for $20!
The space between the fridge and the wall is 4'3" and the hutch is 3'9" wide. Fits like a glove! We really needed a hutch for added storage because the kitchen has very limited cabinet space.
I figure that we can showcase our new dishes and pretty canisters on the shelves and use the drawers and cabinets at the bottom to store larger items like crock-pots and tupperware.
So at my sanding party I began with basic sandpaper and after three hours of esentially getting nowhere (there is a lot of grime and old paint on this puppy) I broke down and bought an electric sander :)
This little guy was at Wal-Mart and he is my new best friend! I was able to sand almost the whole hutch in a matter of an hour and it would have taken me a lot longer without him!
The hutch is well on its way to looking awesome in a pretty olive green like the hutch in the picture below.
Over the next couple of months I am sure that you will see a lot more furniture projects as I get stuff ready for our new townhouse! Hope that you all don't mind :)
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