Today I bring another post about renovation, and this time it's about the makeover of this vintage piece of furniture, a glass hutch that holds a huge emotional value for me.
Actually, this is already the second renovation I've done on this piece. The first was in 2020, when it came to me thanks to my dad, who found out it was being discarded and was sure I would love to restore it. He couldn’t have been more right.
At the time, it arrived with some parts of the finish peeling off and a bit damaged, so I scraped off everything that was coming loose, kept what could still be used, and painted in blue only the areas that were most affected.
Now, five years later, new parts started to peel again, this time concentrated on the two bottom doors, where I had left the laminated pau-ferro veneer finish. So I had to focus my efforts on that area, and I started by scraping off the entire pau-ferro veneer, as you can see in these first images.
After scraping all along the edges of the doors, I sanded everything as well. Then it was time to start thinking about the paint.
The truth is, I loved that shade of blue I had chosen for the piece. I thought it contrasted beautifully with the dark tone of the wood. But since that makeover was done a while ago, I no longer had that same paint color, and I also felt like giving the space a refreshed look.
So, since I had to repaint the bottom part anyway, I figured it would be best to repaint the entire hutch again, at least the parts that were blue.
After giving it some thought, I ended up choosing a light pink shade and went to the paint store to pick it out and bring it home. But that day I was a little distracted and didn’t notice that the salesperson had sold me a solvent-based paint. I always use water-based paint, so that became the biggest challenge in this renovation.
Working with solvent-based paint was quite unpleasant for me, especially because of the smell, the texture, and how hard it is to clean the brushes afterward. I really wouldn’t recommend this type of paint.
I finished all the painting in two days, because on the second day I realized that using a brush hadn’t worked very well. So I had to apply a second coat using a roller made for wood, and the paint, the finish, turned out much better.
Unfortunately, I didn’t take many photos of those steps. I was filming videos for my renovation page on Instagram, so I ended up with videos and not photos. I'm sorry for not properly documenting the whole process.
In the end, I decided to keep the flower drawings on the drawer. Back then, they were made using a stencil, and today my drawing skills have improved a lot. But even so, I didn’t want to erase that little piece of the hutch’s first makeover, so I chose to leave it as is.
Since this piece doesn’t have handles, I ended up adding crochet donuts to serve that purpose. I had made them before and they were stored here at home. I thought they looked really cute.
In the end, the hutch matched beautifully with the chair beside it, which is also a shade of pink. Even though it’s not exactly the same, they’re quite similar.
That’s it. I hope you enjoyed it. Now I’ll leave you with some photos of the finished makeover so you can take a closer look at the details.
