Nobody Wanted this Hutch 😢 I had an idea...

I appreciate seeing repurpose and reuse, gives old furniture a new life. Instead of being thrown away.

I bought a 130 year old house and took out all the kitchen cabinets. I then started looking for this type of furniture for all my cabinets. I have four hutches and I left them with the original finish and put plate glass on the base top so it could be used as a cutting board and to protect the wood. They have darkened over the past 25 years but I'm happy with it. The hutches give my kitchen a good amount of drawers and work space. Decorate the way YOU want and don't worry about what others think because they don't live in your house. 😂

Thank you for “breaking the rules” about not removing doors, painting over the hardware, and cutting the bottom! Doors are such a struggle for me to put back on. I like how the painted hardware blends in. And the shape of the base and legs is perfect! Scalloped would give its secrets away!

Wow, it's sad you have to keep apologizing & explaining for why you've decided to do certain things when refinishing furniture due to negative comments. Your viewers need to remember this is YOUR channel, YOUR furniture, YOUR creative expression & vision. If they don't like it, let them start their own channels & do their own thing their way. Own your decisions girl, don't buy into their guilt projections. You are a powerful person and doing great work. You go girl, kudos!

What is wrong with people on YouTube? Stop being so critical of others, especially those who share their skills. Christina, your work is beautiful and inspirational. Block the jerks!

You saved a well built, dovetail detail on the drawers, piece of furniture and turned it into a beautiful, updated, multi functional piece of furniture.

I love people who rush to join groups, FB, and YouTube to jump up and down on someone willing to teach us another way to update furniture or save a piece from the landfill. After all, that is how this whole business got started. They have zero vision or ability to think out of the box, and thus, their orange furniture filled homes are darkened and will be landfill items when the unfortunate day comes and they pass away. Christina, I have always enjoyed your channel, keep up your magic, and update it all!!!❤🎉❤

Hinges. Take the hinge off. Fill the holes with a wood filler before it dries, stick a straight pin in the center, and leave it. When you are done painting, pull out the straight pin and you now have marked holes to reset your hinges. Works on house doors really well or anything that i want perfectly realigned when i reassemble it.

I LOVE that you jigsawed the base to change it. Dang, girl! Power tools and your ingenuity for the win.

I actually do antique furniture restoration. That's how I support my family. I see some of the people commenting here because she painted this. There is nothing to restore here. This isn't a valuable item. Its not rare. Its crappy wood. The "wood grain" within the finish is actually WITHIN the finish. Its not even actual wood grain. I agree with what you did there. Some pieces NEED paint or they're just always going to be ugly. This is a fantastic and trendy way to recycle these otherwise unwanted pieces.

You did a beautiful job of rescuing the piece and giving it new life. Those who think their opinion is the last word need to go kick rocks.

You do you. You bought it, styled it, made it your own. I am very proud of you… I am 72 and love antiques, but… this was a great repurposing project. You keep making your world beautiful. ❤

You rescued this. You should make it over the way YOU want. Who cares if how you do it makes someone upset. Your piece....your makeover!

The top piece would make an adorable matching toy/book shelf for a toddler.

I have this same hutch from my grandmother! I have plans to paint it blue next weekend. Happy to come across it to get a visual first, it turned out beautiful.

I turns out really nice. You see what you can do with a bit of imagination. When we got married in 1981 and bought our house, its big kitchen needed something big in it, and we wanted a welsh dresser. Unfortunately, there were none around so we found this junk shop locally which put the shelf part onto the base parts in matching wood. We chose a base part and the guy used recycled wood from the stairway of an old school and put shelves on top. It was greatly admired by all visitors. My friend admired it so much that when we remodelled our kitchen, going from dark wood to bright white and pale wood, we gave it to her, along with the table we were gifted when we moved into the house. She still has it to this day. That must have been around about 2008. It was a good item and certainly is still giving value for money.

Stop worrying about people being mad at you. You do you, girl!

Boy, you have some crabby viewers! If they want to leave a piece of furniture looking like the '50's that's their choice, but since this one isn't a valuable antique, there's also nothing wrong with bringing it into the 21st century. I love the blue color, and how well that goes with the original color, and the simplified legs will go well with many styles of decor! You go, girl!!

This came out absolutely gorgeous, what a beautiful, rich color. I've been wanted a kitchen island on wheels, but with size and budget constraints, just been looking. This has given me an idea of looking for a piece to repurpose and add my own strong castor wheels. Love the idea of Beyond Paint. Thanks for the post!

I'm glad you had the courage and vision to get rid of the outdated scallops on the furniture. I too, created a changing table from an antique oak dresser - and yes, it was the perfect height. I sanded and oiled the oak but kept the hardware as I liked the Victorian style. The baby I did the makeover for, went on to use it for her own babies (!) and now that they're grown is using it once more as a dresser = along with the mirror that came with it. Original price: $85 in a 1970 NYC second hand shop. Well worth it.