It reminded me of the china I had lost in the fire which I never replaced.  It was half off because it was the last day of the sale.

Anybody watch the show Cash & Cari  on HGTV?  It is about how her estate sale business and how she puts the sale together and runs the sales.  I knew from her show that the the last day of an estate sale is bargain day.

The china was a 12 piece serving set plus a gravy bowl, cream and sugar and oval dish.  They were asking $345, so half off would be $172.50.  I did something that I never have done before, I asked the woman in charge if she would take $150.  She looked at me with a sneer, and said “I guess!  But YOU have to box it, I am not boxing it for you!”  In my mind I was woohooing it, cause I was so proud of myself for having the guts to ask for a deeper discount.  Cari would of never treated a customer like that, but whatever, it wasn’t that big of a deal to box it up myself.

The pattern is Grey Renaissance, made by Franciscan China.  It was made in the good old USA  from 1948-1981

I put the china in my new hutch and it all fit perfectly.  The only things was, I felt that the hutch needed more contrast against the new china.   I wanted to bring the colors of my kitchen and eating area into the hutch

It just so happened that I had the perfect green/blue sample pot that matches my kitchen island. The color is Sherwin Williams

I painted over the white back inside with the Halcyon Green and fell in love.  It added depth to the cabinet and it really compliments the grey in the china

I added some punch of red to the mix along with some silver items

I was having so much fun accessorizing and styling the hutch now that I had china to display.

I keep moving things around and taking away and adding stuff in, I love  just gazing at the inside as I walk by

It is hard to get a picture of the cabinet closed because the camera wants to focus on the grid pattern on the doors.  So here is a picture with the doors open

I love how it looks in the room!  Just what that hutch needed for my prized china.

Estate sale china and adding color to my hutch is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

It was suppose to be temporary.  I brought it over from our house that we lived in while our home was being re-built.  I knew it wasn’t the right piece for the space and was going to get the right one eventually, but it wasn’t high on my priorty list.

Come Decemeber of 2010, when I was taking down my Christmas stuff, I had had it!  Four years of looking at it and I just couldn’t stand it any more,  so I put it on Craig’s list.  My husband was baffled because he thought it looked fine, and didn’t understand why I wanted to get rid of it.  I didn’t even tell him when I did it, it was just one of those things where I had to do it NOW!  So for 7 months the wall has been empty while I have been causally looking for a hutch.  I had my eye on the one I just bought since February, and just decided this week to pull the trigger and get it.  I couldn’t believe the store still had it, so I figured it was meant to be.

I kind of wish it was longer and had more storage, but my husband was afraid of me getting a humungous piece of furniture and cramping the walkway.  So I didn’t get hutch as big as I would of liked, but I still love it!  As you can see from this picture looking into the kitchen, there is plenty of walkway {you can see the corner of the hutch on the right}

And here is a view looking from the kitchen into the family room {the side of the hutch is on the left}

What I love about this hutch is some of the cool things it has built into it.  It takes away from my storage, but just the uniqueness of it makes it worth it.  It has a top drawer that you drop down and it makes into a little writing desk

Then below that, the cabinet front looks like it is two separate doors,

but it really is a lazy susan shelf that spins around so that you can use it for serving

Pretty cool huh?  Don’t know if I will ever use it for that, but it could be fun to try.  In the other top drawer it has a formica board on the top when you pull it out for a serving area

Then you lift the tray up and it has a green velvet lined drawer for storing silverware

The finish is perfect.  Matches my kitchen chairs perfectly

The top portion of the hutch has wire inserts that I just love

{like my fake cake?  lol I put that in there last night to see how things are going to look when I get around to filling it} The curved crown molding on the top gives it some style and blends so nicely with all the molding I have in the room

I like how the door hardware is painted the same as the cabinet

Overall, I think it was a good compromise with my husband for the space.  He loves it by the way.

Now it is time to fill it up with pretty dishes and accessories, let the fun begin!
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My new kitchen hutch is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.