Friday, May 28, 2010

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Sooooo definitely wasn't planning on leaving you hanging THAT long! I was in Chico this past weekend for my (future) brother-in-law's graduation. Since Chico is my alma mater and this was possibly my last excuse to go up there, I decided to live it up big. My body is certainly not 21 anymore and it couldn't handle it. I came home with a MAJOR cold and was out until Thursday!

Here it is: my biggest purchase on a single item to date. A hutch!


We have a guy that does amazing custom furniture at the store and I have been going back and forth on having him make a piece for me. I was more than willing to be patient and find a piece at a flea market or craigslist, but the problem was that the wall that it now sits against is HUGE! It needed a LARGE piece to fill it up. We also registered for a lot of large platters, and with fairly narrow cabinets in our kitchen, we needed a deep place to store them.


The nice part was, I got to design every last detail. I left plenty of room for a "buffet" space. You can see the corner of our dining table poking in the first picture. I wanted an area big enough to have wine, or a cake plate. Most hutch's have a tiny little buffet area - I wanted PLENTY of space!


All of our serving ware that we registered for is white, so I wanted the top to be glass so that you could see all of the stacked, white dishes.


I have our hutch pretty centered on the wall right now, but eventually I want to shimmy it down to the right. We have a large space to the left that I want to fill with a bench. I've had my eye on an amazing five-board bench with its' original chippy paint. I can't justify the $300 price tag, but the last time I visited it, it had dropped to $250, so you never know, it may drop more!


Plus, I need to find something to cover our eye-sore in the floor!


That grate would be our in-floor sub woofer (what? You don't have one??) And that wood grate was David's solution to "making it pretty."


Hope you all have a happy Memorial Day!!

12 comments:

  1. WOW....that hutch is gorgeous! Every once in awhile you just have to splurge:)
    I think it's definately the defining piece in that space....
    Can't wait to see it all finished!
    I have to say...I have never seen a sub woofer in a floor before...
    Don't know wha you are going to do about that..
    But I kind of think the wood grates look just fine!

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  2. That is a great looking cabinet. The extra buffet space is sure to come in handy and keep you thrilled with it for years to come.

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  3. LOOOVE it!!!! it's amazing and i can't wait to see it in person. see you tomorrow! xoxoxo

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  4. It's beautiful! You bought and designed an heirloom piece. I have my fingers crossed that the price of the bench drops for you. It sounds lovely.

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  5. What a beautiful piece.. you must be thrilled! xx

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  6. hi sarah,

    what a gorgeous piece of furniture. it looks perfect. although i would love to see the WHOLE room! it's gonna look great filled with ironstone.

    are the wood floors original or did you have to replace them?

    ~janet

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  7. Congrats... it's perfect and will serve you beautifully for years! I'll always remember our first really big purchase... I love it every bit as much as the day we got it :)
    Happy Memorial Day

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  8. it's gorgeous - and you will have it forever!
    ~alicia

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  9. It is BEAUTIFUL!! Love that you designed the piece to make it fit your space and needs. Great job!! It was worth it!

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  10. Lovely blog...i'm a new follower!
    Pamela from French Buttons

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  11. Oh yes...a Chico weekend...and graduation time no less. Ouch

    Love your new piece, you are now officially grown up!

    xo kelley

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  12. I was just wondering if you could give us some information about the flooring in your home. I absolutely love the lightness and beachy feel it creates. Thanks
    Sarah

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