A Virgin No More {Chalk Painted Hutch Reveal}

That right, folks. At 35 years old, I lost my virginity. I finally bit the bullet and purchased myself some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White.

I wanted my first time to be special, so I dove right in and tackled about the biggest project I could have in my home.

My grandmother's hutch.

Now, I assumed that I had good photos of the hutch before I started painting it, but realized none of them show the bottom half so you'll have to use your imagination. There should be hardware on the drawers, but half of the hardware is missing so it's harware-less for now until I can decide what I want. Anyone have any suggestions???

Pretty much every blogger I know absolutely loves chalk paint. I love that there is no prep work. Some of the posts I read said that the brush strokes don't matter and they won't show up, but they did. Not terribly so, but they are there. It's supposed to cover in one coat (most of the time), but it didn't. Nonetheless, I'm so glad I decided to do this.

I painted this bad boy on a Saturday night. After about three hours, I had sucked every drop of paint out of the can but still had some spots that need a second coat so I had to buy another can. At $40 a pop, this was not exactly an inexpensive project. However, the end results are worth it and I am thrilled with how it came out. 

In a perfect world, I would have painted and distressed in the backyard, but, this thing is MASSIVE.

Then came the time to style it. Here's where I run into trouble. I called my Jedi Master {of style} to walk me through it. You see, I want a sorta coastal feel, without being "beachy." Loving my rustic woods and metals, but still including my grandmother's dishes and glassware. I wanted it to look amazing, but still look like we live with it everyday. And simple, it must be simple.

A big part of my decorating philosophy is that you should decorate with pieces that mean something to you.

I'll share details of the display in a post later this week.

I added a pretty seagrass basket, found on clearance at Target last week, and filled it with a few table linens. The vintage tray was also my grandmothers (from Germany) which I thought was the perfect piece to hold my collection of vintage glass bottles.

I painted the sign several months ago. The basket and boat were from Marshall's and the vintage glass bottles were Country Roads treasures.

I'm still working on the living room and some art for dining room will be revealed...eventually. (hopefully sometime this year!!) But for the most part, this is the dining room.

How 'bout a little side by side?

I hope to have a piece of art to show you at the end of the week, as well as sharing some details on  a few of the displayed treasures.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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