When we talked to Casey & Curran, they wanted a chest of drawers for their new baby with 5 drawers. We found a solid, sturdy chest of drawers with only three drawers, so we decided to work with that and make a solid wood hutch top for it. The original chest was pretty - ugly, quite frankly, but the drawers work great & you can't beat solid and sturdy.
George got right to work and painted the drawers inside and out. Then he painted the knobs - each in a different primary color. He painted the whole chest - including the back. The top has at least 5 coats of white paint on it.
After we painted everything, I cut shelf paper out and lined the drawers. It just comes out. (Simply paper, not contact paper.)
The Chest of Drawers part of the project is complete at this point, so we started the hutch top next. George cut boards to face the shelves and painted them with the paint that matches the knob.
These little strips of wood needed several coats of paint to cover completely.
Buddy & Riley are watching us closely. They watch even closer when we eat.
George cut the pieces and dadoes the sides for the shelves.
Shelf 1
Shelf 2
Shelf 3
And with the help of the rubber mallot & Grandma - we put the other side of the hutch on.
Without the top shelf.
With the top on.
With the back on....
Painted - with the brightly colored wood strips on the front.....
Sneak preview with the hutch on the chest of drawers.....
Complete side view.......
Finally - the finished product. Handcrafted by George for
our first great grand baby!
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