Project Complete- China Hutch

Here she is, folks. Doesn't it look so much nicer than the "before"?!



So, you can see where I put it, in the dining room where the liquor cabinet was. "Oh yeah, the liquor cabinet. Where did that go?", you ask. Well, it went here- right where the chair WAS.
That guy's going to the basement to get reupholstered because the cats sheared the arms with their claws. They must not have realized that it wasn't a fancy scratching post :(

Make Way for the China Hutch

A few days ago I found a china hutch on Craigslist for $10 and thought it had good bones. Before getting my hopes up I checked with the owner to see if the piece was made of real wood. To that question I was told that it's probably too light to be wood, but he wasn't sure what it was.... So, with hopes of getting a decent piece to work with, we went and picked it up. Surprise: there isn't a spot of real wood on the thing. Anyway, we took it home in hopes of working a little magic on it. As you can see, there were scratches

We went to Home Depot and got some spray cans of paint and quickly got home to work on it. We tried to sand the "wood" (I mean, plastic, fake wood) so we had a smooth surface to work with. That worked out okay, but we were worried about the little spots of gunky goo on it, so we gave the thing a bath in Goo Be Gone. We really tried to make sure this wouldn't come back to haunt us. We painted it, but some parts still bubbled up. Oh well. I sanded them down tonight and sprayed what I hope is the last coat of paint. Then all we have to do is put the handles back on the sliding doors for the bottom cabinet and install the sliding glass doors. I can't wait to see what it will look like in the house with our CHINA in it! Here's a sneak peak at it with primer...what color(s) do you think we went with for the final version?
Now, the question you might ask is, "Where on earth are you going to put that hutch, Carrie? You don't have any blank wallspace". Ahh, you're right. If you know my house, I have 2 fish tanks, both of which get algae build-up really quickly because of our skylights and windows. Well, I found a place to move the fish tank that was in the dining room to a new location. What do you think?