Bin Shelves on a Hutch

At one point I changed Grandma's 
china cabinet into a piece of furniture for the TV...

Here it is after I decided not to use the glass doors...


Now I'm going to show you what I created with the hutch top...

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I was going for a "cubbie look" so
I removed all the shelves and added a piece of trim molding to the front of each shelf. The trim molding gave each shelf a lip like a cubbie. It was important to me for the shelves to continue to be removable so the spaces in the hutch can be flexible...


 I primed the molding black so when I distress the piece, 
the raw wood won't come through... 

When I removed the hinges from the old doors it left an indent in the wood so I used Gorilla wood glue to add a very thin piece of wood luan to fill the space.

Yikes, sorry about the picture!


Using an old wooden file cabinet, an IKEA desk top, an IKEA sawhorse, I married them to create the new desk/hutch...


I painted the whole unit with Annie Sloan Graphite paint 
then distressed the edges.

The whole piece got a coat of clear wax...  
dark wax can be used to make the Graphite color blacker
but personally I love the dark gray.


While I waited for the wax to dry, 
I added metal bin labels to each shelf... 
I used letters to make the spaces generic.



And now filled with treasures...



This made the perfect display piece with space so it can be 
multi-functional as a desk or sideboard.








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I am Susan, the author and creator at Homeroad. I am a wife, mother of 4 daughters, and a grandmother of 5 and counting. I am a retired teacher, a DIY blogger and an artist at heart. .