Meg recently restored this “kitchen dresser,” as she likes to call it, and I guess I’ll call it that too, because the only other words I could think of were “hutchy thing.” The previous owner had also planned to restore it, but never found the time, and over the years it just became a beaten up place to store tools instead. Admitting defeat, he sold it to Meg, who wasted no time getting back in fighting shape! It looks fantastic, I love the contrasting hinges and hardware. Check out her blog Meg and Mum’s to take a peek inside. True story: it’s lined with Vegemite fabric!
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19 Comments
Lindsey @ Better After
January 26, 2012 at 9:40 PMThat could be right, but I’m pretty sure Hoosier cabinets have some sort of counter space either built-in or expandable…
lisa
January 26, 2012 at 9:38 PMi think it’s called a hoosier cabinet….
Danielle @ Antique Recreation
January 27, 2012 at 4:40 AMThis is one of my all time favorites! I’m on a quest now to find a kitchen dresser! What a wonderful re-creation!
Bliss
January 26, 2012 at 10:21 PMThat hutchy thing turned out fantastic!!!
~Bliss~
Hope Johnson
January 26, 2012 at 10:46 PMLOVE it! 😀
Katie
January 26, 2012 at 11:09 PMPretty!
Lesley
January 27, 2012 at 12:38 AMThat is a neat piece!
Sandra Guadagnin
January 27, 2012 at 1:08 AMLovely, Lindsay!
Sandy
January 27, 2012 at 1:48 AMWOW!!!!!!!!! One of a kind for sure, and a really beauty! Just love it!
rkbsnana
January 27, 2012 at 1:49 AMWhy can’t I ever find something like that? Love it whatever it is.
Tami / Maddie Lumpkin
January 27, 2012 at 2:41 AMThis old kitchen cabinet is to die for! I want it!
Meg and Mum's
January 27, 2012 at 2:47 AMThanks so much for the feature Lindsey! In Australia these things are referred to as a “kitchen dresser” or “meat safe/food safe”. They are quite hard to get hold of as they are really old and no longer made. The ones with the bench top, cupboard or drawers underneath and cupboards or shelves up the top are referred to as “hutches”. Hope that clears things up! 😀
annie
January 27, 2012 at 3:49 AMI don’t normally comment, and I normally think wow, that is so neat. But THIS post, O.M.G. I have serious envy!! What a great piece. It’s exactly what I have been looking for, and sad to hear they’re hard to come by!! Wow. Great job to the person that refinished it!! So impressed.
Stacy Curran
January 27, 2012 at 6:22 AMI want a kitchen dresser! This is beautiful!
Stacy
outfit31.blogspot.com
January 28, 2012 at 1:18 AMLuv the fashion DIYs!
Gabrielle
January 28, 2012 at 7:27 AMOMG I want one of these. right. now. Fabulous! What an amazing find.
MsDaphne
January 31, 2012 at 1:40 AMI neeeeeed this.
{Hi Sugarplum!}
January 31, 2012 at 9:35 PMThat is a cool piece — what a great find! And those bunk beds a little further down…so cool! Almost worth having more kids for. naaaaaah, nevermind. 😉
KarenT
June 11, 2012 at 2:47 AMCan I just say that I am respectfully, lovingly, so J e a l o u s !!! I also love that its not distressed and can shine in all its useful glory.