I'm a Real DIYer

I like to think of myself as a DIYer and I always have good intentions, but I usually turn into a HYHDI kind of gal (Have Your Husband Do It).  Though with this particular project, minus one crucial step, I really was a bona fide DIYer.

In getting ready to remodel the dining room, I had decided to move the kitchen-cabinet-matching hutch from the kitchen to the dining room and give it a new color.  I am a new fan of chalk paint and chose Annie Sloan's French Linen for the exterior and then a bright turquoise for the inside back wall.  I removed the glass from the doors, spray painted some chicken wire in white, had the hubs attach it for me, then added some new hardware from Hobby Lobby and filled it up with all my pretties.  I love it!

I also painted an old table and chairs from my husband's parents and  painted the chairs Annie Sloan's Old White, distressed them and added different fabrics from Hobby Lobby.  For the table I painted the legs Old White and the top is a 50/50 mix of French Linen and Graphite then added the dark wax to make the table appear more aged.

You can see where I've added the dark wax on the right
side of the table, but not yet to the leaf.

All in all I think it looks pretty great!  More to come on what we did to the dining room as a whole.