Comments on: before and after: laura’s hutch

By: kelli

kelli — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:27:34 +0000

it needs legs. much, much too short, and some things are just not made to sit flat on the ground. you can buy furniture legs for nothing…or better yet, repurpose them off something else!

By: amarie

amarie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:48:24 +0000

ooh that’s loverly. though i still liked it with a view of the books too. either way looks good to me.

By: juliana

juliana — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:08:27 +0000

The toile could have been on the inside back and looked nice. (painted everything white)

(maybe the stuff on the glass made the issue?)

By: Geri

Geri — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:09:47 +0000

Kudos for turning trash into a functional, and obviously very provocative piece: A nice creative effort that may or may not appeal to everyone’s design aesthetic, may offend someone’s obviously sacred interest in correct furniture nomenclature of all things…and picky, picky…quickly everyone…tear down your toile if you have any…stella says it’s passe!

By: stellaQuinn

stellaQuinn — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:28:00 +0000

they definitely improved it but toile is so passe….

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:56:21 +0000

I agree with painting it all white and leaving out the toile, it blocks all the books!

By: holly

holly — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:53 +0000

i had hope when i looked at the second image, but i am afraid i find the end result rather awful. They completely lost the filigree by covering everything with white paint and the toile is too much for the space involved. I appreciate that they tried and at least it didn’t go in the garbage, but that’s about the only thing positive i can say about this.

It would have been interesting if they had reworked the filigree and molding to be slightly (and just slightly) lighter or darker than the main casing and then tie that into the interior somehow (lighter shelves, or a carefully laid, thin line of coordinating paint maybe a quarter inch in from the shelf cove).

By: the.mediatrix

the.mediatrix — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:49:24 +0000

I think this looks great!! But it’s my pet peeve to use the wrong names for furnishings. It drives me crazy on Craig’s List; I can’t BELIEVE d*s –which is actually about furniture and design — would make the same mistake. This isn’t an armoire. It’s a HUTCH. (It’s the top part of a china cabinet.) So while this is a very cute treatment, the fact remains that a hutch and an armoire are two completely different items. It’s fine to decide to use a hutch as a tiny low armoire, but there is no reason to call them by the wrong names. At least say, “a repurposed hutch that becomes an armoire.” (Though to be honest, an armoire is so much bigger, I’m not sure the word fits at all. This is really repurposing a cabinet into a cabinet.)

By: Camila

Camila — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:11:23 +0000

I look taking something from the trash and making it into something that will work in your home. It just goes to show that a little bit of paint goes a long way. I love toile so I love the look of this piece.

Good job.

By: Jen O

Jen O — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:05:19 +0000

If that’s a pug, then the makeover isn’t an armoire (unless that’s a new breed of super-pug).
I’m guessing it’s the top to a china cabinet, and would normally rest on top of a buffet bottom, right?