The Little Hutch That Could

We were after a retro 60's sideboard/hutch. I had my eyes peeled on ebay but had noticed a lot of people were cluey to the value of them. The nice ones, (well restored and well looked after) were selling for hundreds. We found this little baby from a girl selling for cheap. We paid $70 for it, needed a bit of work to jazz it up. I pulled the small shelf from the left hand cavity and found some retro wallpaper on ebay too for $2 and used it to line the inside of the sideboard. Painted the legs with Haymes semigloss black enamel after an undercoat and used steelo soap pads to clean the handles. Check the second photo to see how much shinier they come up.




It worked out well for such a budget makeover. Pete now has his records stored in it and has his turntable on top We need to get in an electrician to add a power point to that wall though so at the moment the turntable is out of order. The painting leaning on top is a lino print made by Jenny from high school that we've carried on every move and it has always brightened up our apartment. Its the perfect size to sit on top of the sideboard.