Chartreuse Baby!

It was scary at first. Chartreuse is a favorite color in small doses like pottery or pillows but using it on a piece of furniture in my house? I'm always admiring pictures of rooms with lots of color, but I seem to play it safe. Well, when I came across this hutch at the Salvation Army for only $30 I couldn't pass it up.


It was veneer and damaged, but I liked the lines of it (no is wasn't a coveted Danish modern teak or anything). What would it hurt to experiment? It was too scratched to repair the wood and my kitchen couldn't take the heavy dark wood especially because if you look closely it's a smidge too big for the wall. Painting the base of it white visually toned down the size, but I wanted to reserve a portion for color. Painting the inset of the door and the drawer faces seemed like the perfect solution.


If I want to change it later, it's just a minor fix, but for now I'm satisfied.

Arrangements

Kids are away and I had chance to arrange some things. The cabinet is in transition as I am still in the process of painting over a damaged dark veneer Mid Century hutch purchased for $30 from the Salvation Army. I still have some touch ups as I ran out of paint and am thinking of re-covering the drawer fronts with a woven wall paper instead of painting. I stumbled upon an educational book from 1971 at the school that had pages of these large green letters on thick card stock. It's a little yellowed with age and becomes a bold art edition in the black frame I already had.