Hutch Party

Today is Jennifer Rizzo’s Hook Up Your Hutch Party. She invites us to link up our posts sharing our "hutch, china cabinet, and more."

Let's start in the kitchen. There is a pine hutch which houses my blue and white tea cup collection. This was a consignment store find.

Here it is filled with my blue and white "Liberty Blue" dishes, and green Bordallo Pinheiro items:
Next we see it with Spode "Christmas Tree" dishes and fresh greenery at Christmas time.



In the dining room is a painted white corner cabinet where I display pink and white china. This was another consignment store find


Also in the dining room is a mahogany breakfront. This houses my formal china.

In the living room is a secretary desk. The glass front cabinet holds leather bound books and varied ceramic decorative pieces.

A second cabinet in the living room is this cherry wood curio cabinet. It displays an English bone china tea set, a crystal nativity set, a porcelain nativity set, and other decorative items.

Thank you for stopping by today. Please be sure to stop by Jennifer’s blog to see many more hutches.

Friday Show and Tell – Corner Cabinet

Show and Tell Friday is hosted by the very talented Kelli at There is No Place Like Home

About two months ago I saw a white painted wood corner cabinet in the local consignment shop. At this shop the price goes down the longer the item is in the shop. The lowest price of $69.99 was for January 4, 2009. A customer may leave a check in the amount of whatever price point you wish to pay. If no one buys it at a higher price, then you may get the piece. Otherwise your undeposited check is returned to you.

I went in on January 2 and to my delight it was still there. I handed over my money and promised to return on January 4 with my brother to pick it up. Just as I went in the door on Sunday around 2 p.m., I swung around and saw a couple coming in behind me. My brother’s teenaged son helped the owner take my cabinet out to their car. After they had stowed it in the car, the owner told me that the couple had just asked to buy the corner cabinet. He told them that I had bought it and was taking it right then!

Here it is in the corner of the dining room where I had had a bookcase on which I stored the pink and white English, German and American dishes. The unit is white with black metal hinges, gold knobs and gilt brass pull on the drawer. I hope to have it painted to match the dining room walls and to change the hardware.

The dishes fit behind the glass doors of the upper section very well.

The lower portion of the cabinet has a small drawer and additional storage behind solid doors.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my thrifty storage find. Visit more Show and Tell at There is No Place Like Home.