Painted Glazed Low Hutch Makeover

Hi all! Today’s makeover was my mom’s low hutch (a.k.a. “credenza” to make it sound fancier) that she keeps in her dining room. It was stained a very red-ish-brown back-in-the-day, and she wanted to make it pretty again. Using glaze, it came back to life!

Also in her dining room is a buffet table, and the plan was to try to have the credenza match it …and I just realized I forgot to get a pic of the buffet table – do’h!

Basically the whole top and the trim at the bottom are both black, and the middle is some kind of old farmhouse antiqued white wood…does that make sense? I’m really good at this “describing” thing.

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Getting Started with Milk Painting

Using the color scheme of my mom’s other dining piece as my reference, I used my trusty General Finishes milk paint in Lamp Black on the top and bottom. Then came two coats of GF’s Linen in the middle. Once the Linen paint had dried, I topped it off in the middle with my new favorite glaze, GF’s Van Dyke brown, which created a beautiful antiqued finish.

Note: If you’re interested in learning how to use a glaze, hop over to my guide on how to paint glazed furniture.

The fixtures and hinges were also painted black with the milk paint, which my ma did herself (she’s actually starting to get the furniture painting fever and did a side table the other week! Another one joining the dark side, mwhaha).

In the end it turned out looking very close to the buffet table, so they do actually look like a set now. Very cool.

Looks much better than that ruddy red hue it had before!

Once again, General Finishes products for the win!

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