There’s no need to spend $3000 on cheapo Home Depot cabinets or $20000 for nicer ones that still look like dreck. Get yourself to an antiques shop or flea market and buy some mismatched pieces of history for your kitchen!
Can’t you see an entire red-cabinet kitchen to match the single painted piece above? Or how about multiple colors? You can have similar styles co-exist with just a few coats of paint and some matching hardware. Tip: Make sure it’s a durable paint or seal it with poly as this is for everyday kitchen use.
Ok, so this one isn’t dirt cheap flea market price, but it’s not easy to find a Hoosier with matching side cupboards. It retails for $3975 at an online antiques shop.
There’s a whole story behind this old hutch. You can read about how it was saved from certain death at Bearfort Lodge.
Need some spice storage? This antique Chinese apothecary doesn’t come cheap at $4500 but it will surely be the centerpiece of you kitchen. A less expensive and almost-as-cool alternative for spices might be a library card catalog that can be picked up for a few hundred bucks.
Keep in mind that vintage mid century cabinetry is pretty awesome and you can pick up entire sets, but this post is about ANTIQUE, not vintage. Just so you know.
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I really like the chinese cabinet. I seen something like this recently but it was more of a pharmacy cabinet. It had those little handles where you can slide in a labelled name to each drawer.
I love the Chinese apothecary too, but it is a little pricy. What a neat idea to use a library card catalog instead. Now I just have to find a library going out of business…
Reclaiming cabinets is a great way to reuse furnishings in new ways. Many home owners don’t even realize that they can simply reface the cabinets they already own – which is less expensive than replacing the cabinets and it saves on material costs are you are using the cabinets that are already in the kitchen.
[…] The only color question still unanswered is whether to pain the inside of the hutch red or go with an accent color. I like the way the yellow lightens up this piece from Reclaimed Home. […]
Love the red paint what color is it?
I meant who makes the red paint and what is the name of the red? My smarty pants side seen my first question and answered “ummmm it’s red!”lol
I just grabbed that photo from Pinterest and apparently the link is no longer working. I’m going to guess that’s chalk paint. The two main companies are Annie Sloane and Americana Decor, although everyone makes chalk paint now. You can also make your own with any number of recipes ranging from plaster to baking soda. Much less expensive and you can play with the color a bit too!
I wanted to see if you had any Hoosier cabinets for sale here in Mo 63366 ???
Desperately seeking just the top , or whole thing ??
Vickey
[…] The only color question still unanswered is whether to pain the inside of the hutch red or go with an accent color. I like the way the yellow lightens up this piece from Reclaimed Home. […]
What color and brand of paint did you use on the red cabinet?
This was an image I grabbed from the internet, so I can’t answer that. To me it looks like a chalk paint though. As you see, it’s a bit distressed. If I wanted to recreate that look, I’d use a deep red chalk paint (store bought or make your own by mixing plaster in) and brush it on right over the wood without primer. You can distress by sanding or with a wet rag. Be sure to wax or poly over it.