Repurposed Antique Buffet Into Kitchen Island – Tuesday’s Treasures

Hi Friends,

How are you? I’ve been fighting off a nasty summer cold that’s kicking my butt! I’m hoping to turn the corner and start feeling better this week! Loving all the summer warmth and late nights with friends though. This is what I want all year long to be like – minus the cold of course. :)

I can’t wait to show this transformation to you! I’ve been wanting to do one of these pieces for our store. We took this beautiful antique buffet:

We wanted to transform it into a kitchen island! So, John ripped the top off and built a custom oak top that was a hard wood and could handle the abuse of kitchen use. Most buffets have just thin backer board on the back so we added shiplap on the back for visual interest and added supports off the back to hold the extended oak top. That created seating for the kitchen, too!

Then to take it to the next level of adorable – we added new hardware, painted it with black enamel, abd msprayed it with a protective clear coat. If you’d like to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.

What a transformation!! Am I right?? This beauty is up on our For Sale page, but my gut says it won’t last long so snatch it up if you love it friends. The crates are included in the sale. If this isn’t quite what you’re looking for, we have more. Check out some of the many new pieces on our For Sale page now: