Mel and I came across this hutch when it was in an antique store called Atomic Living Hayward, which is sadly out of business now. I regreted not buying it when we saw it the first time. Then, I was hitting antique stores in San Jose, CA and BOOM, there it was again! 
I knew this must have been destiny, so I jumped right on it. Fortunately, there was a sale too!
It appears it was mounted in/on a wall. The condition of the paneling on the sides and top was pretty bad. The side lower back corners had delamination and wood loss. 
As always when it comes to cabinetry work, I rely on my Step-Father Dave. I had no desire to try and replace the panels on each side and the top. We decided to recover the whole cabinet with 1/4 inch plywood to make it look like new. 
Once we cut each panel to size, we glued it and brad nailed it to the cabinet. Another challenge we had was that we needed to build a base for the legs to attach to. I decided I wanted to use 28″ hairpin legs to prop this cabinet up. 
Thank god for clamps! With the base built and the cabinet recovered it looked like a new cabinet. 
With the new plywood attached, we needed to add a trim piece to hide the repair. 
Here you can see the new trim and paneling. 
With the cabinet fully repaired it was time to attach the legs to this piece!
Now time for paint!
I wanted it to match the goldish tan color of our rattan. I took a small piece to Home Depot and matched it. 
I wanted to paint the striated wood insert a greenish color that would compliment our tiki room. 
With it painted, it was time to get glass cut for the top and install interior lighting. 
Ta Da! We are really pleased how it turned out. Melody and I are big fans of striated wood pieces. 
This doesn’t hold all our tiki mugs, but it adds loads more interest to the room.
Now that this is done it’s off to the next restoration!
Hepcats Haven 
Another fabulous job! Looks absolutely wonderful.
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The lighting looks very even; and color choices quite attractive- were the lights original to this display case?
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Thanks! I actually added the lights.
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What an awesome job! I love it!
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Wow, that looks fabulous!
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Wow, another awesome save!!! Thanks so much for sharing each step of the restoration with us…your posts are so helpful and inspiring 🙂
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Looks fantastic!
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WOW!!! Another amazing find and restored to is’s former glory. I wish I had this piece in my house. Congratulations agaian!!!
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WOW! You dont know how elated I am to see this post! I was the owner of Atomic Living and had it for display in the store! I am SO HAPPY it came into your hands and got a full restoration! I hated to get rid of this piece, I had to sell a ton of stuff quickly when the store closed. But it totally was destiny, it came into hands that loves it just as much as I did, so its all good! Thank you for posting and restoring this!
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It was my pleasure! It’s a shame that store closed I found so many cool things there and you had such a cool group of dealers. I wonder you guys reopen.
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Im super glad to hear you loved the store so much. We really did too, It was just too much for us to handle. Sticking to etsy is better for us!
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