When we moved into our last apartment, Jacob's parents gave us a kitchen cart as a housewarming present. We had been eying it for awhile, and we were absolutely ecstatic when they surprised us with it! It had two doors on the front, a towl rack on the side, and was a nice clean white color. Our last apartment had a large kitchen, but not a lot of counter space so this served as a production area during that time. Our house has a much smaller kitchen, but what it lacks in size it makes up in glorious amounts counter space. Not only would this cart not fit in the kitchen, it just isn't necessary. However, we really wanted a place to store company plates, store the wine and cider we are fermenting, and have a place to serve drinks and hors d'oeuvres for guests. We removed the doors and towel rack and began painting!
I had purchased a sample of light grey that we thought we would use for the master bedroom, but it just wasn't right in there. I used part of it to paint the interior of the cart (the rest was used on Jacob's record stand) as Jacob painted the outside of the cart a mint color to match the fourth chair. We wanted to refinish the top of the cart, but wanted to make sure it would still be food safe in case we ever needed to use it for prep again, so we chose Watco Butcher Block. I love the mint against the coral half wall, and am really happy to see how our little cart has become a whole new creature in our new home. We plan to install some wine glass racks on the underside of the countertop to make for some extra room.
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