Window Pane Cabinet For the Dining Room

Monday, October 25, 2010


Our dining room was nearly empty for the longest time. We purchased our dining room table set (holy splurge, batman) when we first bought the house but other than that it was completely empty. We looked at purchasing the matching hutch from the same company but it wasn't my favourite and I didn't want the room looking too matchy matchy. We went to every single furniture store in town and I just couldn't rationalize spending $3000 on a dining hutch that was "mostly" wood. We looked at one in particular that was solid wood except for the particle board backing. Um, no thanks. We went to another store where they tried to sell us a cabinet in a white finish when they didn't even have a sample of their white finish and were never going to be able to get one. Everything was crap. 

One weekend Alex and I headed to Toronto on a little furniture shopping adventure. We headed to a few of my favourite stores at the time and one of them happened to be Flik and Company.

Flik and Company - Toronto

Flik and Company - Toronto

We took a look around and I was a wee bit disappointed. It seemed that everything was painted in their signature paint colour: Robin's Egg Blue. The pieces were beautiful but I'm a white-lovin' gal. I wanted a dining room piece in white. As we were leaving the store we struck up a conversation with the store owner and ended up chatting for quite some time. We chatted about cottage-y furniture shops, where to find white stuff, and our adoption experiences. We were so excited because we had just started the adoption process at the time and the owners had already adopted a little girl and were in the process of adopting a sibling. As we were standing there chatting I noticed a white cabinet almost hidden behind an over sized desk. At first they (jokingly) said I wasn't even allowed to look at it since they were saving it to put in their house. I took a peek and knew it was perfect. Not too big, not too small. Creamy white paint and exposed barn wood. Horizontal boards. Chunky. Distressed. I was in love.

The only problem was that there was no way we would be able to fit the cabinet in our Pathfinder. We called about a million places in Toronto trying to see if we could rent a vehicle but it was nearing the end of the day and all of the shops were closing, including Flik and Company. Finally we decided that we would pay a deposit, leave the cabinet there (gasp!) and drive to pick it up the following weekend. The store owner was super accommodating. I think he felt sorry for me once I told him where I lived and that there were no good stores there. He agreed to meet us at his store the following Sunday (even though their store was closed that day, sweet huh?).

That week we shopped around trying to find a rental truck or van that would accommodate the width of the cabinet. It was freakin' impossible! Alex was getting a bit frustrated and even told me he thought that buying the cabinet was a huge mistake.

NOOOOOOO! It was not a mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, we ended up renting a ginormous gas-guzzling man-truck. We felt really silly driving around in it.



The cabinet was so heavy that when we got home at midnight we had to call my dad to come and help Alex lift it out of the truck and into the dining room.











Long story short, we finally have another piece of furniture in our dining room. I'm still working on styling it, though. It's only been over a year. I'm so slow!

16 comments:

  1. Well it's gorgeous, so it was worth all the fuss!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Are you kidding me this piece is perfection!!! I am so jealous!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Super cute Sarah! Glad you were able to get it home. Have fun decorating it :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. So worth all the trouble, right! It is a gorgeous piece!! And you have a great story to go along with your beautiful piece!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Oh my gosh, gorgeous and unique! Definitely worth the effort!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Awesome cabinet. I live in Oakville...I feel a road trip to that shop coming on!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Um, I love it. Good thing I live far away otherwise I might steal it...uh, yeah because then all 5' of me could put it in the back of our CAR. :) Seriously though, it was worth the hassle.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Beautiful piece! I love it!
    Also- I wanted to remind you- I have my first giveaway going on right now {you have until sunday to enter}!
    -Kendall
    {songbirdsandbuttons.blogspot.com}

    ReplyDelete
  9. It's beautiful, Sarah! Well worth all the trouble! We only have a table and chairs in our dining room too. At first, like you, we were going to get the matching buffet, and now I'm glad we didn't. I didn't know you wanted to adopt..that's awesome!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Such a gorgeous cabinet Sarah...I love it! I have always wanted to visit Flik and Company, maybe one day. I have seen their home featured in magazines and I love their style. Looking forward to seeing your dining room styling! Deb

    ReplyDelete
  11. gm i wanted to update you on my CSN winnings, i put the dutch oven on hold and picked a chandie out after asking hubby if i got would he install his comment was *whats wrong with the fan/light? my comment...its over 25 yrs old and i want a chandie!...so i have a chandie coming!!!! just a basic plain 1 but will turn my dining room in to a totallt different looking space. i just wanted to ty again and wish you a wonderful weekend!!! Chriz

    ReplyDelete
  12. I am loving this piece!! Some things are just worth it! :) I love your blog and thank you for joining me and for your sweet comments!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Girl, that cabinet is so freaking yummy I can't hardly stand it! Lucky you!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Girl, that cabinet is so freaking yummy I can't hardly stand it! Lucky you!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Are you kidding me this piece is perfection!!! I am so jealous!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Amber PenlandAugust 08, 2012

    I am in l-o-v-e eith that cabinet, gasp! Maybe one day I'll find one similar, fingers crossed!

    ReplyDelete

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Cozy.Cottage.Cute. All rights reserved © Blog Milk Design - Powered by Blogger