China Hutch

China Hutch is the American term for a two-piece dining room cabinet with a base of drawers and a glass-fronted top, used to store dishes and table linens. Articles cover the difference between a hutch, a buffet and a sideboard, the way a hutch became standard furniture in mid-century American dining rooms, common woods like oak, cherry and pine, and why most hutches today end up in the secondary market because dining rooms have shrunk. Posts also include short notes on refinishing a tired hutch and on what to keep on the open lower shelf.