Twice Thrifty: January 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

DIY Play Kitchen

Hello all! Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

We had lots of fun around here and Santa brought Big Sis a kitchen!

I have seen these DIY kitchens all over Pinterest and decide I had to make one!

Colorful DIY Play Kitchen

Whats-Cooking

So a few months back I spotted this TV table at a yard sale for $5! Well already having this little plan in my head I snatched that sucker up! (It was brown, I forgot to take a picture before I started priming.)

When I was in high school I made this little bookshelf in wood shop class. It had been sitting in our building collecting dust as you can tell. But I had big plans for it :)

I don't have pictures of the process but I will show you the finished product and explain everything we did.

I will give you a bulleted list of all the things we did.

Primed and painted the bookshelf and TV shelf. (Paint I already had)
Screwed both together.
Cut a scrap piece of plywood to back the whole thing.
Cut doors out of another scrap piece of plywood.
Screwed the back on and hung the doors.
Installed the faucet. (Already had the faucet from our recent bathroom makeover)
Cut a hole for the sink and set it in. (A metal bowl we already owned.)
Hung a white shelf above the sink. (Already owned the shelf.)
Gave the whole thing another coat of paint.
Painted polka dots on the "fridge" doors.
Installed door knobs that really turn for oven knobs. (Already had the knobs.)
Installed the doorknobs on the "fridge" and "oven" (Already had the knobs.)
Hung a little skirt to cover the under the sink area.
Cut out some "oven eyes" out of vinyl on my Silhouette machine.
Sewed up some pot holders and an apron. Hung them on cup hooks. (Used scrap fabric)
Covered with a blanket and waited for Santa to come!