brushing teeth in style, outside cuteness, packing up baby toys makes mommy sad :(
cozy coupe car fun, helping mommy stir pancakes, riding a train with daddy
putting on pajamas all by herself, new front door décor!
sweet sleeping sickly baby, clowning around in Christmas jammies, awesome curtain fabric :)
matching girls at lunch, swinging in style, fun with stick-on mustaches
frozen yogurt yumminess, Christmas tree on top, hiding in the tub
I can’t believe we actually pulled this off! :) I saw multiple play kitchens, like this one and of course from Pinterest, that inspired me to make Presley one. I found an old entertainment center on Craigslist for $35. It was more than I had originally wanted to spend, but I was tired of looking at bunch of furniture and Christmas was less than 3 weeks away.
First we lightly sanded everything and my dad cut out the back where the TV would normally be. I debated between leaving it and painting a window scene on it, but ultimately I liked the look of it being open. My dad also cut the hole for the sink and the faucet. We then primed it all with Kilz. We removed the door underneath the “fridge” and left it off because I wanted to hang a curtain there. And the “fridge” door was actually glass, which would not work with a toddler slamming the door often. So we replaced it with a sheet of birch wood from Lowe’s . We painted all of the insides of the fridge and under the sink and stove, white and the rest of the kitchen is the color Surf Spray from Valspar. Which I love! It’s blue enough to be boyish or you can girl it up!
The sink is a red plastic bowl from Wal-Mart and the faucet was free! It was from a stash that my carpenter brother had. The knobs were also free because I went to Lowe’s looking for some and the only knobs that they sell were $20 for 4. Ummm….no thanks, that was a little steep! So I asked the guy in the appliance dept if they had any others for sell, and he gave me these for free. They were replacement parts sent to Lowe’s from the manufactures', so they are two different sizes, but we made it work! (My brother figured how to actually make them turn! So if anyone is interested on how he did that, let me know and I’ll ask.) We painted the oven door and the eyes of the stove black. And put two towel holders on the side. We also put three screw hooks on the top shelf to hold some utensils. We put a tension curtain rod under the fridge for the curtain, just to give the kitchen some personality!
I love it! I think it came together so well. and I love the fact that we made a sturdy, handmade kitchen for less than $85! I still want to add some other touches like lights to the shelf that shine down on the sink and stove and some other accessories. But we made it presentable for Santa to give to Presley for Christmas. (:
Supply List:
craigslist- entertainment center $35
Lowe’s- white and blue paint $22, free oven knobs, fridge & door pulls $10
Wal-Mart- red bowl $2, towel hooks $3, screw hooks $2, curtain rod (not sure, my mom bought it), towels $2
Joann’s- fabric for curtain & towels $4
we already had the faucet, Kilz primer, and black paint.
Another Christmas season has come and gone and I can hardly believe it. Presley was more into opening presents this year because she understood a little more. Overall it was a busy, fun filled weekend.
These pictures above were taken on Christmas Eve before church. I love going to this service…it’s one of my favorite services of the whole year. I couldn’t believe Presley let me get a picture of her smiling and actually looking at the camera! :)
I totally forgot to take my camera over to my parents’ house on Christmas day, so no pictures were taken. What a crazy person, right? And I also forgot to take any pictures of the three of us opening gifts that morning. SO it pretty much looks like we had no Christmas this year!
And my dad wasn’t here until a week after Christmas so, technically this one was taken on New Years Day when we went over there to watch him open his belated gifts. I love the people in this picture but, it’s a really bad picture with the downward cast shadow! I really need an external flash…anyone want to donate to that cause?!
We always celebrate our Christmas with Karri a few days after and for the second year in a row, we’ve done it on New Years Eve. We eat dinner, open gifts, watch movies and then the ball drop on TV. It’s a nice little way to ring in the new year! This year, Jeremiah made Pioneer Woman’s steak with whiskey cream sauce. Oh my gosh! It was beyond amazing! I tried to find the recipe on her website, but couldn’t. It’s in her cookbook though. Seriously try it asap! Anyway, I finally remembered to take some pictures! That blanket that P is holding up is for her dolls and Karri’s grandmother made it. Isn’t it sweet?
And now for the Christmas gifts……
She got a gigantic kitchen (a separate post coming soon!), trio blocks, slippers, Elmo’s World DVDs, a broom, books, a magnetic dress-up doll, and a baby stroller from Santa. And she unwrapped a few gifts from us as well. I can’t remember what they were now! maybe pjs were one of them?!
She LOVED the kitchen! It was the cutest thing on Christmas morning when she came out and saw it. She just kept looking at it and then looking over at us like “is it really mine?”! She has enjoyed cooking us many meals on it so far! (:
