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.
