DIY Play Kitchen

After a long couple of months (mainly more for my dad), the play kitchen is now open!

Let’s start with the beginning. I knew I wanted a kitchen for Kyler because I LOVED mine as a kid but I wasn’t finding the exact color scheme I wanted. I saw this corner kitchen from Kid Kraft and loved the green but I simply did not have room for it.

The more I searched and searched the internet, the more DIY kitchens I came across. I called Daddy-O up and asked if he wanted a new project. His response was “Sure, I am always looking for a project.” I whipped something up on CAD and sent it his way. This was in mid November and my only goal was to have it done by her birthday as this was going to be her “big” gift.

This is my first draft.

I wasn’t in love with it so I tweaked a few things and ended up with this:

I would like to think of myself as the Architect/Designer, Chris as the Engineer (he put everything to scale for me and made my CAD drawing actually work), and my dad as the General Contractor. The three of us tackled the playroom and we were going to tackle the play kitchen next.

After a good month of sitting on the project, my dad got to work. Within a few days he had this… amazing right?

One Sunday, Chris and I headed over and did the first round of paint.

Later that week…

Add some tile back splash and finish it up and ta-da! I can’t get over how talented my dad is. Everything is top-notch and just looks amazing.

Couple of answers to some questions you may have:

• Yes, that is stainless steel. It is a contact paper and actually has the brush strokes in it like a real fridge.
• The fridge is magnetic.
• We used a dog bowl as a sink and found a cheap bar facet.
• Yes, that is real tile back splash.
• The hood is made out of metal. One of the perks of your dad owning an Air Conditioning business and sheet metal shop
• The lime green paint is called Japanese Fern by Behr.
• I made the microwave “buttons” on the computer and printed them out on computer paper. I then used Mod Podge to glue and seal them on!
• And although it was DIY, it was not cheap (thanks Dad!).

Kyler’s birthday rolled around and we gave her the new kitchen! She loved it!

Since then, we have added all of the fun play food and accessories she got for her birthday! It makes a great addition to her playroom and I hope she likes it for years to come! A HUGE thank you to my Dad (and Mom) for helping and taking the lead on the kitchen.

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