I've seen these play kitchens floating around Pinterest and I just fell in love with the idea. But we didn't have an old TV unit to use. I found this one for free on Kijiji and bribed a friend of mine with dinner to pick it up in her truck and bring it over. Here's how the transformation went.
1st - we waited until the nice weather to do the makeover. I originally got all the materials back in January as it was to be my daughter's birthday present - it's a good thing she's 2 and really won't remember that her present ended up being 7 months late :)
We brought the unit outside, took off the glass doors and shelves and started sanding it down to rough it up a bit.
I used a jig saw (yes, me using power tools!) to cut the hole for the sink.
The sink is a small mixing bowl I picked up at the dollar store. I found a hook to become the tap (not seen in the picture below). My husband was so kind to help me out with the drilling to fit everything on properly. (He even drilled a hole into the metal hook so I could attach it to the kitchen.)
The stove top knobs are inexpensive drawer knobs - as are the handles for the stove and under-sink cupboard.
I found cafe rods for hanging up the curtains. The curtains, I made with a metre of fabric from the local quilting store.
I am really pleased with the way it turned out. My kids love it too. The first day we had it ready (along with some kitchen toys) friends of ours were over with their 3 kids. That made a total of 6 kids ranging in age from 2-12 playing restaurant together and loving it.
really cute, Kris! what a fun project.
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