Easter was a gorgeous spring day. We spent the morning having a special breakfast, eating our Easter candy, blowing huge bubbles and going to church. Aiden and Brody got a special surprise Easter morning. Aiden has been asking for a play kitchen for some time now. We got rid of an old plastic one a couple of years ago. I thought she would be too old for it, but she insisted she wasn't. And Brody loves to play with them at his cousins and friends houses. So I diligently spent a ridiculous number of hours online searching for one, new or used. I determined I could not bring another cheap plastic one into the house that would only last a few months. And the wooden ones were hideously expensive, some as much as $450! Ridiculous. I absolutely fell in love with Pottery Barn's Retro Red Kitchen, but wasn't going to fork out the money for it. So I decided to get crafty. I hadn't done a project in such a long time, and since I had virtually no free time on my hands, I decided this would be a perfect time! I took a trip to D.I. last Saturday and lo and behold, there sat my diamond in the rough.
I picked it up for $25 and took it home, running the different scenarios through my head of how I was going to talk Matt into taking this project on with me. Really, it didn't take much cajoling. And can I just tell you how much fun we had doing this together? We haven't done something like this in a while. We spent a couple of days buried in the basement, telling the kids we were working on "finishing" the basement. Devin and Jordan were in on it and their job was to keep Aiden and Brody upstairs. We re-purposed some of the existing parts and built some of the others. And IKEA's adorable pots, pans and dishes were the perfect finishing touch. As you can see from the pictures, it turned out even better than I had imagined.
My husband is a genius and we now have a little treasure complete with oven, dishwasher and fridge, that will last for a long time! And I hear Brody tell everyone, "My dad build this whole thing for me!"
4 comments:
You are amazing! I need to be more creative. That's the coolest little kitchen ever.
I love the reverent awe picture. Sweet.
Also, I think that might be the greenest wall I've ever seen.
Oh my gosh! That is the COOLEST kitchen I have EVER seen. Way to go you guys, that is amazing. They will cherish and remember that kitchen the rest of their lives. :)
-Mandy
Thanks guys! And Nik, that is our play room upstairs. One section is "OZ" green, one section is teal and the other is red. I'll take pictures sometime and send them to you.
Wow! That is awesome! Practically an heirloom! Lillian was trying to describe it to me the other day and I didn't really know what she was talking about.
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