This post could easily be titled Hell's Kitchen but I'm trying to take a break from all the gloomy topics I usually write about here. I'm an activator. I LOVE to start projects. Then I like to organize other people to carry out the plan and see us to the finish line. This DIY project was very similar to the DIY farmhouse table I wrote about here. Also very similar to the DIY family-coordinated Christmas pajamas I never wrote about because they never got finished. I had a vision for a DIY thrifty play kitchen. When I get my mind set on a project I get super excited and impatient to begin so I picked out the free entertainment center from Craigslist the same day and took the whole family along to pick it up. We had to throw it on top of the Subaru to get it home which always makes for fun looks on the way home from people flying by us. Anwyay, first thing check. Spent all night painting it. Check. Well, I kind of lost my steam from there and I'm pretty sure this play kitchen took longer than a real kitchen reno but regardless, my husband is awesome and here it is ans we are thrilled how it turned out: We started with this entertainment center and used leftover paint from projects at my sister's new house. We missed one crucial step here (sanding it) so we are anxious to see how our paint job holds up.
Cost: $0 Then we cut the holes for the sink and facuet and laid the fermica. The fermica was left in the rafters from the previous homeowners. We found facuet at a habitat store and the "sink" is a bowl from Goodwill. Cost: 7.41 After the sink was in place we worked on the stove. I was over the moon when a local appliance store let me take all the materials for this portion of the project from their scrap pile for free! We used leftover metal from the fridge to mount the knobs and spray painted them black with a can we already had. Cost: $0 The fridge was the most expensive part of the project by far. We couldn't find any steals on metal although we did get $4 off the piece by picking out a damaged piece and asking for a discount. The magnets were hanging on our real fridge and I was pumped to use them for this project because they look so cluttered and constantly end up on the floor. Metal Cost: $30 The side of the play kitchen has a phone, dish towel rack, and peg board (for Nick's keys of course) all found at thrift stores. Cost: $9.99 The only other expense we had were handles which totaled around $8.45 and felt food I found on a garage sale for $4. We have plans of adding a piece of ply wood to the back and making a little window above the sink and microwave above the range. We are calling it good for now as we are trying to finish our basement before a murder mystery party we are throwing in a few weeks. I'm really excited to share our complete basement makeover. It's been a perfect project on maternity leave and super fun to find deals like a $5 couch! The total cost for the kitchen was: $59.85. All said and I done I think we will finish our basement including the play kitchen for under $200 including paint, furniture and some decor. Here are some pictures of our fun!
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