Wood Play Kitchen

LMS used to have a plastic Little Tikes play kitchen, but I sold it about a year and a half ago. It was too big and too much plastic. I promised LMS I'd build her another play kitchen, and I FINALLY got around to it, just in time for Christmas. Literally :) I put the finishing touches on it Saturday night so she would have it Christmas morning.

I wanted a one piece kitchen, so I drew up my own plans, combining this plan and this one from AnaWhite.com. I added a door to the sink cabinet- I liked that a lot more than the curtain or leaving it open.

The stove burners are wood circles I found at Michaels and the stove knobs are wood wheels I found Hobby Lobby. The polka dot cabinet knob is also from Hobby Lobby. The stove handle is a random handle (from a sliding glass door, I think) that I got at the Habitat ReStore for $1 and then spray painted pink. I also found the faucet at the Habitat ReStore, and the sink bowl is a doggy bowl from wally world. The hardware and plexiglass for the oven door came from Lowes.

I cut the flowers from pink vinyl with my Silhouette. I personally think there's a few too many flowers on the kitchen (I got a bit carried away), but LMS loves it, so I'll leave it as-is for now. Eventually I might start peeling a flower off here, a flower off there....

I think it turned out great, and LMS loves playing with it!

Guest Room Nightstand

While I was painting this dresser, I decided to go ahead and finally paint this nightstand. I bought it at Goodwill a year and a half ago for $3, but then let it sit around looking ugly.

Since it was also destined for the guest room, I gave it a matching coat of chalk paint. I also switched out the outdated, not-retro-enough-to-be-cool drawer pulls-- unlike the ones on the dresser, which are retro enough to be cool :). I got the replacements at Hobby Lobby for half off, but they were a silver/pewter color so I spray painted them white to match the knobs on the dresser.

It really is amazing what a difference a coat of paint makes. It looks so much better!

I'm not embarassed to have people stay in the guest room anymore :)

And one of these days I'll get the board and batten up and paint the room and it'll look even better.

Guest Room Dresser

About a year ago I bought this dresser on craigslist, with the intent to paint it and make it look nicer. I finally got around to it just before Christmas. Here it is in all it's glory- I'd already taken the knobs off when I remembered I needed a before picture. The white paint on the top is from resting shelves I was painting on top of the dresser.

I sanded the white paint off the top, then mixed up some chalk paint. I'd heard good things about it, and decided to give it a try. I used blue paint leftover from painting the front door and added some white paint to tone the color down a bit. I spray painted the knobs white and then reattached them.

I love the result!

The dresser is in our guest room, but since I haven't done anything else in the guest room yet, there's nothing else to show.