Thursday, August 26, 2010

A kitchen for 2!

Our sweet niece turned TWO in late July and I wanted to make her the perfect girlie gift.  Upon getting the "go ahead" from my sister in law, Ryan and I got to work.
Spray painted sink faucet & knobs (later to be repainted silver and H&C written on them, the bold colors clashed with the pretty pink)
More sprayed parts; knobs for the stove and burner pieces
The sink; a little scuffed so we sprayed it to match the rest of the brushed nickle accessories
Ryan tracing for the burners - who knew small flower pots would be the perfect size
Making the cut for the sink - he insisted on doing this part because we just got a knew tool and he wanted to use it :)
There are no pictures of me painting because well...I was painting.  I used Behr two in one paint (with the primer) and the color was Cafe Pink -- it covered so well and only needed two coats.  I will advise to refrain from doing this in the heat because the paint did not wanted to stick and resulted in us peeling all the paint off and painting it ALL over again.  OOPS :)
Loving the finished product:
We added a handle on the outside to mimic that of an oven and the three flower decals add the perfect girlie touch and cover the hole from the previous knob to the drawer
I added a strip of velcro to the top of the oven door and where it meets the shelf so it wouldn't fall accidentally.
On the side we added the little hooks so she could hang the fun little kitchen tools, that I failed to take a picture of.  Some heart shaped measuring tools; cups & tbps, a couple rubber spatulas, a hot pad and a lil' tot sized apron.

This was such a fun project and one that I'll definitely want to do again :)