Play Kitchen Makeover

Hello again and welcome back to my blog! Today I will share with you how we remodeled my toddler’s KidKraft play kitchen. Funny story, and might be the luck of some Moms and Dads, but I had in my mind for a long time to buy one of those $89 Ikea play kitchens, but never did. I decided that I would rather buy the helper step stool instead, since that would allow my baby to actually help me “cook”.

I kept seeing though, how beautiful these play kitchen remodels were on social media and how fun must it be to turn it into something special and personalized.

3 Weeks ago, when I woke up after working all night at my night time job, my husband said: “I don’t know if I should throw this away, but first I want you to see it” then he added, “it’s kind of big so you have to come to the garage”. I walked over with him wondering what it was?? Surprise!! My husband had found this beautiful KidKraft play kitchen in the trash on the side of the road, on his way back from grocery shopping that day!

Here I was with my eyes wide open! I couldn’t believe it <3. But it’s how they say: “One man’s trash is another one’s treasure”.

The play kitchen had some work to do! It had some wear and tears and we needed to clean it up as it seemed to be on the outside for a long time. One of the front doors, the “oven” was broken and the clear plastic was missing.

As you can imagine, I reached out to the social media community. Well, came to find out, that there is this FB group created, exclusively for play kitchens remodeling! Everyone was extremely nice and I as able to take a lot of ideas from them. It’s called “Play Kitchens & Toy Makeovers” in case you’re interested to see all the beautiful work some Parents put into these toys :).

Without further a do, here’s a list of what we used:

• White Spray paint RUST-OLEUM Semi-Gloss protective enamel. Home depot Cost: $5 used 3 cans.
• Textured Metallic Silver Spray Paint RUST-OLEUM. Home Depot Cost: $5 used half of one can.
• Floral Wallpaper Peel and Stick Watercolor Cactus White/Pink/Green/Navy Blue Vinyl Self Adhesive Prepasted Decorative 17.7″x 9.8ft. Amazon cost: $18.96
• Wood Wallpaper 17.71″ X 118″ Self-Adhesive Removable Wood Peel and Stick Wallpaper Decorative Wall Covering Vintage Wood Panel Interior Film Wood Wallpaper. Amazon Cost: $5.99 at the time of purchase.
• Wood Glue. Cost: we had some at home!
• Small piece of transparent plastic for the back of the “oven” bought at Home Depot. Cost $6

TOTAL COST OF RENOVATION: ~$50 US Dlls + Lots of Love

The first thing my Husband did, was to take the kitchen apart. Then slightly sand all the printings from the doors. Then, paint it evenly with the white spray paint and let it dry. He also removed all the handles from the doors and spray paint them with the metallic silver spray paint. Look below the brands we used:

After it was all painted and dried, we covered the “back splash” wall and one of the front doors with the Floral Wallpaper Peel and Stick Watercolor Cactus White/Pink/Green/Navy Blue Vinyl Self Adhesive Prepasted Decorative 17.7″x 9.8ft. Bought at Amazon.

We then, covered the counter top with the Wood Wallpaper Self-Adhesive Removable Wood Peel and Stick Wallpaper Decorative. I did not leave the burners on since I am planning to use this play kitchen to be her snack station as well.

We were so excited once we finished to assemble every piece! we also added the brand new clear plastic to the back of the oven door:

And this is the finished product:

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