Emma's Kitchen

After spending time looking at ideas on Pinterest, and spending more time trying to decide what exactly I wanted to do, I have finally finished a project!!!

I turned an old end table into a kitchen for Emma (and Trevor, but mostly for Emma).

We have an old TV that is very heavy. It is definitely NOT a flat screen. It is right at the level that little fingers love, so we have had an end table in front of it for quite some time. Not a beautiful fix, but it keeps the kiddos from pulling the TV over on themselves and crushing them. So this same end table got a dressing up, and now it is functional for the kids, better looking, and still very strange to have in front of the TV, but oh well! :)

Here are some of the cute ideas I used as inspiration.

 

And here's my finished kitchen:

It's actually a dark blue, although these pictures make it look almost black. I let Emma pick out (with some direction from me) the fabric for the curtains.

My goal was to try to buy almost nothing to make this, but instead to use things we already had around the house. Obviously the end table was used (I think it actually used to be a vinyl album holder). 

My husband was awesome about helping out. He has a stack of old cabinet doors that he got for free, so he helped me screw one to the back of the end table. We also cut a chunk off of the door to use as a shelf for under the "window." 

For the window I used a picture frame, and mod-podged a piece of scrapbook paper to it. 

 The stove burners are some cardboard coaster I had from a houseparty I had. I hot glued 3 coasters together, and then I used hot glue to make a ridge in circles so they look like burners.

 It was a lot of fun, and the only costs ended up being the fabric I bought for curtains, and the spray paint. 

And I have to send out a big THANK YOU! to my amazing husband-- this project could not have happened without his help!

Are any of you doing any fun recycling projects? I'd love to hear what you're up to!