Play Kitchen
The play kitchen I made for my daughter. I have no prior experience, so if I can do it anyone can.
I made the frame and fridge door by adapting an Ikea, Vika Furusund. I had to drill some new holes to fit the unit together and I needed to trim a few inches from the fridge door. Everything was assembled using wood glue, finishing nails and screws. The hardest part was installing the hinges. That was trial and error. Well everything was trial and error. The kitchen dimensions are 27″ wide X 22″ tall X 10″ deep. This is how I did it:
4 boards, 22″ X 10″ frame of the kitchen
1 board 20″ X 10″ fridge door
1 board 10″ X 9″ fridge shelf
1 MDF board, 15″ X 3″ small shelf
1/4″ backer board, 27″ X 32″
1 board, 15″ X 13″ oven door
1 board, 15″ X 10″ oven base
1 piece 2 1/4 inch window casing trim, this makes the apron, one day I will put the oven knobs on
Frame of Unit – Vika furusund, Ikea
Handles – Glitter, Ikea
Knife Rack – Astker, Ikea
Magnetic Containers – Grundtal, Ikea
Plexy glass – Home Depot
Paint – Home Depot
Hinges – Home Depot
Dowels and Caps – Michaels Crafts
The burners are coasters – Home Outfitters
Cup hooks – Home Depot
Puck light – Sylvania
Fabric swatch – Sandi Henderson, Petal Party
Sink – Save on Foods
Tea Set – The Princess and the Pea, Edmonton
I used scraps from Home Depot, they cut them to the dimensions I needed in the store. They were very helpful.
I made the faucet with a 1 and 1/2 inch dowel, the smaller dowel sticking out is 5/8th inch. I drilled a hole into larger dowel and inserted the small dowel. The ‘taps’ are the 1 1/2 inch dowel cut down to 2″. I glued dowel caps on top for a clean finish.
Now all I need to do is make knobs for the controlls.
This is what the Ikea piece should have looked like.
My daughter loves to remove the burners. It was a good idea I did not glue them on.
It was really important that the oven door be safe, so I added a lid catch to keep it from falling open. I also added a puck light inside the oven.
The magnetic knife rack.
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I saw your play kitchen over on Ikeahacks, and wanted to tell you that this is absolutely the cutest one I’ve ever seen!!! Can’t wait to make one for my granddaughter. Thanks for sharing!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Great Job, it is much more attractive and meaningful than “store bought”. My mother also picked up a hammer and saw when I was young. She did it to to make things we couldn’t afford or that she felt weren’t worth the money to buy. We felt pretty special to have someone take the time to make us such great things . Her friends thought she was crazy, but all my friends thought she was the coolest . You have a lucky daughter.
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Wow, it’s absolutely gorgeous! You did a wonderful job – I would have loved to get something like this as a young girl 
WOWZERS!!! what an awesome kitchen!!! can I post a picture and a link to your site on my blog??? This is fantastic.
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
You should start selling these. First time on your blog. found you thru ikeahacker. I am in love with this kitchen. my daughter would love this one.
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Submitted on 2009/02/24 at 5:32pm
Hi, they are Melissa and Doug here is a link.http://www.melissaanddoug.com/dyn_prod.php?p=271&k=87136&name=Food%20Groups
I sacrificed two boxes. They were cut in half, the ends provided “slats” to anchor the boxes in place. I will provide a picture. The slat is unpainted. The boxes are just glued on, that is why the slat was necessary. Please show me pictures when you are done. How exciting!!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
oh wow.. nicely done!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
fantastic
Sounds like lots of work but what wonderful results!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoAwesome job! I recently made a play kitchen and I used some wooden wheels that came in a bag at Michaels. I put some felt on the bottom and used screws to hold them in. The felt made it easy to turn them. LOVE your fridge with the racks on the door!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoI e-mailed you. Sorry I should have made it more clear, I saw you kitchen on Flickr. Your kitchen really inspired me. Thank you so much.
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoThat is sooooo cute!!! Great work!! Have a great weekend!! xx Lina
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoThis is so beautiful!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoFirst saw your post on ikea hacker. Wow-extremely impressive! Fantastic job!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoI love this playkitchen! It’s awsome! My daughter has the same tea for two set but in pink and green.
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoWow, great kitchen!!!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoThis is one of the most awesome things I’ve ever seen! You are genius! I’ve wanted to get a play kitchen for my kids but even the Target one is over 80 bucks. How much did this end up costing you? It looks awesome! Great job!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoHello and thank you. It was not cheap, I had to buy tools. But if you don’t have to buy tools and leave out the accessories it would not be too bad. Good luck.
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoI love your kitchen! You went to a lot of work, and it’s beautiful!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agothank you so much for posting this! My daughter and I just love it! I just got a drill and I am going to make this too, since you said you were able to do it yourself with no experience!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoHello. That’s great to hear. I would love to see photos when you are done. My father in law routered the oven window. Home Depot was not able to help me with that. Luckily my father in law had a router. Also, make sure you drill pilot holes first the wood could split otherwise. Good luck.
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoWOW! You did an incredible job. It is absolutely darling. Very creative and resourceful. You inspire me!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoThis is absolutely fantastic! I want to play too!
| Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago