TV Unit Play Kitchen DIY: Project Update!

I wanted to update you guys on how our TV Unit Play Kitchen DIY is coming a long!
Slow and steady wins the race…right? ;)
We found this baby on craigslist and payed $20 for it.
Totally worth the price. the bones are great!
So far I went to Home Depot and had them cut a piece of inexpensive plywood to
fit the back of the entertainment center… and another piece for the fridge door.
Now we aren’t doing your typical kitchen with a sink, because my girls
already have the ikea play kitchen and asked for space to chop and cook. (hahaha.)
They know what they want. more countertop space. ;)
So we are pretty much doing this DIY custom to what the kids want/are missing
when they play kitchen. But if this was your only kitchen set up, you could easily
add in a sink to the left area. The bottom part is going to be an oven on the left
and on the right storage space for their food and dishes.

Someone in this house is going to get the subway tile I love!!
Even if it’s a faux subway tile for their play kitchen. ;)
I painted the entire unit white and then certain areas we painted green.
(the color we are currently painting our family room.)
I love the color combo!
To create the subway tile I just made up a template using card stock paper…
and then traced it with a pencil on my background. Then went back over it with
a black sharpie pen with a ruler! I was trying not to worry too much
about being perfect in this area….it’s a play kitchen.

Another fun detail we are planning for their play kitchen, is to add a mailbox!
We once made a cardboard mailbox…and I’ve been eyeing the toy mailboxes…
But while creating the entire playroom space, I thought how cute would it be to have REAL mailbox. So I looked at home depot and lowes first:
way crazy expensive for what I needed it for.
Looked at K-Mart… found this one for 6 bucks! grabbed that baby up.
The girls have been delivering mail to each other all afternoon while micah napped.
Not sure how we are gonna mount it yet…
but I’m pretty excited it. and so are they. :)

I can’t wait to finish the playroom… I want a room that really encourages imaginative play.
It’s pretty much going to be their own mini house!
(Can I just take a DIY break and say how awesome garage sales are?! We found that top and skirt this weekend for 50 cents each! Sophia LOVES them and I love not spending a fortune on a wardrobe that she is constantly growing out of. She’s getting so tall!)

I found this cute towel at the dollar tree! HAD to get it. it’s so cute…
I’m putting up a towel rod and something else on this side of the kitchen.
The girls are obsessed…
and immediately started planning a lemonade stand when they saw it.

Thanks for following a long as we create this fun play kitchen project for the kids!
I’ll be sharing more of the details soon.. Just spray painted the fridge door…
It’s silver, “like grandma’s” haha.

Hope you had a great day!