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The Kitchen

So remember when I was trying to figure out what play kitchen to buy Beanie for her birthday?  Well, it was actually none of those…but we bought one on line and spent a decent amount.  Her reaction?  Ho-hum.  Oh well… we figured she’d eventually be happy just to have a play kitchen.  Of course I still really wished we would have been able to find something to make/fix up ourselves.  Sometime later B spotted a little kitchen on Craigstlist for $20 and said Too bad we didn’t find this earlier.  It was homemade, with sturdy wood and I loved it.  Too bad nothing!  I called the play kitchen company where we purchased Beanie’s kitchen and arranged a return.  We picked up the little homemade kitchen for 20 bucks and got to work.  We just finished last night and here’s the big unveiling.  

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After:

  

As you can see we painted the whole thing, added a sink, burners and updated some of the hardware.  The color scheme came from the backsplash, which just happens to be paper from Snow and Graham–it was simply mod-podged on the back.  We’re thinking about changing the handles on the sink to something more chrome-y, and I may add a skirt under the kitchen sink, but overall we’re really pleased with it… actually I love how it turned out.  Beanie’s reaction?  Ho-hum.  Oh well… at least we didn’t spend a pretty penny and now we have something completely original that we made and love.  I also love that my husband and I like to make things together and whether or not it actually happens, I’m envisioning this kitchen being played with by future generations for years to come.   Good times.      
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Hey, I'm Amy!

I'm an author, artist, and disability advocate. I live with my handsome husband and three beautiful daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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