Ikea Hack
Okay so we have all heard of the "Hacks", well I got around to doing my first one. I made this for my now two year old grand-daughters when they come to visit the lake house.
I know that I have been neglecting this blog, I have been my usual busy self just not sharing my adventures. Well here is my kitchen. I turning the black cabinet into a Frig. I have already put the back on I just need to put the door on. This is a super easy project.
I decided that I wanted stainless steel appliances, I also decided that I was not spending any additional money so I painted the handles.
I painted a piece of 1/4 inch plywood black and attached it to the back of this cabinet. It was $30 at Ikea, the large bins where $4 and the small are $2. Great deal.. I'll post when I get the door done.
All I did was paint the parts with the stainless spray paint. It took two coats I left the interior of all the areas white. I figured that would be the best for wear and play.
I painted the handles black. I also put a piece of dry ease board on the back, so I can get double duty from this toy. I got this for just a couple of bucks at Home Depot. It was a damaged panel, I have a table saw so I cut it down, but they do cuts as well. I would loved for it to go to the top but for the price I am good.
I am going to put a tray at the top to hold the markers so you'll never know it is too short. And right now the girls are just using the kitchen. I painted the other side with the stainless paint. I attached one of the $4 push lights from Ikea as a sink light. I will tell you I wish I had gotten two one over the sink one over the stove. Oh, well. I am very pleased with how it turned out. I am going to do another one for this little girls birthday, it is going to be very different. I'll post it.
As you can see this girl approves.
Happy Hacking.
