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This is the first project in 1.5 years since getting pregnant and having daughter. Hubby was nice enough to babysit after work and on weekends so I can crank this little play kitchen out for our nephew over the course of the last couple months!
I designed the kitchen around the IKEA trivet that is the oven rack. The oven has a little LED puck light so nephew can turn the oven light on or off. There is a stainless steel “sink” which is actually a bread pan from a kitchen supply store. I was trying to save time so I ended up using wooden toy wheels as part of the knobs. The stove top ranges are IKEA coasters. The faucet is my first attempt at bent lamination, I had to bandsaw out the pieces to about 1/16” thick and soak them before bending them into the form. Knobs were modeled after shop-made knobs for jigs :). All the knobs and faucet turn. I wanted to try a no VOC paint, so went with Mythic Paint, definitely takes some time to dry. It’s been over a week and the glossy paint is still a little bit tacky here and there. I was a little worried the gray would look too dark, but I think it makes the unit look more masculine for a little boy :). Hope my nephew likes playing with it! I’ll probably need to make another one when my daughter is a little older hehe. Lots of mistakes but hope he won’t notice. Good practice back into woodworking in the very little spare time we have.
-- helen
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Hacksaw007
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#1 posted 1311 days ago
Outstanding! Looks good enough to cook on.
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firecaster
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#2 posted 1311 days ago
Wow, this will get lots of use. Was that an oven light I saw? You don’t do things half way!
Can’t wait to see what you build for your little one.
-- Father of two sons. Both Eagle Scouts.
DaytonB
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#3 posted 1311 days ago
very fun, I need to get one of these started
thanks for sharing it
dayton
RexMcKinnon
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#4 posted 1311 days ago
Cool, my daughter would love this.
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
Joanne
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#5 posted 1311 days ago
Very nice job, any child would be happy to have something so realistic looking.
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nmkidd
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#6 posted 1311 days ago
Super job. Sure beats the cheap plastic one I got my daughter when she was a wee tyke.
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a1Jim
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#7 posted 1311 days ago
Great job
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stefang
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#8 posted 1311 days ago
Beautiful job! Lucky nephew. Any kid would love it (heck, any adult would love it too). Loved all the realistic details and the good workwomanship.
-- Mike, American in Norway
bigbuddha
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#9 posted 1311 days ago
Thank you for all the kind words!! I almost wanted to keep this for myself hehe :)
-- helen
MrsN
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#10 posted 1311 days ago
Oven light and timer, I think your stove is nicer then the one I cook on. Great work!
MrsN
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huff
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#11 posted 1311 days ago
That is so cool! Great job.
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mythicsam
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#12 posted 1310 days ago
Hey BigBuddha – this is an amazing play kitchen! Also, I work with Mythic Paint and wanted to thank you for using our product. One thought with the drying though – Mythic was really created for walls and incidental trim, and although it works well on wood, you may want to use a polyurethane finish to protect it! Thanks again and hope that this was helpful.
Jesse
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#13 posted 1251 days ago
I must have missed this when you first posted it, this kitchen is great. We bought our girls one of the plastic ones and I cannot stand it. That is why I made them the workbench instead of buying one.
-- Jesse, Hopewell Jct., NY
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