Kitchen for Christmas

I don't know when it was that I first discovered Ana White but I knew right away that I would be obsessed! Great - all I needed was another obsession :) I printed out the kitchen plans - ok fine - I printed out nearly all the plans. I put them on the kitchen table and told my husband that I wanted to build this for the kids for Christmas. He laughed at me.

During a snow storm I started to freak out - thinking - there aren't enough hours in the day. My husband sighed, looked at me - got in the car and drove to Home Depot. I had all the cut plans laid out for all 4 pieces so we used the least amount of wood (MDF). He went with the excel sheet cut plans - and drove to the Depot. There was NO ONE in the store (could be the blizzard that was going on). This young guy said - you want it all cut? And they were there for an hour and a half and cut everything to size - and labeled it too!!! When he got home - I could breath - because I knew it could happen.

I called my dad and took the day off from work, and we got working. It slowly started looking like a kitchen!


So we got painting and finishing.





And then we had a finished product!!!!








We originally wanted to spray a chrome type - so it looked black and stainless steel. But - the silver spray paint didn't work so well. So we ended up painting it all black. We primed first, then painted with a flat black that we had on hand. The total for the building materials was about 90, it was essentially 3 sheets of MDF. Then I spent some money on hinges, and knobs. Overall the three pieces cost right around $120 to make - not to shabby I think!!!! I got the knobs for the stove from Hobby Lobby. The "burners" on the stove are just painted CD's :) I used Plexy Glass like Ana-White suggested in her plans. The bar on the stove is a towel bar for a bathroom. I still would like to put a clock face on it. I bought hinges, but the handles for the fridge I had leftover in the house. I still need to put magnet holders on the fridge and freezer. Overall I am SO excited. Except - the gift is from Santa - and I find myself biting my tongue when people come over - I have to keep saying "Santa made it".

A HUGE thank you to> Ana White for making that huge christmas gift possible for my kids - they adore it - all of them!

Parties I am linked up to:

Funky Junk Interiors, Craft Envy. Perfectly Imperfect, Be Different Act Normal, A little Lovely, Along for the Ride, I am only one woman, Mural Maker, I heart nap time, Primative and Proper, Just a Girl, My Romantic Home, The Shabby Nest, Remodelaholic, Finding Fabulous, French Country Cottage,

Fingerprints on the Fridge,  Fun to Craft , Chic on a Shoestring Decorating, A Little Knick Knack , 504 Main, Blue Cricket Design, Domestically Speaking. Tea Rose Home, Sawy Southern Style, My Backyard Eden, Sew Much Ado, SevenThirtyThree, Someday Crafts, The Shabby Chic Cottage, Somewhat Simple, House of Hepworths , Beyond The Picket Fence, Fireflies & Jellybeans, Tales from Bloggeritaville  , Brambleberry Cottage , Gluesticks, Between Naps on the porch