About 2 months ago I found this idea about how to make a play kitchen out of an old TV stand, it took her about 4 months to do between gathering things and doing the work. But her child wasn't old enough for it when she started but was by the time she finished and I think we're about there.
Last week someone listed a storage unit for sale on Facebook that originally was about 60 bucks and just wanted 20 for it. I jumped all over it because when I saw it I thought, "kitchen!" for Mari. Because I believe instilling the love of cooking and how to cook early is one of the biggest and most tragic of lost arts. I want my daughter to not only be in the kitchen with me but think that its fun to be there, not just a chore that she will probably have to do later.
This is what the storage unit looks like now because I forgot to take a picture of it without the shelf I installed on the very top and before I painted it red :) It was blue :
Theres a bar just under the shelf that will be used as a "curtain rod" with a black and white gingham curtain that I will make eventually :) I have a small bowl for a "sink" for the left and will get a faucet second hand. The under the sink area will be storage with more of the black and white gingham. One side will have command hooks for towels, and spice racks for books. The other side will have a black board for menu :)
We shall see what plans actually come through. The only thing I have right now is the storage unit and the bins that came with it in her room because thats what she needs right now. I have a bowl that can be used for a sink when the time comes. For now her play kitchen is my kitchen with all the pots and pans getting drug out on a noisy daily basis, but after having 8 years of complete silence during the day other than the TV or making myself go back to school or work because I couldn't stand the quiet at home, I'm ready for a lifetime of happy noise in my house, keeping busy with our daughter.
Life is good because our God is GREAT.
