Hey friends!

Let me first start off by saying… Never underestimate the power of nesting.  I have been a maniac here!  I finally got the girls moved into their new room over the weekend.   This involved moving all of the furniture and cutting the beds down a bit because of the odd ceiling lines in the new room.  When I had that all finished, I decided to build the girls some bedside tables.  This is where I got myself into a little bit of trouble

I went to Ana’s site to find the plans.  I innocently typed in “bedside table” and then THIS popped up.  It was fate, I’m pretty sure

Two hours later,  I was driving to Lowe’s and Home Depot to get all my supplies.

I have to give a big old shout out to Kirsten from The Crafting Chicks.  Her AMAZING kitchen was my total and compete inspiration for the one that I built.  I showed my hubby the picture and told him I would be building it for the girls.  He laughed at me and told me I was building it for myself… He knows me too well.  This is one of my favorite projects I have done in a long time.

I won’t give you the how-to because you can go to Ana’s site for that, but I will offer a few photos and tips.

After reading Kirsten’s post and Ana’s plan I made my list.  I built all 3 pieces (stove, sink and fridge) and I will be doing a dishwasher next week.

I wanted really straight wood to save me the hassle of trying to line up corners in 100 degree weather, 5 months pregnant.  For my 1×12′s and 1×8 pieces I used a piece of 4×8 hardwood plywood.  I had the nice man at Home Depot cut it down for me while I picked up the rest of the supplies.  I used select pine boards for the other pieces which were slightly more expensive, but super straight.  For the wood I spent $63.

My sink is a dog bowl from Wal-Mart.  It was around $4.

I ordered my faucet with free shipping from Amazon.  It was a splurge at $30 but my girls really wanted the real faucet (so did I) and I didn’t have Kirsten’s great luck on Ebay for $13. Oh shwell.

These are the hinges I used for the oven door and fridge doors from Home Depot.

These are the magnet closures I used from Home Depot…About $1 a piece.  I used one on my stove and 2 on the fridge.

My burners are craft circles from Hobby Lobby.  I bought 2 small ones and 2 larger ones for $3.  The iron hooks are my towel rack and a utensil rack. I bought them both at Hobby Lobby for under $10 They got a bit of a revamp today

Here are a few progress pics…

Excuse my shanty pictures!  The reveal will make up for it… I promise.

That’s it for today.  I will share the rest of the details with you in my next post.  I will also show you the finished kitchen!  So fun!

This truly was very easy to build!  It’s almost like putting together a puzzle.  And the end result is the best part!  I love my the girls new kitchen !!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!