Building a DIY children’s play kitchen in 30 easy steps. Maybe. Part V

Gripes! This kitchen is taking forever. It’s been over a year (!) since I first started this project. Yes, a year. Don’t blame me. Blame work, chronic pain, socializing and, most importantly, the birth of our second daughter. She’s OK with the delay as she understands that she will reap the benefits of this kitchen in a couple of years. Tons of progress has been made since I published Part IV and the end is oh so near.

Join me, won’t you?

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Building a children’s play kitchen in 30 easy steps. Maybe. Part I

What is my parenting philosophy? Making life as awesome as possible for my daughter. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Cooking has long been a passion of mine and whenever I can I try to involve Tzofi. She showed an interest early on, so about a year ago Ziva (my wife for those new to this blog) built an awesome kitchen for Tzofi made from almost all recycled materials (cardboard boxes, old desk files, bottle caps and more).

We decided the time was ripe for an upgrade and purchasing a new bedroom set and getting rid of our old Ikea night stands afforded us an opportunity to get the brain wheels churning and to design Tzofi a kick ass solid kitchen she can play with for the next few years. And one that won’t put us in debt. We also recently renovated our walk in closet space and have a few old bookshelves which are in pretty bad condition so we have even more raw materials to work with.

This is a pretty big project with many steps involved and we still aren’t 100 percent sure how it’s going to turn out. I plan on documenting this DIY project here as we move forward. Today we made major progress and I got to use my new jigsaw for the first time. I like tools. Power.

These are the night tables we are dealing with:

Step 1

The first step was to measure the legs and decide just how much we wanted to cut off. Ziva meticulously measured the height, marked it off and I sawed off the legs with much pleasure. I even wore safety goggles which was also enjoyable.

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For once, a good idea from the Prime Minister’s office

The Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has been urging IKEA to open up their second store in the town of Lod, one of the poorest towns in all of Israel. To all of you who believe American trends hit Israel years later, here is another one for you. Lod is notorious for its drug deals and [...]

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