My Mom is Cooler Than Yours. Na Na Nana Na.

The best thing about my Mom is she the most supportive person you’ll ever meet. If you have an idea, and she thinks its a pretty decent idea, she’s your biggest fan.
As anyone who knows me in real life is aware, I have been coveting this kitchen. I really wanted to get this for the kids for Christmas but $400? A bit steep. I had started to put money into savings and had begun petitioning family to contribute to my cause. I know you can get plastic kitchens for considerably less, but the thought of being forced to look at a plastic kitchen day-in and day-out was too much. The exersaucer and swing is torture enough and there is enough plastic in the world.
My Mom took one look at that kitchen and said “We can make this”. The next day she had drawn up the plans, and figured out how to cut out the necessary pieces from a piece of plywood.
Then she was in the local thrift store and saw this TV stand for $20.

She did a few mental calculations and figured that she could create a wood kitchen for considerably less and it even buys into my idea of recrafting. I LOVE recrafting. It gives me great pleasure.
So with a little ingenuity, some swearing, and many trips to the hardware store to get the drill working properly she came up with this!

Is this not seriously awesome? Like, the most awesome? Like something you’d have played with as a kid?

And it cost less than $50 after we bought the knobs, the used bowl for the sink, and the dishes.

And it looks cool in my kitchen, even matching my kitchen table, which is very important to me when I have to look at it day-in and day-out.

And it was all figured out and lovingly put to together by my Mom, who is the most cool. I don’t think anyone is going to argue that one with me.

And the oven door opens and there’s an oven rack. Super cool!

And we used every piece of the original TV stand, except this one itty block, although now we’re calling it the “bread board”!

And all the knobs turn. And there are spice racks. And we’re going to hang a hook for an apron and oven mitts. And we’re going to make felted cupcakes, cakes, eggs, and whatever other food we can think of.
I’m giddy!
The only thing left to do is mat-tac the inside (maybe) and buy a dot-it light for the oven. And we have to fix a small little mistake in drilling in the stove knobs but hey! It’s awesome!