Who needs Pottery Barn?

Thank goodness I have a husband who is willing to go along with all of my project ideas because I never could have done this without him...thanks babe!

So I really wanted Olivia to have a play kitchen. The girl loves to pretend! I really loved the pottery barn kitchens, but who really pays $750 for that?

So in the middle of moving and just coming off of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I convinced Al to help me build this for Olivia for her birthday.

We started with a couple of sheets of plywood from the hardware store and several hours later this is what we came up with. I can never let go of something until it is complete so in my sleeplessness (is that a word) I would design and build this.

I grew up around power tools and my dad taught me how to use a band saw by the time I was maybe 11. I love the smell of fresh cut wood and turning the pieces into creations...and just in case you were wondering I took best of show in wood shop class in middle school. I also grew up sitting by my mom at her sewing machine and watching her turn fabric into beautiful dresses. So thanks to both of them I learned how to build and sew.

I have to give most of the credit to Al though, he spent hours and hours on this and I did most of the running to store, ordering parts and pieces off of ebay and the "cosmetics" of it. It was really fun to work on this project with him and Liv loves it!!!