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This kitchen set is made up of odd pieces.
The hutch was an
unpainted piece we found in AC Moore.
I built the table from a
plaque and four spindles.
I had four odd chairs that I made plaid
seat cushions for.
On the table is matching place mats,
(simple little rectangles from which the ends were raveled out to
make a fringe.)
The candle holders are fancy beads with
toothpicks for the candles.
The open hutch shows some of our “making do”.
The large
dishes on the top self are the inserts from orange juice cartons.
I added a decal to the center and just painted lightly around the
edges.
The green glasses are simply a colored straw that I cut
down to size.
The second shelf is all buttons.
The
dishes have a colored paper punch out to cover the holes.
The
little bowls in front of them are buttons also.
We have used
those same buttons inverted to make little wall light fixtures.
The dishes
on the bottom shelf are also buttons
with a star punch-out of
colored paper.
The salt and pepper shakers are little beads
with a silver bead cap on top.
I also used for the
glass in the windows,
the heavy
transparent plastic that is used in packaging many toys, minis etc.
It works like a charm.
Valerie gave this hutch a face lift with new white bead knobs
and some rub-ons on the lower doors.
These appliances were made from left over scraps
from doll house
kits.
We cut any large serviceable pieces from the frames that
are left
after the doll house pieces are removed.
The back of the
sink was the interior piece of a fancy porch punch out.
Visualize what can be made from the remaining frames.
A large piece
which surrounded a rectangle,
which was used in the construction of
the house,
became the sink top.
A perfect hole remained to
which a jelly container
from a restaurant was glued. Instant
sink top!!!
The sink, stove and drawer fronts are simply
window punch out centers glued to the front of the appliances.
Marble contact paper covers the counter and sink tops.
Tube
beads create long handles on the refrigerator and stove.
A
bent nail glued head down makes the faucet.
Assorted silver
beads make the knobs on the sink and stove.
The burner tops are lock
washers with sequin centers;
the surface grill is a corrugated
fastener.
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