Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Play Stove Makeover

Living in Utah, the land of the big families, yard sales are knee deep in discarded toys. When I saw this wood play stove I just had to have it. Fortunately it met me five dollar price point too.



I already took the doors off in this before picture (sorry) but as you can see, it had seen a lot of hard use.

After sanding it I Mod Podged some of my kitchen fabric to the doors, painted the hardware brushed nickel (it was dark brass) added new nobs and painted the whole thing turquoise.


Now I have a cute little storage piece for remotes, DVDs, coasters, kleenex - all the stuff that accumulates in the living room.



P.S. I'm going to add some legs to it as soon as I find something I love.

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15 comments:

Carmen said...

Brilliant idea (again!) I would never, ever, ever have thought of doing that! Looks so good and so far away from what it was originally too!

Aubrey said...

Awesome idea! looks great

Unknown said...

Looks great, nice job honey you Rock!

Love you

Tonya @ lovinthemoments said...

Great idea! Love the fabric!

Mary C. said...

This is adorable!!

Courtney Baker said...

That is so great. How fun!

Laura B said...

Wow! That turned out so cute!:)

hugs,
Laura

Cheryl Valadez said...

What a nifty nook, Nicole! Don't you just love alliteration...LOL!! This turned out great and I never would have guessed that it used be a child's play stove. So cool!

TLF said...

Looks fabulous.. Awesome!

SarahLP said...

What a fantastic find - and you've turned it into such a stunning (and useful!) piece of furniture.. inspirational, Nicole!!

Madame Craft said...

Oh great! love this project Nicole.
I just rescue a dining table and chairs from the garbage of my building, re-vamped and painted them with a similar color but, i did not take pictures buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

Well done, super cool Nicole
Hugs

Kathi said...

Wow. That's gorgeous! It's recycling at its very best!

Bec said...

This is so cute! I love it. If we had more room, I'd start thrifting for my own to re-do :)

Debbie said...

This is tooooo cute!

Anonymous said...

This is great, useful, and I love the colors!
Take a look at these other recycled furniture pieces...just GORGEOUS!

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