Entertainment Center: 20$ DI
Plexiglas: 13$
Water Faucet: 11$
Oven Knobs: 14$
Sink Bowl: 1$
Oven Rack: 1$ DI
Back Board: 14$
Oven Handle: 12$ Ikea
Paint: mostly free
Spray Paint 4 cans 4$
CDs: free
Spice Rack: free
Extra Wood: free
Spice Rack: free
Extra Wood: free
Entertainment Center:
This one was perfect. It is the IKEA style, with the pegs and round clamps you screw to get the pieces to lock together. This made it super easy to take apart, paint, and alter. I moved the center divider over a few feet to give plenty of space for the stove and sink. For the oven, I took the door off, flipped it around, moved the hinges to the bottom, and used the backside which was a simpler design. It looked more like an oven to me.
Materials:
I wanted to start and get this finished quickly, so I didn't have much time to scavenge the materials, and that made it a bit more expensive. I wish we would have found a free metal bowl. I think it might have looked nicer. Oven knobs, handles, and a faucet also would have been easy to find for cheap/free if I had more time.
Paint
I used a ton of paint because I suck. I kept getting drips and not taping very well because I was in a hurry. Not to mention the white I was using was old and had flakes of rust. In addition, spray paint in winter is a pain, and not all spray paint is created equal. The satin or flat finish paint did a much better job sticking to the finish and had better coverage, and the cheap gloss paint I bought had major problems with dripping. I tried white spray paint, but that was miserable. I would recommend regular latex paint for anything light colored, and I actually found an old can of primer which helped as well. In retrospect I would have payed a few bucks for a paint roller, because the sponge brushes I used were super cheap and left a bunch of streaks. But they worked nicely for the texture on the walls and ceiling.
Oven and Stove:
The Cooling rack I bought for the oven was slightly too wide. I had to cut a cm off with a Dremel tool.
The stove top was a sheet of plexiglass and black spray painted cds. I painted the underside with silver and gray to give it some color, without the paint scratching/chipping. I am also considering painting the cds and the counter top with polyurethane to give it a gloss finish and protect it from scratches. The oven knobs were a bit annoying. I wanted them to be able to turn, so I drilled a hole in the adapters and hammered in a nut to hold the bolts securely and plan on gluing them so the knobs don't spin off.
Still need to finish:
- Picture frame for window
- Curtains (already have the material and the wooden dowel)
- Fridge/Freezer door (want to make these magnetic, and the magnetic paint is expensive, plan on using scrap metal glued on top of some cheap wood).
- Handles for fridge door
- Magnets for all doors
- Light for kitchen and fridge
- Chalkboard on the side (want to try out that chalkboard paint)
- Coat rack/shelf for the side
