Does anyone have any ideas for this children's kitchenette set?
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Nur5673962 on Aug 21, 2016That's a beautiful peace! I'd put a bucket in the hole where the sink was (a place for drying cleaned paint brushes, for example). also, I'd see if it's possible to add wheels. I'd either close the hole in the door with a thin board, or glue some transparent plastic from behind, and make a sort of window.Helpful Reply
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Bernadette Staal on Aug 21, 2016You haven't confirmed if you want to keep it as a child's kitchenette e.g. a young child will love it. If you are keeping it for it's intended purpose then obviously colour is the key bright bold colours that will draw the child's attention. I would use a metal dog bowl or similar for the sink and use some plastic sheeting for what is the oven door. If however you want to do away with the current purpose. Then you could use some cheap MDF and add a new bench top and a panel to both doors. I would make the bench top wider than it is currently so that a child could sit at it and it would be a small desk with storage. If you are not intending to use it for a child and just have no idea I think it would be great in the house / garden for plants. Like a living sculpture e.g. a big fern growing out of the hole and a creeper growing out of the oven door, then pretty little pots of other plants on the bench / cooker / shelves or similar.Helpful Reply
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Geri Ann on Aug 21, 2016I would paint it and give it feet or industrial wheels to raise it off the ground, remove the trivets on the stove top. Put hooks under the top shelf or mount a pegboard above and under the shelf to hang his tools. Paint it and put the metal bowl back in the hole and use it for a catchall for nuts, bolts, screws, etc. If you use pegboard on the top then cover each door with it and paint it to disguise the hole. Otherwise I'd suggest a planting center for your garden tools and small plants...Helpful Reply
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Rhonda Walker on Aug 21, 2016I would turn it into a potting table. Have to add some height. Container below hole for excess dirt, storage below and wire over hole in door.Helpful Reply
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Dot D Collett on Aug 21, 2016sign :: Husband's Cook Center. Add bottom shelf to raise it to working height, giving more storage. Could add weight of some kind to stablize it (heavy wheels external wheels would do) use counter hole for trash, dust, parts with different lids for each use (old pot lid, emboridary hoop with screen, grate / round trivet.Helpful Reply
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Marisou Gabrielle on Aug 21, 2016hello if you have a cat you may bbe well able to make a cats resting and playing house that be neatHelpful Reply
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Linda Freiberg on Aug 21, 2016Outdoor BarHelpful Reply
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Jennie Lee on Aug 21, 2016Each of these ideas could be used in different ways: you could drill holes to stick screwdrivers in, point first. You could put 2 or 4 plastic tubs in the bottom, which could be pulled out for access. You could put magnetic storage strips along the front edge and on the sides for small tools. You could put jar lids, like baby food lids, under the small shelf with screws through the middles, to hold up jars full of hardware. You could fasten a cheap ruler along an edge, for quick measuring.Helpful Reply
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Sharon on Aug 21, 2016Hi. I would find a magnetic bowl at an Auto parts shop for the hole in the top. Great for parts of whatever he is taking apart, they don't get lost. Slots or holes for screwdrivers in the top little shelf. Battery charger on the "burners". Larger holes in right hand end of shelf for hammers. Pull our bins for pliers and such inside. And that hole in the front? Attach a board with a small spacer around it, leaving top open. Slip in a message, like "I know you can fix it!" or a picture. You can change that out whenever the mood strikes. Or a drawing of what you want him to make.Helpful Reply
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Jennie Lee on Aug 21, 2016If you do decide to put steel sheet metal on it somewhere, I just remembered that Dollar Tree sells small tins in 2 sizes with clear plastic tops and magnets on the bottom! You could also paint it with the color or the logo of his favorite car. Or something like "Mr. Fix-it".Helpful Reply
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Jennie Lee on Aug 21, 2016You could put a small, pull-out waste bin in the top hole, and a roll of paper towels that would pull out of the bottom hole. Or mount a paper towel dispenser on the side. You could put a work light on it, that can be removed to use elsewhere. You could mount a power strip to plug power tools into, on it. You could mount a water bottle on it! Sorry, this one has really sparked my imagination!Helpful Reply
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Carol Eckelkamp on Aug 21, 2016Can you add legs...shouldn't be higher?Helpful Reply
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Elaine on Aug 29, 2016Aww ... I'm kind of sad picturing a once little girl (or boy!) playing at this and enjoying many happy hours of imaginative play and hate to see this changed. (My grandkids loved theirs so pardon me if I'm a bit gooey today). So ... instead, I'd love to see it donated to a women's/children's centre and then envision other (possibly frightened and displaced) children enjoying it.Helpful Reply
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Rosanne Landers on Sep 01, 2016tool holderHelpful Reply
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Loretta Kekalos on Sep 03, 2016Many ideas come to mind, I do believe legs or a short bookcase under it (for additional storage) would be great. Plant stand or garden center; small wine station; pedicure/manicure organizer. I can picture it painted with a pretty bowl in the 'sink', remove the doors and put curtains on spring rods inside the opening. Whatever you decide, I'm sure you'll have fun and it will look great!Helpful Reply
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Kenneth Sellers on Nov 08, 2016Would it make a nice small potting table. Large bowl of soil in the hole. Lots of room for tools. Bonsai work table ? You get the idea.Helpful Reply
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