Ikea Hack: Dip-Dyed Table & Chairs

For Christmas, Steve and I designed our own DIY ungraded play kitchen for Abby. So I knew this time around for Valentine’s Day, I wanted to surprise them both by personalizing the coordinating table and chairs set, all on my own! 

Since I already had spray paint left over from the play kitchen, it was a very cheap upgrade. The table and chairs are from Ikea, with a very reasonable price - ($25). Surprisingly, it was really easy to assemble because it only requires an Allen wrench, which Ikea helpfully provided. It took me about 15 minutes to put everything together! So, if you’re a beginner builder (like me), this project is completely doable!

I brought the surprise to the next level by putting together a little daddy-daughter Valentine's Day brunch with a few balloons, donuts, and fresh flowers. Since I wanted to make sure both were truly surprised, I did my Valentine's surprise early! Maybe too early, although it's never to early to celebrate the two people who make my world go round.

Below are a few sweet moments I captured between them as they brunched, along with a tutorial on how I personalized the dining set.

Flower Felt Headband C/O Fancy Free Finery

Heart Garland by Sheep Felt Farm

What You Will Need:
1. Wooden table & chairs 
2. Primer spray paint (2x)
3. Silver metallic spray paint (1x)
4. Clear sealer (1x)
5. Painters tape
6. News papers / Paper
7. Self-adhesive tape (white recommend)


What To Do:
1. Spray paint all parts (except for table top and chair seats) with primer. 
    
2. Let everything completely dry. Then spray again, for a second coat. Let dry.

3. Measure 5 inches from the bottom of each leg up and mark with painters tape.

4. Cover the rest of the table and chair legs with newspapers and tape.

5. Spray metallic silver on the bottom of each leg to create the dip dyed effect. Let dry.

6. Remove all tape and newspaper, completely uncovering all parts.

7. Spray all spray painted parts with clear sealer. Twice. Let dry.

8. Follow the directions for placing spoon flowers wallpaper properly (took 5 minutes). 
    Then secure wall paper down with white self-adhesive tape underneath the table top.

9. Follow Ikea's instructions for building the table and chairs.

Total Timeline: 3 Days

Painting: 2 days to paint & dry each coat of primer, metallic silver (the dip effect) & sealer. 
Details:  3rd day, a total of 15-20 minutes for adding details & assembling.

Many thanks to Fancy Free Finery for Abby's darling headband. 

Happy Early Valentine's Day! 

XO - Steph

Ikea Hack : White & Modern Play Kitchen

I love a good tutorial that breaks down exactly what someone did including links!!! So that's exactly what I have attempted below : ) And just a heads up!... a whole lotta love went into this beauty! A total of three days to paint, dry, build, and top with details and SO worth it! We got the original set for $60 around Ikea's Friends and Family sale on Thanksgiving day!!  All the details and links for what we did to upgrade it is listed below!

   

What You Will Need:

·      Ikea Play Kitchen

·      SprayPaint: Primer (2-3x)

·      SprayPaint: White (2-3x)

·      SprayPaint: Metallic Silver 

·      Clear Sealer - Topcoat (2x)

·      Contact Paper

·      Self-Adhesive Stick on Backsplash (3-4 sheets)

·      Poster Board (White) 36" by 48"

·      Handles (3x)

·      Knobs (2x)

·      Tap on lights

Tools:

·      Glue Gun

·      Painter's Tape (cover up anything you don't want painted)

·      Drill or screw driver

·      Pen or pencil

·      Exacto Knife (or) Scissors

Before

-  After  -

What We Did: 12 Steps

||  Step 1 || 

Spray paint with primer all of the non-white parts of the kitchen, including the sink, brim of the stove, and the oven knobs.

||  Step 2  || 

Spray paint white, everything you already painted with primer in Step #1.

||  Step 3 ||

Spray paint metallic silver the sink, brim of stove, utensil hangers, utensil pole, and oven knobs.

||  Step 4 || 

Coat all of the details spray painted white and silver with clear sealer (top coat). Let everything completely dry for about 4 hours.

||  Step 5 ||

Follow and complete the assembly directions for Ikea's Play Kitchen (if they get lost during steps 1-4, you can print them off on their website!). Be sure to leave out all three handle bars, as you'll upgrade them later.

||  Step 6 ||

Place the poster board against the upper back half of kitchen. Then trace with a pen or pencil along the inside to create your frame for the back-splash.

||  Step 7 ||

Cut along the trace of the poster board with an exacto knife or scissors, leaving about an inch on the top and bottom to help secure your board onto the kitchen with a glue gun.

||  Step 8 ||

Using the self-adhesive stick on back-splash, start with the bottom of your poster board and work your way across and up to fill the frame. Complete until the entire traced area on your poster board is covered. Now you have your backsplash!

||  Step 9 ||

Use a glue gun and white adhesive tape to secure the board to the back of your upper kitchen.

  ||  Step 10  ||

Mark four dots two inches apart above the stove with a pen or pencil. Then, drill 

   the marked spot to create holes so you can screw in all four oven knobs.

 ||  Step 11 || 

Next secure all three handles bars and click in place your stove and sink.Then stick on two tap-on lights under the upper part of your kitchen.

||  Step 12  ||

Add some fun details! I ordered the polka dot print fabric from spoon flowers and sewed up the edges to create Abby her own little personal wash cloths.

I want to thank each one of you for reading and following along! You're support and encouragement means so much to me! Check back VERY soon as I'll have an updated post on this play kitchen!

Warmly - Steph