A Special Present

I have been keeping my eye out for a tv stand for a while.

I`ve seen this done before

and I really wanted to make one myself!

A kitchen made out of an old tv stand.

So I have been scouting Salvation Army,

looking for just the right tv stand.

A few weeks ago, I found it!

I snatched it up for $15!

We brought it home and it sat in my hallway for almost 2 weeks 

before I got the strength up to actually start.

Where do you start?

I found a couple old doors on a swap shop 

that I thought would be perfect for an oven door

and that was my starting point!

From there, my mind just started racing!!!

Oh the possibilities!

I got my handy man husband to get on board with me.

Heck, I was not going to be able to do it all alone,

so we went to the hardware store and picked up a few tools

and off he went.

We started with a few alterations

and a good coat of primer.

Then came the fun of designing it!

We found a bunch of stuff from "The Real Deal" to help us get going.

Of course thrifting was going to be the way to go!

After a lot of LATE nights and many hours,

we finally got it all put together 

and we are SO HAPPY with the results!

 We wrapped it all up for the girls to open a little bit early

for their birthday.

Their birthdays are a week apart so we figured this would be 

a good present for the both of them!

They were so excited when they unwrapped it!
I also made matching aprons for them.

And this is how it turned out...