How to Build a Mud Kitchen for Kids | Ask This Old House
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- In this video, This Old House carpenter Nathan Gilbert heads to Portland, Oregon to help a homeowner build an outdoor mud kitchen for her home daycare play area.
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Carpenter Nathan Gilbert helps a homeowner and daycare provider update her outdoor play space with a mud kitchen. Nathan has all the materials they’ll need, including pressure-treated framing, cedar paneling, and composite decking. The pair work together to build the frame and shelf before installing a sink, creating knobs from scrap lumber, and installing hooks for organization.
When a homeowner realized that her home daycare’s outdoor play space could use an upgrade, she knew a mud kitchen project was on the horizon. She called the Ask This Old House team for help building this feature. Carpenter Nathan Gilbert is fresh off building his own daughter’s daycare a mud kitchen, so he knew just what to do.
Difficulty: ⅖
Time: One day
Cost: Around $400
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Nathan will be building the frame using pressure treated 2x4’s [homedepot.sjv....] and 1x6 cedar [homedepot.sjv....]. Nathan starts by making the cuts for the frame using a miter saw [homedepot.sjv....]. He then secures the frame using GRK 3-1/4 inch framing screws [homedepot.sjv....].
For the counter top, Nathan is using composite decking [homedepot.sjv....]. He’ll be using a miter saw to make these cuts as well. Once the counters are secured with GRK 2-1/2 inch screws [homedepot.sjv....], Nathan fills in the screw holes using Cortex fasteners [homedepot.sjv....] that match the decking cortex.
Nathan uses a jig saw [homedepot.sjv....] to cut out the circles of PVC board [homedepot.sjv....] for the stove top “burners.” To cut out the knobs for the stove, Nathan uses a hole saw [homedepot.sjv....]. The homeowner painted the “burners” with a matte black spray paint [homedepot.sjv....].
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Materials:
Pressure treated 2x4s [homedepot.sjv....]
Cedar tongue and groove paneling [homedepot.sjv....]
Composite decking [homedepot.sjv....]
Wood screws [homedepot.sjv....]
Composite decking screws [homedepot.sjv....]
Cortex fasteners [homedepot.sjv....]
Wood glue [homedepot.sjv....]
Hooks [homedepot.sjv....]
Black spray paint [homedepot.sjv....]
Small utility sink [homedepot.sjv....]
PVC boards [homedepot.sjv....]
Tools:
Tape measure [homedepot.sjv....]
Miter saw [homedepot.sjv....]
Drill [homedepot.sjv....]
Driver bits [homedepot.sjv....]
Speed square [homedepot.sjv....]
Nail gun [homedepot.sjv....]
Jig saw [homedepot.sjv....]
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How to Build a Mud Kitchen for Kids | Ask This Old House
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So pleased to see this project for kids' use! Well planned and implemented, encouraging group play and imagination. This is why I love the TOH team - something built with care and pride for everyone in the household to enjoy. ❤
A weather shade over the kitchen will be fantastic
This is just a bigger and outdoor version of a classic playskool kitchen, so much fun!
Would be great if you had the quantity of each material you used.
When the kids get bigger, replace the sink with a full length cushion and you have a nice bench. 💖🌞🌵😷
thanks for the tip, I'll build something similar for my kids.
Sweet! Add some hash marks on the “knobs” in front of the “stove” for high/medium/low heat?
Very similar to building a garden potting bench. Thanks.
This was really cool. Great idea.
Come to London please! I have a tiny patio and want a mud kitchen/area for my 5 year old
Super cute!
Sensacional! Bom trabalho!
Now is this free range wood?
3:04 he said that he was going to put a 16-inch piece on either end hen ended up putting them on each end without explaining the change in plan!
been looking forward to this release!❤
Thanks for help. He did all the work. She was just a human clamp.
That WEN saw is a good deal
I'd say it's good recognition of quality honestly. Nathan's worked with dewalt, festool, etc, and he thinks the wen is good enough to actually use on jobs. I have their jointer and it's great for my needs.
Garbage tools, worse than Ryobi if that’s possible.
With the materials used that has to be like a $450 kitchen!
Where is all the festool?? Wen what is this guy a peasant?
I'm the first! Great project for kids.
Nathan has like 5 different tool brands 😅
Nathan getting a lot of overtime
Hang on. Where’s the mud? Is mud an American term for wood??
The mudr comes when the kids actually get to play with it. The make pretend pies. Mud Pies that is!
The kids pretend mud is the food.
I’ve played with watered up dirt for mud casting
What did I just watch. Still confused
It is a play kitchen for kids.
Turns out Nathan IS Daddy!! 😍
@rucksacks Ewww. Are you gay?
So confused by what I just watched.
So the kids get all muddy playing with this thing then just... run inside, tracking dirt everywhere?! Or jump into their parent's car and get mud everywhere?!
Kids need to get dirty my guy. Let’s not be afraid of dirt. If you drive a fancy car and don’t want it to get dirty at all, don’t have kids…or keep a set of clean clothes and shoes at daycare.
Hey, my mom had us get our swimsuits on, and after the summer storms, go out and play in the mud! She'd help us make mudpies, splash in the puddles and then hose us off well to dry in the sun. Playing in the dirt is good for ya, no matter how old you are!
Portland is a hell hole
Worse
Correct.
Not all of Portland is bad... try visiting a place before you make an ignorant comment
@@mccalejk2 it’s all crap
I have visited in 22 and that is my opinion. Free country. You don't have to like it.@@mccalejk2
Lots of space lots of bums in that space
Teaching girls to be wives. I love it.