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Customizing your IKEA DUKTIG Play Kitchen

By Sabrina @pinklilnotebook · On November 8, 2017

You may have seen these mini kitchens before, the IKEA DUKTIG is a popular choice when it comes to play kitchen’s. It’s stylish, affordable and makes for one heck of a good tweak.

Customizing this play set can be as simple as changing the colour palette or as complex as making elaborate changes. The sky’s the limit!

Here’s how we personalized our daughter, Olivia’s kitchen to match her adorable room.

MATERIALS

  • IKEA DUKTIG Play Kitchen
  • Gold Spray Paint (I used Krylon ColorMaster, Metallic Gold & White Flat)
  • Paint (I used Raspberry Daiquiri (P5236-34D) & standard white from PARA Paints)
  • Knobs (from HomeSense)

With any IKEA piece, assembly is always required. I found it easiest to assemble the set into three pieces—the base, the countertop and the microwave top.  This allows for easy painting without having to tape certain sections.

To make this kitchen seamlessly fit right into Olivia’s whimsical room decor, I chose the same paint colours from her bedroom.  The base of the kitchen is pink and the top received a coat of white for a little added contrast.

Once your paint is dry you can finish assembling the rest of the kitchen.

Since the countertop receives the most wear and tear by Olivia. I left this as is.  In my case, the natural wood works well in her room.  I would not recommend paint, this will definitely chip over time. If you do want to dress up the countertop, either a stain or contact paper is the better choice.

All hooks, hardware, faucet, sink, oven trim and rod were spray painted in either gold or white. I also found some cute knobs to go above the oven which I drilled right into the wood.

Of course no kitchen is complete without a few cute accessories.

The wooden stool is another IKEA product which I painted, it belongs to Olivia’s reading nook which you can see more of here.

I foresee many years of play with this IKEA DUKTIG play kitchen. It’s sweet, soft (in colour), and exactly what I envisioned.

Have you created your own version of the DUKTIG play kitchen? Tag me in your photos, I would love to see!

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Sabrina

Sabrina is the design enthusiast behind the blog, Pink Little Notebook, where she explores her creativity through home décor, thrift store finds, DIY projects and her ever growing love to paint everything in sight! She is indeed a storyteller of style and has an extensive mixture of artistic skills and abilities which include everything from make-up art, graphic designing, painting, drawing, and even self-taught photography, just to name a few. Through her blog Sabrina combines everything she has learned over the years and hopes to inspire others along the way!

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17 Comments

  • Lindsay says: November 10, 2017 at 3:18 am

    That looks amazing! My daughter wants one of those Ikea kitchens. Might follow yoir tips to customizing it.

    Reply
  • Jasmine Vargas says: November 10, 2017 at 7:41 am

    This is so cute. Need to share this with my sister so she could do this for my niece.

    Reply
  • Lynn Woods says: November 10, 2017 at 8:05 am

    Oh wow! I don’t have kids, but this is so adorable!!! I’m sharing this with my sister for my niece!

    Reply
  • DIY Home Sweet Home says: November 15, 2017 at 8:36 am

    This turned out adorable. Would love for you to stop by and link this up to More The Merrier Monday.

    Jamie
    http://diyhsh.com/

    Reply
  • Katherine Cook says: November 20, 2017 at 7:38 pm

    Wow this looks soo cute! I think we can make this for my niece!

    Reply
  • Annie Chaine says: December 23, 2017 at 10:21 am

    Hi, it’s amazing. Does the paint hold on the plastic parts?

    Reply
  • Lindsay says: February 22, 2018 at 11:54 pm

    This is my favourite Duktig kitchen hack I’ve seen!! Thanks for posting. Where is the plant from?

    Reply
    • Sabrina says: December 3, 2018 at 9:44 am

      Hi Lindsay, the faux plant is from Michaels.

      Reply
  • sofie says: December 3, 2018 at 4:25 am

    Hi
    Could you share the paint reference of the pink?
    I just love this tone <3
    Thanks in advance!

    Reply
    • Sabrina says: December 3, 2018 at 9:43 am

      Hi Sofie, it’s the best shade of pink! It’s from PARA Paints – Raspberry Daiquiri (P5236-34D)

      Reply
  • Julie says: December 16, 2018 at 8:21 pm

    Did you use a primer under the paint?

    Reply
    • Sabrina says: December 19, 2018 at 12:49 pm

      Hi Julie, No I didn’t use a separate primer. I just sanded really good and used a paint and primer in one.

      Reply
  • Courtney says: December 30, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    Hi! What did you use for the sink, handles and faucet? I recently attempted this hack with Rustoleum spray paint and it chipped/scratched immediately!

    Reply
    • Sabrina says: January 7, 2019 at 2:34 pm

      Hi Courtney,
      I don’t recall which spray paint I used, however, I’ve noticed in the last year that the spray paint started to chip mostly in the sink. If I had to do this again, I would probably look for a better paint to use on plastic and I would change the handles out for real brass ones. With that being said, the painted wood is still holding up great!

      Reply
  • Samantha says: October 16, 2019 at 10:29 am

    How much did it end up costing? Really want to give this a try!

    Reply
  • Lu says: June 6, 2021 at 3:48 pm

    Hello,
    I LOVE This! I am planning to do this for my daughter, I was just wondering did you have to sand the wood before you painted? And did you spray paint or did you paint?
    Thank you!

    Reply
  • Jenna says: June 7, 2021 at 4:23 pm

    What paint finish did you use ?

    Reply
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