IKEA Duktig Kitchen Hack – Fun and Colorful

ByAnika Gandhi

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This Ikea Duktig Kitchen hack takes the plain Ikea kitchen and transforms it into a fun and colorful kids play kitchen with just a bit of paint and paper!This Ikea Duktig Kitchen hack takes the plain Ikea kitchen and transforms it into a fun and colorful kids play kitchen with just a bit of paint and paper!

IKEA Play Kitchen Makeover

This Ikea Duktig kitchen hack is from my pre-blogging days so I apologize for the lack of in-process pictures but I will try my best to give you a sense of exactly how I did this!

The Duktig kitchen was actually a gift for my daughter’s 4th birthday. I love the functionality and the sturdiness of it, especially for the price. Of course, I couldn’t leave it plain and brown! It needed to be fun and whimsical. So I gave it a fun colorful makeover using paint and scrapbook paper.

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Paint Colors and Materials Used –

How to Makeover an IKEA Duktig Kitchen-

If you don’t have access to Ikea, the Ikea Duktig play kitchen is also available on Amazon although it is a bit more expensive.

Before assembling the kitchen, the oven door, microwave door, faucet, sink and handles got a brushed stainless steel look. I used Rustoleum’s Titanium Silver for this.

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A fun Ikea Duktig play kitchen makeover idea! I can't believe its so easy!

Next, I assemble the base structure leaving out the doors and the countertop. The base structure and the bottom door got a coat of Rustoleum Seaside.How to give a fun and colorful makeover to the Ikea Duktig kitchen

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Let’s talk about the hutch – all the parts of the hutch got painted separately before assembling in Rustoleum Sun Yellow.  I found the microwave keypad printable here and used mod podge to attach it. Bright and fun Ikea play kitchen hack!

Before assembling the hutch, I figure out the exact location of the selves and used mod podge and colorful scrapbook paper to add “wallpaper” and shelving paper.I love this gorgeous Ikea play kitchen hack!

The Counter –  I used Krylon Make it Stone! in Charcoal Sand to give it the stone texture. The key to using this stone effect spray paint to achieve a well-distributed texture is to use quick short bursts. I followed it with a few coats of clear acrylic to seal it in.How to make a stone counter for Ikea play kitchen! Love this!

Yes, I used mostly spray paint because I didn’t own a paint sprayer at that time and with a 6-month-old on my hip, I didn’t have the patience to paint by hand.

I left all the parts out in the backyard to outgas for almost a whole week before bringing them in and assembling everything.

The kids love it and have been using it for almost 4 years now! The paint still looks brand new!

Play kitchen accessories shown –

Love this!! Easy and simple colorful Children's Ikea Duktig play kitchen makeover or hack! # Ikeahacks #Kidsdecor

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Anika's goal is to inspire and empower beginners with woodworking, DIY, home improvement, and home decor ideas.
She wants everyone to unlock their creative potential and experience the feeling that comes with making something. Nothing feels better better than seeing something and saying "I can make that!"

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38 Comments

  1. Love this one!

    1. Thanks Niki!

  2. This is fantastic! I love Ikea and wooden play kitchens. 😀

  3. Oh, heavens, that is such a great makeover! Twenty million times cuter – love it!

  4. I Love this! I have seen these at IKEA and if my daughter didn’t already receive a play kitchen I would buy one. I love that you made it a one of a kind play kitchen, how creative! Also is a nice simple project for people like me who aren’t very crafty but try to be. 🙂

    1. Thank you Paige! Paint is really the easiest way to make something more fun!

  5. So much brighter! Sadly, my granddaughter is a tween and is more interested in her phone and One Direction. You did an amazing job and we appreciate you sharing this at Celebrate Your Story link party. Have an awesome week!

    1. Thanks Sandra! Have a great week too!

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