Cafe ~ open for business!

This year for Christmas, I knew I wanted to make some sort of playhouse for our grand-daughters.  I searched online for ideas and came across this picture that inspired me to make a little cafe:

  I liked the corner windows in this playhouse.  I thought it would work well for a restaurant, or if they ever wanted to turn it into a little house, that would work as well.

I started sketching ideas for a basic plan.  This paper is what I gave to my handy husband along with the above photo that I found online.
It took him a couple of weeks (working a couple nights a week on it) to finish the construction.  Then came the fun part for me.  Paint and accessories!

I started by giving it all a coat of primer.  I painted the inside white and the outside a  fun, bright pink.  The roof is black felt, draped over a rod.  It's stuck onto the sides with velcro.  The letters and shutters are painted on, as well as the chalkboards.  I used Frog tape to create a crisp, clean line.  After drawing level lines on the wall, I filled it in with chalkboard paint to create the "specials" sign on the outside...

and the "menu" board inside.

Of course no restaurant is complete without a menu.  I typed up a menu and put it on top of scrapbook paper.  Then I covered it in clear contact paper.  If I did it again, I would have laminated them.  The contact paper was so sticky and hard to place onto the paper onto without wrinkling.  I ruined one of the menus trying to get it to work.

Here are the sweet little chefs!  Many delicious meals have already been served  here.  I highly recommend it!