YES! We sell bananas!
One-day Produce Cart
Shopkeeper keeping prices up-to-date!
Shopkeeper hanging up the apron!
Hungry customer drooling over fresh produce!
IKEA's felt food! {Brilliant lettuces!}
Shopping bags & hanging fruit
Canvas-lined baskets
Hanging knobs {safer than hooks}
A rainy Saturday in Shanghai allowed us time to pull out the Tool Tote and complete both projects; the Play Kitchen and Produce Stand. I had previously scoured the internet looking for samples of DIY Produce Stands. In comparison to Play Kitchens which are abundant, there were only a few Fruit Stands and I needed ours to be small and sturdy. The final design incorporated the IKEA Rast Bedside tables (times two) just like the play kitchen so there would be consistency with colour of wood and height of both play centers. I also purchased IKEA's planter hangers (10RMB each) and felt food. The baskets were on sale for 10RMB each at our local Danish homewares store JYSK. I had two left-over porcelain knobs from the play kitchen that serve as hanging knobs for the produce stands aprons and canvas shopping bags.
Instead of assembling the bedside table with tabletops flat, we put them on a slight angle and added a ledge, to hold the baskets in place. We doubled the posts so they would match the width of the planter hangers, which hopefully will hold an awning...eventually! For now they hold hanging banana's!
Aside from the shopping for supplies that I do over time and the cuts made by the woodshop around the corner, this project took a total of one day! As it turns out, this is getting far more attention than the play kitchen, by the three of us!