The Dollhouse Saga: Making Bedding

Making tiny bedding sounds like fun. Yes it is, but it is also painstakingly tedious. Any mistakes are magnified on such a small scale. I followed tutorials from Pinterest to make this sheet and comforter set. Just need to make the pillows and maybe a tiny crocheted blanket for the end of the bed. Here is the link to my Pinterest board full of mini things

https://pin.it/3SCCf4f

The Dollhouse Saga: Making a Fern

The front entry to the dollhouse needed something. A table, a plant? I had a lovely table and a vase. So flowers? Plant? Fern! I had  leaves from some fake flowers I plan to use in the garden. Would they do? Hmmm a bit... big.

So what to do? I took scissors and started snipping. 

Looking more like a fern. I also needed to glue some wire to the back of the leaves. I wanted to be able to position them more naturally. I used floral tape to cover the wire and clamped them in place after gluing.

Finally complete! It looks more really and natural now. The perfect addition to the hall. Now I must get that wallpaper and the floor done!

The Dollhouse Saga: A Matter of Scale

I have touched lightly upon this subject before; items sold that are not the scale they are listed as. When planning and buying items for your dollhouse it is important to make sure the scale is appropriate. My dollhouse is 1:12 so all items need to be that scale to fit. If an item is advertised as 1:12 then one would assume that it would be the right size. This is not always so. Especially with inexpensive items that are imported. I have three items pictured that I purchased because they were stated to be 1:12. The bottle, lamp, and sewing basket are all off. The sewing basket especially as the scissors in it are the equivalent of being almost two feet in height and the bottle nearly three! The lamp is so thick that it does not sit properly on any of the side tables. So what can you do? Ask for actual measurements. Know your scale. If it is a really good price, it is probably cheap and not to scale. Caveat emptor.

The Dollhouse Saga- Repairs

Worked on repairing the electrical today. Also decided I need to run more copper tape in the 2nd floor room on the right. I haven’t started working on that room other than decide it will be a music/common room. I don’t know if I am going to split it like the rooms on the left or if I am adding more windows. I would like to add a set of French doors and put in a balcony. That would be a heck of a lot of work though. I may change my mind. I do that often.

The Dollhouse Saga- Painting Furniture

The past couple days I have been working on getting the bedroom furniture painted and stained. One room will have hickory furniture and the other will have light yellow. I have been painting small flowers on the yellow furniture and also making bedding for the beds. I hope to have the bedding done in a day or two and I will make sure to post pictures then. 

A New Start - The Dollhouse Saga

It has been quite a while since I have worked on the dollhouse. My hand injury was worse than I thought and I am now in physical therapy for it. I did buy some new items for the house and a chopper to make cutting the trims and tiles easier. Maybe I won't injure my hand now :)

I can't wait to finish up the tile floor so I can start on the wall paneling. It would be nice to have another room finished. This is not quick work unfortunately.

 

Fall Pumpkins - The Dollhouse Saga

I had bought a bag of tiny glass pumpkins. Moiren is painting them to look like the real thing. They will go on the dollhouse porch and in the Haunted Garden we are making. Her little dollhouse family likes to decorate for the holidays.

Moiren is having so much fun and doing a splendid job. 

Peldyn

Total Randomness and a Herb Rack -The Dollhouse Saga

I feel like I have been jumping all over the place this past week. I have been unable to focus on one project with the house so I feel very scattered. I got a bit of flooring put in and some crown molding.

Did a bit of painting.

Then got sidetracked making a cute little herb drying rack.

This will hang from the ceiling in the finished kitchen. I just need to get the floor done, wainscoting, chair rail and door/window trim. It is coming along!

Peldyn

Shelves - The Dollhouse Saga

I needed to put shelves in the cabinets I was making so I decided to use Popsicle sticks. I took plenty of pictures to you can see the process.

Measured then marked with a pencil

I used a pair of snips to cut the sticks to size. If too rough or a tad too long I sanded.

I used tacky glue to adhere the shelve pieces in place. I eyeballed their placement.

It took two pieces to make one shelf.

A completed cabinet with shelves, painted!

Now all it needs is knobs. So excited at how fast and easy this is too make.

Peldyn