Dollhouse wall photos and kitchen

I am still adding things here and there to make the dollhouse

more like a lived in farmhouse.  Since I plan on keeping this dollhouse,

I spent quite a bit of time making miniature family photos......

from our real family photos.  I arranged them 

around a "family" quote and placed it on the living room

wall......where I can always see it and remember back on our sweet life.

I had shown you a photo in an earlier post of the dollhouse kitchen. 

I have also added things to make it look like a farmhouse kitchen, 

and I have painted it yellow.

I had this red water pump with the red pail.  I made a miniature dishcloth 

and dish towel  and I made a tiny bottle of liquid dish soap.

I need a lot of practice, as you can see...........in  my "wonky" and uneven

creations.......but I made food and dishes from oven bake clay.

After the clay baked, I painted the food .

There is baked bread and rolls, a dozen eggs, spaghetti and meat balls in the

red bowl, baked chicken and roasted vegetables, and a cherry pie.

I love red handled kitchen items, I also used real tiny wire for

the whisk.

As you can see, the chicken

and the breads look pretty plain.  So they all look 

better painted in the previous photo.

I also made a tiny set of canisters from the oven bake clay.

  and I made more tiny dishcloths and dish towels for 

the storage drawers. ( a little blurry)

I made a small shelf with teapot and teacup decals to 

give the kitchen a "homey" feel.

I will add a few wall pictures to the kitchen later......

but for now......I am pretty much finished with this room.

Or... do we ever really get finished with a room, 

whether it be a dollhouse......or our real house?

The sweetness and whimsy ...........

of story book animals wearing jackets is what made 

me choose this design to embroider..........

and to name it Claudia.

Tell me, rabbits, mice, bears......or other,

what is your favorite "jacket" wearing

animal?

I would love to hear!

A few years back......

I posted about an old dollhouse that I found at an estate sale.

The lady's estate home was full of beautifully decorated dollhouses......

but this one was in the back of an old garage on a dusty floor.

I fell in love with it and dragged it home. 

After cleaning it up, I decided I wanted to fix the dollhouse as a

1940s farmhouse and chose red and white for the kitchen with a rose

wallpaper.

However......it wasn't long before I noticed that the dollhouse had 

a terrible odor which ,when placed inside, made the whole

area smell.  Friends advised me to coat it in a primer made to 

get rid of stains and odors...........

so  I had to destroy the red and white kitchen.......but

it was worth it.  The dollhouse now has no odor and is a blank

canvas once again. 

I have shown you the kitchen in one of my latest posts that I chose to do in yellow....but for now

I decided to work on the living room/dining room section.

I chose paper with green prints and a dark hard wood flooring.

I had had this little bench and chair set for a while, 

which I thought were perfect forms .......

and I made the set into a lovely little couch and chairs 

Happy with this, but still I knew I wanted a fireplace somewhere

in this room

Using one of our vintage cedar shingles that used to be on the 

roof of our home, I made a fireplace frame on it, using Popsicle sticks.

You will see why I needed the shingle as a background in a few moments.

I then gathered rocks on a walk with Sophie and created a 

rock fireplace.

I had found these battery flickering tea lights, and 

covered the front of one with twigs from the yard, 

and now the fireplace looks like it has a cozy fire in it! 

Now the reason for the shingle background. To make 

a space for the fireplace, I covered up the side window 

with the shingle to make a solid wall.  I also made lace curtains

for the other window.

I also decided to wall paper the other rooms so that it 

will be easier to work on furnishings as I go. And speaking of 

furniture and accessories, 

I have gathered a few pieces of lovely dollhouse furniture

here and there at estate sales........but I really enjoy making

a lot of things as best I can.........

Now the living room......looks cozy

I fixed some tiny mantle decorations

And now, I will start working more on the dining room side.  

I still need to add photos and wall hangings to the walls and I need to paint the 

dining room chairs.

I have enjoyed working on this little house. Not sure how 

it will all look when I finally complete it......but for now

it looks inviting.........don't  you think so?

So tell me...........did you have a doll house when you were a child........

or do you have a doll house that  you are working on now?

Do  you purchase your furnishings or do you make them?

I would love to hear!