Playtime!

Today I had some fun ‘playing’ with my new toys from Sylvia. I’ll be moving them all around the dollhouse but here’s where they ended up today.

The dollhouse is still ‘under renovation’. The floors still need to be refinished, the stairs need to be fitted, the skirting boards need staining and most of all it needs electricity. Blah, it gets me down just seeing that list. Anyway on to prettier things. This is the master bedroom. The bed came with the house. I’ve made all the bedding on it. There is also a dressing table that matches the bed but Liberty had a little accident with it and now it’s waiting (along with several other things) to have it’s leg repaired.
Sylvia’s pretties are dotted all around the room. They’ve made the little house into more of a home I believe!
I made the bedside cabinet at the miniatures club a while ago. I never could get the door to work on it and I haven’t stained it or put a handle on the drawer yet…no excuses, I’m just lazy! This little chair came with the house. I’m trying to keep as much of the old furniture in it as I can because the fact that the house had history was part of what drew me to it. Frederica knitted the scarf. The little purse is two (very inexpensive) metal charms stuck together and painted. The sleepy puppy I got the other day, I’m not a ‘dog person’ (sorry Sylvia! LOL!!) but it’s pretty cute and Liberty IS a dog person so it can stay! This wardrobe I finished yesterday. I am very proud of it! Let’s just say it’s a miracle it’s standing (almost) straight because I discovered the measurements on the ruler I was using were not accurate. I used the table saw at the club to cut the wood and when I came to put it together at home I had to cut extra bits (with a craft knife) to add here and there, so it’s a bit of a patchwork but it turned out better than I hoped! i also made the little butlers tray in the corner, it's pretty wobbly!
And the most amazing thing about the wardrobe is TA DA! The door opens!!! Oh and I know it needs a handle, I just haven't decided what to use yet.The curtains haven't been hung properly yet, I just threw them up for the photos. The wallpaper is 'real life 1:1' wallpaper in a tiny print. There's a lady at our club who finds wallpaper with the tiniest prints wherever she goes it seems. She sells it to us by the metre very cheaply. All the wallpaper I've used in the house is 'real life'!

This pic is to show you the ceiling which I've also wallpapered. I'm lucky enough to have a wallpaper sample book and have papered all the ceilings with the same paper in different colours, I think it kind of looks like a ceiling in an old house.

Well this turning into quite a long post so I’ll show you the rest of Sylvia’s brocantje in my little kitchen next time.

Mercedes