Recall me mentioning the dollhouse I'm working on for my little ones school? I've made some progress! It's the Ikea Flisat dollhouse. At $40 its an economical build to end up giving away, not to mention that its solid wood and easy to construct. I'm hoping all this work will fetch a good price at the silent auction.
I primed and painted the walls, along with staining the floors, prior to assembling the house. The stained floors are just the wood floors provided, nothing special added. I stained them a medium walnut to disguise the rather large grain of the wood. I'm pretty sure it only bothers me! Despite sanding the wood, it was a struggle to get good stain coverage. I assume the wood is treated with something.....not stain friendly!!!! 5 coats of stain and sanding in between later, it looks great.
I papered some of the walls. The "brick" is scrapbook paper from Michael's and the blue paper is normally rather expensive craft paper that somehow found its way to Dollarama, and I paid $2 for 2 very large sheets of it.
The bathroom is awaiting a vanity and sink from China (eBay). I had the tub and toilet in my stash, but I need to paint the toilet seat and gold accents, along with the tub taps. The accessories here will all be white and modern.
Maybe even some mini macrame plant hangers for the corner! Depends on how crazy I plan to get.
There was supposed to be a dividing wall on the ground floor. I removed it. I prefer the open concept and it makes for easier play for little hands. That hunk of half painted wood is a wall mounted cabinet that the TV will go on top of. I'm covering the wood with aluminum sheeting. I've also designed a new sofa for the space (the one you see is just a placeholder). It's going to be grey velvet! It will be slightly deeper then usual scale to allow for dolls of various sizes to sit comfortably. And one of those napkin rings will become the coffee table, but I need the new couch in there to decide!
The left side of the ground floor will be an L-shaped kitchen I ordered on eBay, along with some tables and chairs. I want to get it in so I can start the decorating. I'm checking my mailbox everyday.
And these are some of the fabrics that I will be using! And no, I haven't gotten to purchasing my new sewing machine, so all that bedding will have to wait!
And then I'm stitching away when I can find a few minutes. I have some pillows in the works and I'm slowly completing that rug of mine. Nothing is more boring then stitching in a white background!
