The craft room is my favourite room in the house, not surprising really! And I’m happy to say that I finally got myself a manakin and have begun to decorate it too!
I couldn’t decide whether to use paper or fabric to cover the body but in the end I settled for a spare free wallpaper sample I had lying around.
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And here it is, pride of place!
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Also, for those of you who are beady eyed, you may have noticed I’ve got a new light in this room. Another dollhouse show bargain at £3!
Today’s challenge.
I almost have no idea where to begin with this room it’s so large. Two floors but the upper overlooks the lower with a balcony. I know that I want to hang a chandelier as this room would be perfect and i’ve secretly always wanted one however I cant afford to invest in that just yet and I’m not sure how else to dress this room.
I’ve considered the possibility of wallpapering and painting, or a little of both. Potentially varnishing the staircase to enhance the burnt wood shading effect from the laser cutter. Tiling or carpeting the upper and lower floors, or both. I just cant decided what to do or where to start. Even google is unable to provide inspiration for such a huge dollhouse room.
And so for now, as I do with all my rooms when I’m lacking inspiration and just want to do something I’ve painted it cream…
Inspiration welcome… urgently!
I have not yet managed to finish painting the outside and the windows of my house, a never ending task I fear, but I’m too excited by the possibilities of other aspects of my dollhouse so I’ll come back to those bits a bit later!
For my previous dollhouse I bought, or was bought as christmas and birthday gifts, ‘official’ dollhouse wallpaper however I found this to be quite limiting. Firstly, the patterns are printed simply onto paper, no textures are available unlike wallpapers for houses today. Secondly, the patterns offered are generally traditional or extremely modern, which I dont feel would work with the theme of my house. And finally, there’s the expense to consider.
Therefore this time I have decided to do things a little differently!
I have seen a lot of ideas which suggest the possibility of using free samples from DIY stores for flooring, roof tiles and other aspects of the dollhouse. The difficulty of these is often size discrepancies between textures and prints for an actual house compared to a miniature version. However if carefully selected, there are some smaller scale patterns and styles which would work without looking too overpowering.
So here it is, today’s successful free sample haul! Exciting!
Little Dollhouse 