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 