grass | Little Dollhouse

Some of you may remember that I was sent a miniature house with the missing roof for my main dollhouse.

I decided to have a play with this mini project as I’ve reached a bit of a dead end for now with the main house.

I quite fancy the idea of setting it in a garden or field and making the location rather than just the house.

I also wanted to experiment using different materials to the usual paint and tiles. For the roof I used colour permanent marker pens to create a varied tile effect.

Although there are limitations with the blending and colours achievable by not using mediums like paint, I think the result was quite successful. Especially for a first experimentation!

I then used a magnolia paint for the main walls. I’m not sure house these will be the finished result however. It all looks a bit pristine at the moment.

I used some AstroTurf free samples for the garden and the dollhouse grass I had left over from my main house for the surround.

So as you’ll probably have guessed by now I love a bargain and better still a freebie!

For the outside of my house (beyond the nicely tiled porch area) I have been hunting for, and not wanting to buy, some grass. I ordered some artificial grass free samples but alas they were too large (and not to mention incredibly messy once you started snipping away at them!)

Since I began with this project I have tried to avoid some of the crazy expenses which can often be associated with decoration such as wallpaper sheets, tiles and other cute but expensive items. And up til now, grass had been in this category too!

The sheet I bought was a green/yellow shade of grass, more realistic than others I had seen and only cost £3 for a sheet 19″ x 15″. I could be wrong, but I didn’t think that was too bad. I also treated myself to some chickens whilst I was there, just what every garden needs!