I have been on a creative tear this week. Unfortunately I keep hopping from one project to another and nothing is really complete. You should see my office, it is an absolute tip. Scraps of fabric, beads, buttons, paints, all strewn about.
I did finish a teeny painting for the dollhouse bedroom. I actually started out trying to paint on fabric for a pillow for the wingback chair but my proportions were wrong. I was practicing my roses on a little scrap of basswood and liked how it turned out so I put it above the bed in the dollhouse.
Painting does not come naturally to me. Full scale or miniature. I found a tutorial online and had a go at it. It is from the same woman whose wing-back chair inspired mine.
I need a little more practice, mainly with placement of the roses, but I like how it turned out.
The room is still very much a work in progress. I need to sort out the walls and install the floor properly. I’m a bit divided on the floor. I love the whitewashed herringbone but I think I need to find something easier to install and work with since I want the floors to be the same throughout the first and second floor.
The bed is one of my more popular Pinterest pins. I found the bed on Etsy but it is available in a set from miniatures.com. I painted it white and added clear, faceted beads on the four posters. It looks very much like my own bed.
I made the bed linens from vintage hankies and lace trim. Vintage hankies make great material for dollhouse furnishings. They are very soft and the threads in fabric are so fine. It helps create a realistic draping.
The dresser is a vintage Ideal Petite Princess dresser that I also painted white.
I want to find an oval free-standing mirror and maybe a nice chest for the room and then the furnishings will be done. Then I’ll move on to the 2nd floor landing which is going to be a library of sorts.
