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Renovating the Dollhouse Kitchen

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The other day I treated myself to a little something for the dollhouse. I’d had my eye on it for over a year, checked back in and noticed it was out of stock here and there and figured I’d better get moving. With a little of my ad income, I made the purchase.

 

What do you think? I’ve always loved the kitchens I see in British design magazines and this so reminded me of a Smallbone kitchen that I couldn’t stop thinking of it. I already have an Aga stove, so this fits perfectly!

I was going to paint it. But then I looked at the tiny little plate rack and wasn’t at all sure I could paint around all those spindles. There’s a lot of painted furniture in this house already, so a dash of warm wood in the heart of the kitchen is a good thing. I used some wallpaper remnants at the back of the shelves to tie in with the rest of the kitchen and brighten things up.

I have to buy a faucet and I may tile the backsplash. What about a little curtain for that area under the sink?

 

I also played around with a shelf I had on hand, painting and aging it. It’s now over the stove – I’m going to hang some copper pans from the bottom of the middle shelf.

 

The kitchen table has been aged since I took this picture. So far, the kitchen is the hardest room in which to get any sort of good photo. It’s like a dark tunnel and I can’t get the lighting right. Any tips from you fellow dollhouse lovers?

One more shot of the sink and cupboards. I added some more plates.

 

This is the only way I’m going to get a farmhouse sink, so I might as well enjoy one in the dollhouse!

How are all of you? It’s so stinking hot and humid here that I barely leave the house. I had to run some errands yesterday, one of which was taking the trash to the town dump, ahem… recycling center. Let me tell you, the scent that was emanating from the piles of trash was especially pungent in this heat.

Happy Saturday.

Don’t forget, the Connecticut Tourism contest is still running until August 8th. Leave a comment on that post if you would like the opportunity to win $1000 toward your very own trip to this beautiful state.

Work Resumes on the Dollhouse

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Most of the time, the outside of my dollhouse faces us as we sit in the living room. Since I’m in this room a great deal lately, watching over my Riley, I sauntered on over to it this morning and turned it so that the inside of the house was facing me.

Yikes.

I haven’t done any work on it for a long while. Some of the rooms are on their way to being finished, others are completely untouched and serve as a catchall for all my wood and trim scraps. I grabbed some paint and a paint brush and redid a side table that was very dark in its former incarnation.

There it is next to the chair. My friend, Heidi, gave me some furniture that was in a dollhouse she got at auction. Most of it is unusable, but a few pieces are just right – like the table.

The den is pretty much finished. I just have to add some crown molding and, of course, some decorations for the walls. (You can tell I was styling these photos – the same basket of flowers that was in the living room is now on top of the cabinet.)

The bedroom needs a bed. I’m envisioning something painted in a shabby white.

The kitchen has the Aga range and a table and chairs. It needs cupboards, a sink and a refrigerator.

The bathroom and the studio are completely unfinished.

Time to get cracking.

By the way, my darn camera has some dust under the top edge of the lens and I have to crop every photo around it. It’s not so much of an issue outdoors, but when I take photos inside the house, oh my goodness, is it annoying.

I want a new camera. I’ve said that before on this blog many times, but I thought I might take this opportunity to gently remind the universe.

Yesterday, I decided to mow the front part of the property and neglected to check the weather. 97 degrees with high humidity. Many hours later, with many breaks sandwiched in, it was finished. What was I thinking?

A little business: the winner of a copy of Night Watch never contacted me, so I drew another number and this time, the winner is Rosedel. Rosedel is a fairly frequent commenter on this blog, but I don’t have her email address. Rosedel, send me an email (look under Contact under my header) with your shipping address and I’ll forward it on to the folks at TLC Book Tours.

Don’t forget to check out my Connecticut Tourism post here. You have an opportunity to win $1000 to  put toward your very own trip to Connecticut!

My Fantasy on this Monday Morning

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My fantasy this morning? That I have my dollhouse here with me. After a few months of little to no work being done on it, I’m suddenly in the mood again. There are at least 3 more rooms that need to be decorated. I miss her. The dollhouse is a ‘she.’ I think it’s acceptable to refer to her that way. If men can refer to a boat with a feminine pronoun, why can’t I?

Here she is in the den. She has since been moved to the living room. Hi, sweet Riley!

And the porch has been painted.

And she’s been given an official house number/address.

In this hotel suite, there is a table by the kitchen that would be the perfect work space. I could while away my downtime wallpapering, painting trim, making wood floors. It would be heaven.

I have a tendency to focus on a project obsessively for a certain period of time. Then I lose interest for a while until something piques my interest again. It’s piqued. But, alas, I am here in Hartford. The dollhouse is at home. So I have to content myself with these pictures of my work-in-progress.

Do you have some project that you’re thinking about? Are you on the edge of jumping in? Please share!

Happy Monday.

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