Still coughing, blowing my nose, occasionally sneezing…this darn cold doesn’t want to leave. So I spent the weekend watching baseball and working on my dollhouse. I did leave the house for a while on Saturday morning to get some things from the grocery store but, for the most part, I was ensconced in the den with the dollhouse. By the way, Scout does not like it when I do that because I sit in a chair with my back to the rest of the den and she feels ignored. She goes off to the kitchen or the living room and pouts.

Anyway, I put in a floor in the upstairs sitting room/den and in the kitchen. And I hung some wallpaper (much easier the second time) and put in baseboards in two of the rooms.

This is the kitchen floor. I’m going for a weathered white and gray plank floor. This isn’t a great photo and I’m still a bit iffy about it, but I think it will work when cupboards and kitchen paraphenalia are in here. Plus, I’m adding wallpaper and beadboard. I like the idea of old wooden floors with all the imperfections that come with years of use. I’m thinking Rustic Country Elegance.

I added baseboards to the living room. My plan is to have this downstairs room be a bit more formal – just a bit.  And then when you go up the stairs, you reach the sitting room/den.

The floor was put in on Saturday. Today, I wallpapered and put in the trim and baseboards. Can’t you just imagine sitting on the loveseat, putting up your feet and reading a good book? Or crocheting? I think we will assume the television is hidden from view under the stairs but perfectly situated for viewing from the loveseat.

It was getting darker when I took this photo. I love the way the rooms change so much according to the light. I’ve got a big old crush on my dollhouse and I’m having such fun working on it.

Now, if only I could wiggle my nose and become mini-sized, so that I could walk on those floors!

This cold has smacked me in the face. I feel just plain yucky and I barely have a voice. I couldn’t do much of anything today, so I stayed in my pajamas and decided to tackle some wallpaper for the dollhouse.

It isn’t easy. In fact, I found it quite difficult. I always do some research and ask some questions of miniaturists because, let’s face it, I know nothing. After all that is done, the best thing for me to to do is just jump in.

I ordered some wallpaper from Itsy Bitsy Mini – they have such lovely designs. My big question for the living room was beadboard or no beadboard? In the end I went with no beadboard.

I wanted to give you a close up of this subtle, pretty pattern.

I think it looks pretty good. It’s not perfect and the perfectionist in me has trouble with that, but hey, I’m learning as I go.

A funny thing has happened lately. I’ll be somewhere thinking about something I need for the house, and I will suddenly realize that what I was thinking of isn’t for the house, but for the dollhouse.  Is this what happens to those of you who have more than one house? Do you get confused sometimes? I guess the dollhouse has become my second house.

You can see that I added trim around the window. And I have to add baseboards and crown molding but I have yet to order them.

Now, I’m exhausted. Some soup and some hot tea for me.