The next room in the dollhouse I started to work on is the parlour. Stage 1 involved laying wall paper and floors with craft sticks, and also building a large fireplace. I made the fireplace from wood and card stock, using Jane’s Harrop’s Edwardian Era:...
The dollhouse foyer is now furnished! This small open area was ideal to start with. It can be overwhelming when taking on large projects like a dollhouse renovation and so, it can be helpful to start small. Meanwhile, I’ve been nervous to work with wood but with...
As work in the dollhouse foyer continues, I’ve been thinking about rugs. Rugs and carpets were an important feature of Victorian houses. After researching different ways to make them, I did a creative experiment and I’m pleased with the result. In the...
The work on the dollhouse has resumed. I’ve starting renovating the foyer on the second floor that I will turn into a little library. In the video below, I share how I laid wooden floors in the foyer, and made a Victorian-inspired staircase using common craft...
This week didn’t quite go to happen. Work on the dollhouse has come to a stop, due to a supply issue. Instead, I started making books for the library. including a herbarium, using flowers I have dried. You can watch me create mini books in the video below. I was...
This past week I’ve been thinking about what I would like the interior to look like and have been playing with ideas in my journal, drawing inspiration from L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and Jane Harrop’s Edwardian Miniatures. Jane’s...