Dollhouse Decorating

You might remember I have a thing for pink velvet, especially when it comes to miniature furniture! Ever since we made Pearl's dollhouse, I've been keeping an eye out for more vintage pieces so you can imagine my delight when I came across this set...

I would honestly buy the whole lot if we had more rooms in the dollhouse! The coffee table is a must-have since it was practically made for the sofa and chairs, and the four poster bed also made it into my cart. Since P didn't have any pots and pans to cook a proper Thanksgiving dinner, I snatched those up too. And now I need to walk away from the computer before I find anything else we have to have!!!

A big thanks to Emily Henderson for featuring our dollhouse in the I'm A Giant round-up. I can't wait to see what she comes up with!!

Catching up...

I should be fast asleep by now, but here's a few things I missed while I was gone. I thought you might like them too!

Between New York, London, Milan, and Paris fashion weeks, there's a ton of great street style floating around. Seeing as it was 85º outside today, I'm loving the bare legs and ballet flat look!!

Balloons (Midtown Manhattan) by Youngna Park on 20x200.

Just when I thought Lonny couldn't get any better (check out the latest issue HERE), they went and created this to-die-for dollhouse. Be sure to take the whole tour of Operation Dollhouse...you will have major house envy!

Sofia Coppola's second collaboration with Louis Vuitton. Très chic!

Prudent Advice by Jaime Curtis just went to the top of my reading list.

#141. See the beauty everywhere.

Male model Brad Koenig walked the runway at Chanel's show in Paris with his 2 year old son Hudson. PRECIOUS!

Paper Monkey Press business cards. Polka dots or green? I can't decide!

I know what you wore last season. style court. Lonny Blog. This is Glamorous. I Love Magic. Fashionista. Black Eiffel.

The Big Reveal!

The Living Room:

The 'wallpaper' throughout the house is actually wrapping paper from World Market. I splurged on the living room sofa and chairs on eBay because honestly, who can pass up hot pink velvet?? I found the sconces and mantel also on eBay and the coffee table is a mini bud vase I already had, turned upside down. I made the pillows out of gold and white greek key that I've been dying to use, and the topiary trees are actually place card holders from Michael's.

The Bedroom:

I covered the walls in the bedroom with grasscloth and Will painted her de Gournay-esque panels that I hung around the room. The bed and the bathtub were from my grandmother's dollhouse and the bedding and rug came from my fabric stash. I ordered the chair on eBay, although it was supposed to be pink and white check!

The Sewing Room:

The vintage sewing machine is one of the first things I ordered on eBay, along with the vintage phone and ironing board. However, I didn't realize how tiny they were until they came in the mail. I'm sure they'll be lost before the weekend is over but I just couldn't help myself!

The Kitchen:

I found the Melissa and Doug Kitchen Furniture Set and pink wooden highchair both on eBay and then attached the wading bird onto the hutch. The gold bike (with a kickstand!) was from Etsy.

Luckily P went down for a nap with these guys this afternoon because I'm spent!!

The rundown...

We got the actual dollhouse at Michael's for $20 (with a 40% off coupon).

I painted the outside with white base acrylic paint and the floors with black semi-gloss interior/exterior paint. I applied the wallpaper and grasscloth with Super Tacky Tape and mod-podge, and then finished the outside edges with gold paint pen.

The chandelier in the living room is a decorative ball that I painted with gold paint pen and hung from the ceiling with a thumbtack. I threaded a needle, knotted it at the eye, and stuck it all the way in. So far so good!

I dug through old magazines for the artwork and then mod-podged them onto wooden squares and composition book covers. Then I attached everything onto the walls with Super Tacky Tape. All the bedding and rugs are from my scraps and I filled the pillows with a little batting. Accessorizing was definitely my favorite part!!

Happy 3rd Birthday P!!

xoxo

Painted Hardwoods

If your hardwoods are less-than-perfect and you need an inexpensive quick fix, paint seems like the way to go! They would be indestructible for kids' rooms or dinner parties, since floor paint is durable and cleans up easily. For now I'm living vicariously through P's dollhouse that I painted with glossy black floors...

 IDA Interior LifeStyle, Paul Raeside, House Beautiful, Domino, Martha Stewart Living

My Size Please!

We're making P a dollhouse for her birthday and I've gotten a little too carried away. I'm not sure who's going to enjoy it more, me or her!!

Reuse, Recycle

It's intriguing to watch a 2 year old's imagination run wild...a placemat as a hat, a fabric swatch for a baby blanket, a diaper box as a dollhouse...it never ceases to amaze me. I guess all those creative juices are rubbing off on me, wanting to reinvent old things and give them new life. I got this tunic a few years ago and added a white slip to the hem to wear it as a dress. Now it fits in all the wrong places and has a few stains, so it got shoved to the back of my closet. You know, the "Maybe it Will Fit Me Again" type that ends up in the Goodwill pile years later...

That's where it was headed yesterday until I realized it would make a perfect bib necklace. I grabbed my seam ripper and got to work. I unattached it from the front and back necklines and used the belt as ties.

It's no Roberta Freymann but it's just what I needed for my white tank/white jeans ensemble that was starting to get a little old.

Now go dig through your closet to see what you can find!