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A Bit of Progress on Dollhouse Furniture.

After ordering the new wig and shoes for my Brownie, it made me realize that I’ve been neglecting my 1:12 scale dollhouse. I’ve got a lot on my plate right now, but I wanted to at least try to get a little more work done on it. Since my drawing table is covered in other projects, I decided I would work on some of the furniture since I have a few nearly completed rooms anyway.

The bed on the left was the original bed that my grandfather made. It had been painted numerous times, so tonight I sanded it down to ready it for a more even paint job. It looks kind of interesting all distressed though! On the right is an old dark wood Victorian chair that was bought many years ago. I didn’t really care for the dark wood and pink cushions, so I went ahead and peeled off the original cushion parts and then sanded the wood before beginning to prime it. Right now I’m in the middle of priming it with a couple coats of gesso. I think in the long run it will help the paint adhere better to the surface and also will help me save money on more artist paints. I think the goal is to give it two coats of gesso, then paint it white. I’m also planning on adding a little detail painting around the carvings which I’ll probably do in silver since it will match the pale blue and white room the best….though I suppose gold isn’t totally out of the question. Ultimately I would like the chair to look a little more French and a little less Victorian England.

After I get everything painted I will choose a new fabric to “re-upholster” the chair with. I planned on just covering the original pieces, but we’ll see how that goes. I wouldn’t want the pink to show through anything. Just to be on the safe side, I think I might go ahead and trace all the forms on paper to save, should I need to remake anything from scratch.

I guess that’s about it. I’ll probably put another coat of gesso on the chair tonight, but I have to wait and paint until I can get to the craft store and get some more paint. I think giving myself this little doll related project will also help me get over the waiting for my new doll and dolly goodies! Not that I don’t have a ton of other things to do though! XD

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Dolly Find!

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I went and did a little thrift store shopping with my cousin when he was out here a couple weeks ago and I found this cute little vintage desk from the 70s! It works great in Edie’s room, and then I was able to move the armoire down into the nearly empty living room, yay. Besides the desk there was some other furniture that came packed together with it, which were a beige armoire and vanity set complete with seat, as well as a small table and chair. These toys were made for a type of doll that was produced back in the early 70s and turned out to be perfect Pullip and Dal sized items because they are a little more oversized than the Barbie furniture and thusly are a better fit due to the added height of the head size on Pullips and Dals.

Anyway I got the whole bag of toys for only $5.00 at my local DAV, so I am going to highly recommend thrift store shopping to search for doll clothes and furniture. The DAV and AmVets are better though than your run of the mill Goodwill because they have more toys and they are packed in plastic bags. Goodwill seems to only have a lot of larger toys. Also it is possible to find bags of dolls/doll clothes as well. I saw a pack of doll/doll clothes there that I was tempted to buy for $3.00, but the bag was heavy on the dolls and had less so much clothes. I think there is a certain amount of luck and timing to get a good find, but when you do it will totally make your day! It totally made my day to find that little desk, which subsequently I researched online and came to find that it is actually worth around $50-$60 these days! (O-O)!!