Dolls House Refurbishment

This is one of the dolls houses from my Mum's school and she brought it home for a little refurb.

First it went to my Grandad's house so he could make all new furniture for it. He built the dolls house me and my sisters grew up with which you can see here.

Then my Mum put in new floors and I did the finishing touches.

I found a picture of Mr Tumble because my Mum's class watch Something Special a lot.

I put a copy of Constable's Hay Wain on the wall as a shout out to my Grandad because he has a print of that painting hanging in his house.

As I said, my Grandad made all the furniture but covered it all with fabric. Felt is best for this as it doesn't fray which is important when cutting such tiny pieces.

All I did for the bathroom was stick in a mirror, cut out a toilet seat and find some bathroom friendly images to stick on the walls.

You can't tell from this photo but my Grandad even put brightly coloured felt in the washing machine to make it look like clothes are going around inside.

I painted all the knobs and buttons on the appliances and found that fruit photo. It's all about promoting healthy eating.

I cut the mirror for the dresser and decorated the beds with this fun flower print felt. I used one piece per bed and put a fold in it to look like a duvet and pillow.

Then I put up Peppa Pig and One Direction posters cos that's what the kids are into these days.

Dolls House

After the Petersiks on Young House Love shared the dolls house they made for their daughter Clara, I wanted to share the dolls house my Granddad made me and and my sisters.

 My Granddad has mad skills!

It was made back in 1993, when I was 3.

'Joluli' is the first two letters of each of our names.

The house has two bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, and a hallway and landing.

All the furniture was made from scratch.

The rooms have received a bit of customisation over the years.

Now the inhabitants can watch ER instead of The Little Mermaid, and read Heat magazine.

The salt dough food I made last year is still going strong.

I also made all the books on the bookshelf.

The dolls house has working lights which is awesome.

Here's my sisters when we were given the dolls house.

I'm the blonde one in the middle clambering on to the table.

Pipe cleaner Christmas tree

 Playmobile people deserve a Christmas tree too.

I think it might be a human right...

Here's a how I made this pipe cleaner Christmas tree for my dolls house.

Start off with one green pipe cleaner and bend three little legs on the end so it stands up.

If it's a little wonky that's ok; it just makes it more realistic. I mean, who's Christmas tree actually stands up perfectly straight?

I think using a tinsel pipe cleaner would look good too, especially a silver one.

Cut up pipe cleaners into varying lengths and twist then onto the main pipe cleaner, with the longest bits at the bottom.

I think I used four pipe cleaners in all.

I added additional branches to some of the lower parts to bulk it out a bit.

Then I added a gold tinsel pipe cleaner and some red beads for the baubles.

This photo doesn't show it too well but I also found a silver star shaped bead to go on the top.

To complete the scene in my dolls house I wrapped up some random items to go under the tree and I made some paper stockings to hang on the fireplace.