Hold onto your miniature hats, it’s time for the fun part of painting and personalizing the dollhouse!
Our last post was full of the building process, which you can see by (clicking here) – so let’s move on to how we finished everything off.
After it was all assembled, it was time to schlep our 31″ x 31″ creation up into the sunroom for some priming and painting. Just like our office cabinets, kitchen cabinets, and the play kitchen we made for Clara, I used a coat of Zinsser Smart Prime (it’s no-VOC but amazingly good for blocking bleed through when you’re painting raw or stained wood) followed by two coats of Bejamin Moore’s low-VOC Advance paint (really durable and awesomely self-leveling). I went with Decorators White since we had it leftover from painting the office cabinets and the play kitchen, so this step didn’t cost us anything. Here’s our little house when it was primed but not yet painted:
And here’s my first coat of paint going on (I used a brush for some of the hard to roll places and a small foam roller for the more expansive roll-able places – like the sides, roof, and back).
Then I gave it about 30 hours to cure up before it was…
… wallpaper time!
I actually used the following things that I already had in the house (I just ransacked my craft bin/gift wrap closet) to wallpaper the dollhouse:
- Top left: Gift wrap sheets picked up from a local place called Mongrel a few months back
- Top right: Decorative paper from Michael’s leftover from some other project
- Middle left: A roll of leftover decorative tape from Michael’s (I just taped four strips of it to a piece of card stock)
- Middle middle: More gift wrap from Mongrel (this one’s actually from a few years back)
- Middle right: More decorative paper from Michael’s
- Bottom left: Even more decorative paper from Michael’s (I have a nice pile of leftover paper under the bed)
- Bottom right: More gift wrap from Mongrel
As for how I did it, I cut templates for the back wall of each room using regular old printer paper (taping a few sheets together if it was bigger than one sheet and trimming things until it was a nice snug fit). Then I just used that paper template to cut out the right sized piece of gift wrap or decorative paper. I used double sided tape to affix them to the back wall of the dollhouse, and then brushed a thin coat of matte Mod Podge over each of them – just to give them some protection from being scratched or ripped (except for the room with the decorative tape, which was already shiny).
As for furniture, I bought a big “mixed lot” of old dollhouse furniture (most of it from the 50s/60s) from eBay for $30 including shipping. Oh and for those wondering about scale, it’s 1/2″ scale. This is what it looked like after it came and I soaked everything in hot soapy water to remove years of grime.
But since those colors weren’t exactly what we were going for, I turned to my good friend spray paint. We knew spray primer and spray paint was the best way to permanently update the furniture (no-VOC paint would most likely scratch off within one or two play-sessions – and we really want this to be a durable and long-lasting gift) but we didn’t want the dollhouse to smell all fumey like spray paint, so I actually ordered this furniture in February and sprayed it all in March so it could be left in the sealed off sunroom (and brought outside on sunny days) to off-gas for a nice long time. Thankfully there’s nothing stinky about it after all that curing time, and it actually looks pretty convincingly done – as if that’s the color the manufacturer sprayed on it a few decades back. Speaking of color, some of them got leftover dark brown spray paint (with built-in primer by Rustoleum) for the whole “wood look.”
But most of them got white primer + paint as a base (Rustoleum Universal in Satin White) …
And then some of them got a shot of bright color on top of that primer + paint base, just for fun (thanks to leftover cans of random colors). Who doesn’t love a yellow washer or fridge? They’re Sun Yellow by Rustoleum, and the turquoise dresser in the background is Lagoon by Rustoleum.
They sat around in the sunroom after their March paint job so long that they actually got dusty by May. Haha. So here they are after a little rinse-down in the sink.
I couldn’t wait to finally get things into the house…
I didn’t put much thought into what went where since I figure Clara will be moving things around, and we’ll probably add some more items (like some much-needed wall art – maybe by laminating photos that we’ll print).
Oh yes, but what about dollhouse people? We couldn’t find many that we liked (they either had ceramic faces that we worried Clara would shatter or were a bit too big for the scale of our furniture, or were just kind of scary looking) – although I later learned about these, which are pretty darn cute… so we went with Olivia’s family.
Clara loves Olivia, and when I saw a family set at Toys R Us that looked perfectly scaled for our house, we scooped them up. They’re bendy plastic so they seem pretty indestructible and Clara has so much fun putting them in different rooms (ex: “Olivia’s daddy is taking a nap” and “Olivia’s mommy is in the crib – so silly”).
Although everything changes each time Clara rearranges things, the room above is sort of a nursery with a crib, a vanity with a happy yellow chair (and tin foil that I added to make the mirror look more like a mirror), a baby piano (Clara loves playing one at Grammy and Tom Tom’s house) and a dresser. There’s even a little airplane “toy” for the nursery, that I found at Michael’s (it’s really a charm for a necklace, but the scale is right so I went with it). But more on how we’re keeping the super tiny things in the dollhouse Clara-safe in a second.
Speaking of scale, as John mentioned yesterday, we opted for an 8″ room height on the first two floors and a sloped attic that’d go from 6″ to about 10.” This was all a bit big for the scale of our eBay furniture, but we wanted to err on the side of giving Clara plenty of room to move around rather than being sticklers for scale – and who doesn’t love a room with extra high ceilings anyway?
The room below is sort of a playroom/ extra bedroom without a bed (remember this whole thing is still evolving, haha) so it’s mostly filled with random furniture, a fabric rug that came with the dollhouse lot, a small frame that I found at a thrift store for a nickel with the glass removed and a piece of tinfoil in there to make it resemble a leaning mirror, and a small potted topiary that I found at Michael’s from the wedding aisle (it’s actually a place card holder).
Oh and see those “ceramic animals” on top of the blue dresser above? They’re just plastic beads I found at Michael’s. I thought it was cute to add some animal friends to Clara’s dollhouse, and although Clara’s past the putting-things-in-her-mouth stage, a few smaller accessories like these and the previously mentioned toy airplane get put away in a box that only comes out when we’re playing together (so if she’s playing alone they’re not in there for her – just in case she gets any crazy ideas…).
The laundry room might be my favorite room. The metallic tape I used for the wallpaper doesn’t photograph as great as it looks in real life, but in person it’s kind of swanky and geometric. I loved spraying the utility sink and the washer bright yellow and adding that cute pink basket on the floor. And see that black thing hanging on the wall? It’s a thrift store find for 10 cents (it was some sort of plastic frame ornament or something) but I used leftover chalk board paint to make it into a hanging chalkboard by just painting the plastic disk inside the frame and hanging it up.
I love that we can change the message whenever Clara asks me to write something new (it actually says “Moooo!” right now at her request).
The next room is the bedroom, complete with a paper rug (I thought laminating it would make it last longer, but Clara has yet to pick it up and crush it so we’ll have to see if I get around to it). I’d also love to make fabric rugs from old scraps from her monthly pics someday, so I’ll keep you posted.
Oh and see the tiny metal camera on the dresser and the small flower pot on the other dresser above? Those are little doodads I found for a few bucks at Michael’s (the camera is a charm for a necklace actually – it’s another one of those things I tuck away when Clara is playing by herself since it’s so small). They also sell tiny flowerpots and fake flowers so I made that little potted plant and painted the terra cotta pot with the same pink nail polish that I used to make chevron pillows and a matching pink duvet skirt on the bed.
Here’s the bathroom with a mint green sink, and the other one of those plastic thrift store frame ornaments. Instead of making this one another chalkboard, I just put some tin foil behind the plastic pane and made it into a mirror for over the sink.
Oh and Clara was sad the potty didn’t open at first, but then was very excited when I taught her we could flush it by making a swissssssshhhhhhh noise with our mouth. Now Olivia and her family hang out in the bathroom a lot.
The living room is in dire need of some art on that blank wall, but it does have a funny little retro record player/TV cabinet (the white thing) with a “ceramic” rhino on top of it, so that tickles me.
My favorite guy in there is the tiny Burger I found on eBay. You bet I paid $3 plus $3 shipping to have him represented in the house. Haha. Clara was pretty psyched to see him. She calls him “Baby Burger.” It’s very sweet.
Next to the living room is the kitchen, with an oven/stove and a sink (complete with tiny dishes in it, which also go away when Clara plays alone because they’re pretty small) and a happy yellow refrigerator. I also made the table with the top of a little wooden box I had lying around and used a small paper gift box as the base. Another homemade flowerpot + faux flower combo went on top along with chairs from the eBay lot of furniture. Oh and that’s another paper rug I just quickly made and might get laminated for protection (or it’ll get replaced with a fabric one I’ll make down the line).
After loading in all the furniture, it was time to top it with a bow…
… and carry it out of hiding and into the living room for Clara to discover after her nap.
She ran right in as if it had always been there and picked stuff up and got right down to the business of playing.
It was so cute to watch her little brain work out that things were too small for herself, but perfectly sized for Olivia and her family. The little family of pigs was definitely her favorite part at first and slowly she picked up on things like baskets and chairs and the crib, bed, and toilet- which became fun to work into Olivia and her family’s routine.
We love that nothing is too precious to worry about because we really wanted it to be something she could go to town on without fearing that delicate things could be broken.
Thankfully since the furnishings are all plastic or metal, they should hold up to Hurricane Clara. Oh yes, and the fact that Olivia is holding a kitty = Clara’s favorite part (other than discovering Baby Burger). The girl loves her animals!
So it’s safe to say that she likes it. Whew. The next morning it was the first thing she talked about as we got her our of her crib. And we might like it a little more than adults should too (not that we played with it after she went to bed, ok maybe we did just a little).
As for the budget breakdown, here ya go:
- Wood: $35 (we did get to reuse a scrap piece we had for the back to keep costs down)
- Nails and wood glue: $0, already owned (but they might run you $5 if you don’t have them)
- Primer & paint: $0, leftover from painting other things like cabinets & the play kitchen ($70 would get you a gallon of each that would probably last for a ton of furniture painting projects like ours have – even big ones like cabinet painting)
- Dollhouse furniture: $30 (including shipping) bought as one “lot” on eBay
- Michael’s doodads: $5 (small flower pots, faux flowers, beads, camera and airplane charm, etc)
- Baby Burger: $6 (including shipping) on eBay
- Olivia’s family: $10, Toys R Us
- TOTAL: $86
Thanks to having lots of those odds and ends on hand (primer & paint, decorative paper and gift wrap, Mod Podge, and even a piece of scrap wood for the back of the dollhouse) we were able to come in almost $15 under our $100 goal. Actually $86 is lower than all of the used wood dollhouses that we found on Craigslist. Which I think means that momma should get $15 to spend on future upgrades and furnishings, right? Haha. Can’t wait to see how this thing evolves as Clara grows!
Have you guys used things like gift wrap and decorative tape as wallpaper? Any other plastic-beads-turned-ceramic-animals out there? We heard so many awesome ideas in yesterday’s post, from carpet samples or even wood/tile on the floor to using tongue depressors to make shingles. Love it all.
Psst- Check out Part 1 of this project here.
BeccaK1 says
Note to me: read more carefully; you totally already used modge podge stuff on the walls :) Great minds think alike, I guess :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- no worries! It’s a great tip and I totally would have run off and done it if we hadn’t!
xo,
s
Kelly says
It looks so adorable! I love all of the wall paper you put up!
I remember when I was growing up I was a big fan of using my collection of fun shaped erasers as “stuffed animals” in the nursery of my dollhouse.
Sherry from BC says
Hey, maybe that can be your next book? Kids toys and furniture and decor ideas…..
YoungHouseLove says
Always a possibility! Haha.
xo,
s
Debbie says
So sweet. My parents made us a dollhouse in the 1980s when I was in elementary school. It was Victorian from a kit, but after seeing how much real dollhouse furniture was we definitely repurposed other toy furniture (also not to scale) for the dollhouse.
The funny thing was we also didn’t use dolls in the house. Our house was inhabited by little creatures of the forest in human clothes called the Sylvanian Families. They were popular back then. And it was just who we wanted to live there.
YoungHouseLove says
So cute how many folks had those little animal families in their house. Haha. I love it!
xo,
s
Rose says
Love this! Last year I scored a Ryan’s Room Home Is Where The Heart Is dollhouse for $15 at Marshall’s. That sucker had been marked down three times and usually retails for about $95. There were no missing pieces, either! We saved it for my son’s bigger Christmas gift last year (he’s 2.5 now). I haven’t decorated it yet, though. I think that Olivia family is perfect for it, and will have to go check them out ASAP.
YoungHouseLove says
Such a deal! Love it!
xo,
s
Sarah says
DEEE-(yes, 3 e’s)-lightful. And all the little details that make it resemble your own home are the best part. Big love for the wee-ceramic animals.
We did something similar in response to our 4-year old’s pleas for a home for her 12″ dolls ( http://manneredgold.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/cmon-over-play-awhile/ ) I confess to spending more time rearranging the furniture and planning art locations than she spends playing with it, but the moments we find ourselves colliding in the purple kitchen are totally worth it!
Love from Minnesota.
YoungHouseLove says
It’s so awesome! Love the wall patterns! And that fireplace is adorable!
xo,
s
Nancy says
I love dollhouses!! When I was a kid my older sister was the queen of dollhouse furniture. She made realistic looking upholstered wingback chairs and couches. I so wish I would have saved those!! She made all kinds of things using stuff we had around the house…fabric, tiny boxes from jewelry, matchboxes (stacked they make cool dresser drawers!),pill bottles, make-up compacts with mirrors, etc. Sweet memories!! The possibilities are endless.
YoungHouseLove says
Wow – that sounds amazing!
xo,
s
Allison G says
Seriously, her little voice is so adorable! She is so cute! Oh, and nice job on the doll house too, beautiful!
Jessica Lauren says
I love this…and maybe a bit jealous it’s decorated better than my real home! :) The details are amazing! I’m sure it will be loved for a long time.
Haley says
LOVE this! I have been searching the internet for a fun, all wood doll house for our little one for a Christmas present! SO excited y’all did this so I can just tell the hubby to check out your blog and recreate :) I just love the papers you used for the wall paper, especially the bird one! Have you ever heard of Calico Critters? They are little dolls that are various animals – not ceramic, so they won’t break. I’m not sure if the scale would be right for your house but my nieces play with them and love ’em. Clara might like them if Olivia’s family needs some friends. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, so many folks have told us about them. They sound cool so we’ll have to check them out!
xo,
s
Danielle says
Sooo adorable! I love it! And it takes me back to the dollhouse I had as a kid. It was very traditional (that was definitely the style back in the 70s – and it matched our ‘Early American’ furnished house) and the dolls were old fashioned, too. I think I only tolerated them becuz they had a baby – Olivia and her family are sooo much cuter!
alex says
I love your toys you make for her. Cherish the sentiments before she goes off to school and starts only requesting popular plastic toys and things with Disney charecters. Or maybe she will turn out to be the kid that has all the cool toys because no one else has them. Hahaha. I dunno, but seriously, that doll house makes me want an adorable toddler asap…tantrums not included.
Rose says
Oh, I also wanted to ad, that when Clara gets a little older Lego recently came out with more geared for girl Lego sets (it’s their Friends line) and there are a TON of cute accessories that come with it, including pets and blenders and all sorts of things! I would totally be on the lookout for them when they get marked down (any Lego marked down 30% or more is a good deal, btw). We’ll probably be getting some for our boys since my husband is quite proud to be raising Lego maniacs.
YoungHouseLove says
Love that tip!
xo,
s
NOTyourrunofthemill says
What a very lucky little girl! I still have fond memories of my sister’s Fisher Price dollhouse. I loved that the front doorbell would “ring”
I hope she enjoys it for a very long time!
raeann says
haven’t read thru any of the comments, but my grandma made us a dollhouse wayyy back in the day. she was an artist, so came up with some pretty creative stuff:
*hanging pendants were ping pong balls cut in half strung from broken jewelry chain she had around the house
*bathroom sconces were ping pongs cut in quarters & glued over the mirror (she even scalloped the edges, or trimmed them with whatever trimming she had laying around)
*artwork was images from magazines, etc mounted to cardboard
ps – LOVE that you painted with nail polish – genius!
this is super cute, and i kinda wanna make one for my niece.
YoungHouseLove says
Love those tips!
xo,
s
Paige @ Little Nostalgia says
Have you guys seen the haunted dollhouse the Bloggess built? Crazy awesome:
http://kirtsy.com/2011/10/27/dollhouse-curated-by-jenny-lawson/
Also, if you guys end up designing stuff for kids, I will probably buy every single thing.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh my gosh, I love it!
xo,
s
Kelly says
I have to say, I was so excited for this Part 2 post today!!! What a beautiful house for Clara!! I love it. Great job!
To get extra creative with things for my doll house (poor kid in the 70’s), my mom saved those white plastic things that sit in the center of a pizza box so the lid doesn’t smash the cheese. I used them as tables in the doll house. There’s still one in there to this day as my niece plays with. (Just looked it up, it’s called a Pizza Saver. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_saver)
For my Barbie, my mom made a TV from an old square cardboard pink jewelry box. The lid was a thin see through plastic, so she cut out a random photo from the TV Guide. The plastic lid protected the photo. Instant TV. Barbie loved it. (Sort of like this: http://www.novelbox.com/see-thru-plastic-lid-boxes-x100-1160.html)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes! I used to use those same pizza things as tables for my Barbies! And such a cute TV idea!
xo,
s
Steph says
Hey voice kills me! I loved “nigh nigh doggie, nigh night airplane!” ahhh! So cute!
liz hanna says
Adorable! What a fun project! Agreed on the Miniature YHL blog ; )
Sabrina says
It is so adorable! Can we come over and play? My daughter has the loving family dollhouse but I think she would rather have something like this. Actually my mother bought her the loving family and I feel bad not keeping it! I am with you on the putting away the tiny stuff! Last year when my daughter was 2, and past the putting toys in her mouth stage, she thought it was a good idea to cram a la la loopsey teapot so far up her nose we had to take her to the er. It’s funny now, not so funny then. Apparantly I did the same thing at 2, only it was a Mickey Mouse Colorform Toaster. Remember those?
YoungHouseLove says
Yes, come on over and we’ll all play! Haha.
xo,
s
Shweta says
I want a daughter so I can make her something so cute! Technically yes, my son could have a doll house but decorating can never be as special unless you have your own little doll to do it for!
Shweta says
Sorry, submitted my comment too soon! You guys did super awesome!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Shweta!
xo,
s
Diane says
Oh, it’s smashing, just smashing! My sister once made a dollhouse for my twin daughters. I remember how incredibly detailed it was, and how thrilled they were!
I LOVE the idea of using a family of pigs for the dolls. What adorable little hogs they are!
Amanda says
It is so adorable! My favorite part is that you didn’t skip all the little details. Tiny little “ceramic” animals? Of course! It’s a tiny version of a very well decorated house, wouldn’t expect anything else from the two of you, though.
Lindsey says
Fantastic! Maybe you covered this, but did you anchor it to the wall in any way, just in case it tips?
YoungHouseLove says
In the building post John showed how it’s on a big wide slab of wood as the base, so you would literally have to use adult force to lift if off the ground to tip it!
xo,
s
Leslie says
My parents made me a Barbie doll house when I was younger and I loved it. This one is just so sweet. What a perfect gift and one she can have all her life.
Sarah C says
I spy a (new/secret?) side table. Book project? Or perhaps just a recent thrift store acquisition…
YoungHouseLove says
Oh do you mean that little blue table? That was something we made for our first house’s office (it slipped under our desk and held file boxes, etc). Just sitting in the sunroom now since we have to figure out how to use it or lose it! Haha.
xo,
s
Sarah C says
Alas, I thought I had spotted something :( Oh well, I’ll just have to be on the lookout in the future. I’m still determined to catch a glimpse of a secret book project.
Also, how did you prevent Clara from gazing out into the sunroom while painting/curing was taking place? I think I remember a post that the living room curtains may not be large enough to actually close all the way and I don’t think you have blinds so I’m interested in how you keep little eyes from peeking.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, the table the dollhouse is sitting on (covered with a tablecloth) is a secret book project! Haha. As for the sunroom, it’s sealed off from the main part of the house (doesn’t run on the same heating system, and has a big glass sliding door) so we just keep that closed and she didn’t even see what was in there (we put it in a spot she couldn’t see it, facing away from the window so she just kind of saw the back of it, but couldn’t make out what it was).
xo,
s
Rosemary M. says
I would love a YHL kids line. Hopefully you’ll get on that train by the time I start having babies. Your designs are amazing. Something about them makes me feel nostalgic.
Happy 2nd Clara!!!
JP says
Aw. I’m in my late 50s and I recognize many of those furnishings from the set we had. Sweet to see them again and reminisce.
Bboss says
Very cute. . . And very sturdy!
When she outgrows it, you can do this: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Doll-House-Into-a-Hamster-Cage
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, nice!
xo,
s
Amy says
This is so lovely, it makes me happy :)
The Distilled Review says
Turned out AMAZING!
vron says
I know Clara is a bit too young for this right now, but when I was a kid my parents set up these really basic “circuits” with batteries and LEDs and alligator cables to teach me about electricity and it was really cool! I know there’s a startup (http://www.roominatetoy.com/) that is sort of along those lines but in any case it could be something for future Clara to enjoy! For me it “worked” in that I’m an engineering grad student right now (though I have my doubts that my parents had that in mind…).
Beautiful Dollhouse!!!
V
YoungHouseLove says
So cool!
xo
s
Erica M says
Looks amazing! You guys take DIY gifting to a whole new level!
Haha, I was thinking “i hope when they do the wall art, they print a Burger photo” before I scrolled down to see little Baby Burger already representing!
Katie says
That is too cute! Clara must love it :) My mom used to make dollhouses for our Barbies when we were kids…she would get a Sears catalogue (those big ones that have pics of everything in them) and cut out wall clocks, digital alarm clocks, tvs, etc and either glue them to the walls or glue them onto a block of wood (like for the tv or a fridge). She made most of the furniture out of wood, just simple wooden blocks, nothing intricate, but we didn’t care! She is amazing with crafts and woodworking and playing with those dollhouses is one of my favorite childhood memories :)
YoungHouseLove says
That’s such a cool idea! I love it!
xo,
s
Stephanie says
This is absolutely adorable!
You might want to check out Playmobil people. You can find tons on ebay. Their furniture & other accessories are awesome too.
Playmobil is for a bit older audience, so they might help the house to ‘grow’ along with her.
This is definitely one of those ‘heirloom’ gifts :)
Sara says
Didn’t have a chance to read all the comments, but may I suggest “rug mousepads” for the flooring? You know Clara’s going to want a big area rug to really tie the room together =)
They tend to come in more traditional patterns but maybe you’ll come across one with a quatrefoil pattern, haha.
(I have a rug and a matching coaster on my desk).
YoungHouseLove says
So smart!
xo,
s
Jenny says
um….I sort of want one for myself. Maybe next year for my 31st birthday?
Melissa says
This dollhouse and seeing Clara play with her new house…SO AWESOME. You guys did SUCH-AN-AMAZING-JOB!!!!
Kristin says
Clara’s doll house is adorable. I don’t know if anyone else suggested this, but an easy way to add windows for any of those rooms: scrapbook paper. I can’t remember which craft store (Michael’s, etc) but I founda Disney paper that was blue with sparkling stars — some were shooting stars. I cut a window pane pattern out of plain paper, and backed it with the star paper. I then used a thin paper and cut it to look like drapes and glued that to the top. Easy, and cheap.
YoungHouseLove says
Fun!!
xo,
s
Donna says
“She ran right in as if it had always been there and picked stuff up and got right down to the business of playing” — everything in life should be this easy!
Mrs. Smith says
What a fab idea! I played with my mom’s dollhouse from the 50s, it had that same furniture you got from ebay. Gosh, I can’t imagine spray painting them though the color is half the nostalgia for me. Also, I recently bought a bottle of spray paint that said ‘contains chemicals known to the state of CA to cause birth defects’ and now don’t want to touch that stuff with a 10 foot pole. Call me paranoid. I think the overall look is really cute though and creative!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, you have to be careful about what kinds you buy. I have found that the cheap $2-3 stuff usually has those warnings and the better stuff (Rustoleum, etc) is usually a lot less chemical-riddled. Of course it’s oil-based paint, which isn’t low-VOC, which is why I always spray it outside and then give things a ton of time to cure/off-gas (since the longer you give things, they go from being fumey to being smell-free).
xo,
s
Jenna at Homeslice says
What a beautiful gift- glad she loves it!
Colleen says
I have two wonderful boys and am surrounded by trains and Legos. I sometimes miss the girly stuff so I couldn’t wait to see how you decorated Clara’s house. It is adorable. Like everyone else, I love Olivia. She and her family just seem to fit perfectly in the house.
Keep us posted on how the house evolves. Luckily, this one is cheaper to renovate.
D says
You guys did an amazing job with this!
Lucy says
This is AWESOME. Baby Burger is my favorite part. Kudos.
Julia@a-living-space says
Decorating the dollhouse is totally the fun part, and I love what you did with it! It looks awesome! I especially like all the fun wallpapers, although you are definitely in need of some art. We actually took part in a blog dollhouse challenge started by Emily Henderson, and we decorated an adorable tiny dollhouse (and we don’t even have any kids to play with it… not that our dollhouse would be good for kids, it has some handmade things that are far too breakable!). You can check it out here!
YoungHouseLove says
I love it! You did an amaaaazing job!
xo,
s
Ali says
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the dollhouse you guys designed and created! It’s beautiful and fun!
Okay one request for your new toy line please make sure its produced in the USA! So many Americans need job here! Please don’t outsource production of your QUALITY toy line to another country! :)
~ Ali
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, we’ll definitely look into that! You know we love to be local/eco when we can. I think a lot of that has to do with the manufacturer, but it’s definitely something we can ask about if this goes anywhere!
xo,
s
Mari Krumholtz says
That is soooo adorable… Love everything about it!
For extra dolls for Clara to play with in the house, have you tried POLLY POCKETS? I´m not sure it would be the right scale, but it might work… Also there the Li´l Ones that my daughter (she is 4) loves cause they actually have hair that she cam brush (lol), they come with the brush and a puppy dog. They are pretty small and cute…
Hope YOU and Clara have lots of fun with the dollhouse! :)
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks for the tip! Will have to check those out!
xo,
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Sarah says
What a great job you both did! So much more personal than any commercial “chincy” dollhouses available. I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned in the comments yet, but if you won’t get around for a while to making fabric rugs out of Clara’s fabrics, you could maybe try cutting placemats into smaller sections since they’d be more durable than paper. There are so many styles and textures out there for cheap, and some of them are sort of plastic-y and could save you laminating. Just a suggestion! :) Clara is one lucky little lady!
YoungHouseLove says
Really smart!
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Candice says
You two are so great at making things for Clara! First, a desk, then her play kitchen and now a dollhouse. Clara is one lucky little girl and will cherish these things forever.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Candice!
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