Faith Bradford's Doll House, Revisited

23 rooms. Some rooms take 11 different 24 inch trims.  Painted or stained.  I am trimmed up to my eyeballs. Here is the original Peter's room: Here's mine so far: Note the original has no ceiling molding, but I had a little oops with dimensions.  Her doors were probably made by the builder, mine were purchased, so I was stuck with the dimensions, and had to do a little altering.  That left a little gap, so I opted to install the quarter round. I wish it was not so 'new' looking, but I think it will start to fade fairly quickly.  I may replace Peter at some point- this little guy has 'Denmark' written in black marker down the back of one leg. Because the house will be lifted up onto a base at some point (when I finish the dang roof shingles...), I have opted not to put accessories in yet.  Not to mention I need practically all the little pieces for Peter's room. Anyone know where I can get 5 white rats? I have to say I have not...

Alice II has great braids, but is short, quite short.  I would need to attach her on top of a little block for her to see out of the window correctly.  I was pulling things out of the Large Scale house to sell, and came across Alice III.   Taller, shorter braids, but I can put a skirt on over her outfit and not ruin the 'original' outfit.  I use quotes around original because who knows how old her little silk Sailor type dress is. My room- Faith Bradford's room- I need the curtains and some accessories- and a whiter chair. Mark and I guessed at the size of the halls, and we may have messed up and made them a bit too wide.  The only place I am going to have an issue with is Alice's room.  My bed is too long.  On the other hand, Faith's bed for Alice is too wide! My first step is to slice the bed across the middle and take out an inch or so, then glue back together.  Mark can remake the closet to make the door trim r...

I shouldn't have done it; there are much more important things to do.  But I couldn't stop myself.  I had to do it.  I know you'll understand. This is the study- photo courtesy of Mr. Bird's book- Take a good look at the chandelier.  I think it's a candelabra with pearls glued on.  Ya' think? Bought this on Ruby Lane during their sale last week, and glued pearls on.   Oh Yay!   I couldn't stop myself from papering, and then before it was dry, I couldn't stop myself from adding things.  Then I wanted the doorways open, so I cut them with the wallpaper paste still wet.  After that I figured I might as well stain a door and see how that looked, and well...I couldn't stop! Not perfect, but pretty dang good for now! I need to tidy up the paper; add door frames, baseboard and molding; hang pictures, and add some accessories. May I please put a bug in your ear?  I need 3, yes 3, Lynnfield breakfronts.  I have ...

Wow.  It's huge, and wow- lot's of work to do.  But, I look at it and I see the Faith Bradford house.  No doubt about it. Took 4 people to move it, and my house is rearranged and I had no idea how much junk is stowed in the corners.  The man with the long beard is my husband, Craig.  A wonderful person, a wonderful husband, and very supportive.   At this point I went outside, because I was pretty sure it was not going to turn the corner, I was pretty sure the builders thought we were slobs (we are, but that's beside the point), and there were some pretty ugly words being used...  I knew Craig would make it all well- and... ... one of the movers brought his kids... and... ...my 90 year old Mother arrived in case we needed help.  So, we stayed outside until all the guys came out and told us it was in and a-ok. The closet in Alice's room. Me, with a huge dollhouse in the kitchen and a big smile on ...

The guest bedroom is currently occupied by Mr. Doll's mother and father: T his photo from Bird's America's Doll House. A lot of TynieToy in there! Here's what I have so far- The wallpaper is a vintage border that is 3 inches wide.  I will trim off some of the top and cut around the grapes to make it smaller.  Not violets, but it is lavender. There is a fantastic purple and black braided rug on the way, I have a deck of cards, and some of the other accessories.  Next I need Grandmother and Grandfather, and where the heck did that white trunk in the front of the room come from?  Maybe a candy container??  See the chair Grandmother is sitting in?  There is another of this style in the parent's bedroom.  Upholstered, with wide bias binding down the sides.  If you know where these came from, let me know! 

Coming along!     Nursery floor.   Hallway wallpaper- what a problem this has been!  The Smithsonian house has two different kinds of polka dots, and even standing in front of it you can't really tell color.  I went with neutral gray and symmetrical dots.  This is scrapbook paper- but I painted and stamped 3 other sets until I settled on this.   Silly me, I should have taken Alice with me! One of the arched doorways.

Move in is in 40 hours-  here's what it looked like this afternoon. Hard to see, but the Laundry, Pantry, and Butler's Pantry are all painted mustard.  The house is too high to see the painted floors on the third floor (we call it the fourth floor when working). The top roof will be detachable, which will make it easier to shingle.  The shingles arrived today, but I am afraid to open the box and see the job ahead of me. The builder has made all of the clapboards for the sides- There is a darker section of claps above the first window, but it all gets painted over.  The windows don't get glued in until the wallpaper is in- what a jigsaw puzzle.  You get a better sense of the stain on the grooved floors in the bottom room, which is the dining room. The back is just on with 2 screws, it comes off tomorrow to glue wallpaper behind the hall doors. ETA:  Karen just texted to say it can come tomorrow afternoon if I want.  Oh my gosh, the spac...