Obviously, I will be making a “Tinybook” of my Instagram pictures in miniature for the dollhouse.
9th of February 2012
6th of February 2012
Anyway. Can you believe the very kind previous owner of this house also threw in a fully functional miniature foosball table? In addition to all the original furnishings, dolls & accessories? I know. Pretty. Flipping. Sweet. I’m already declaring this whole thing Greatest Purchase Of The Year, and it’s only February.
You know what is kinda crazy? The renovation of the Hudson Hotel was happening around the same time this dollhouse was designed (circa 2000-2001). Who influenced who, huh? Next time you ride the escalator in there, think about this photograph, and get back to me.
5th of February 2012
I’ve situated the house near a window by the fire escape.
(It’s totally New York City safety code compliant, I assure you.)
Not sure if you are ready to see this house in full color.
3rd of February 2012
I Am Seriously F*cking Ecstatic About This House
I bought myself one of these dollhouses today.
Blogging around these parts will probably pick up pretty soon.
29th of December 2011
I started playing with the hippie house again.
PW & JD
I took a few candid Instagram snapshots of some new tenants in the dollhouse - Pee Wee Herman and James Dean. As you can see, they are making themselves quite comfortable in their new surroundings:
Getting ready in the morning
Going to bed at night
Drinking in the afternoon
1st of November 2011
Have I posted enough dollhouse pictures today? Yes? Great! Here’s one more.
Lucky for you I think I’m done blogging for the day.
These are some of my miniature chairs before I wrapped them up. They went downtown last night.
I’m just posting this in case anyone ever needs to buy me a present and isn’t sure what to get. You can give me a miniature chair. Any kind. Anytime. Even if it’s not my birthday or Christmas or whatever and you just felt like buying me a gift. I will always accept mini chairs.
I’m good on rush seat ladderbacks though. Just FYI.
That is all, carry on.
I think these are my favorite windows of the dollhouse
MOAR STAIRS I MADE!
They’re kind of janky still, need some adjustments. I made these inside of an hour, maybe? Not including dry time. But still. They’ll do for now. For now, as in, something really cool and exciting is happening with the dollhouse next month and let’s just leave it at that. (Hint: it has nothing to do with this. Way better.)
So I finally installed window treatments in here! I made them myself, and as I do not sew, these are kind of an achievement for me. All the fabric (including the upholstered pelmet box) is from Scalamandré, and the curtain tiebacks are from Mood.
Also - My roommate totally Rococo-revived my little white piano. Wait till you see the fireplace mantel she worked on, too.
Again - this photo was taken at night with only a floor lamp. We do what we can.
Here’s a better picture of the whole room. and more details:
The dollhouse now has stairs! The black stone staircase was original to the house from when I was a kid, except now it’s been covered in about 5 layers of paint.
The white stairs I made from scratch and it’s definitely to my advantage that no one will actually ever walk on them. The handrail and balusters and whatever that bottom piece is called are made of dollhouse moldings. The steps are these thin pieces of wood from the kids craft section at Michael’s that come in a bag - they’re called like, SHAPES or something. You have to look e v e r y w h e r e when you are sourcing dollhouse materials.
The ceiling grate I found on sale in the beads section of Michael’s. Now, I’m not a jewelry maker by any means but I tried and tried and could not see this piece hanging from a necklace, or even as earrings - could you? It’s just so obviously a miniature air vent.
The window treatment I am not 100% done with - I thought that five feet of ball chain from the hardware store would be enough, but I think I need another few feet to get the best effect - the chains hang about 5” long, and I left them uneven for now. I strung them through a thick piece of tape - you pluck a hole in the tape with a thumbtack and thread them through. Despite my nimble fingers, after threading like, the second one, I was in pain. I persisted through the rest, but am not looking forward to completing it. For the pelmet box, I cut this jewelry box in half.
Is the lighting terrible in this photo? I can’t really tell. The photo was taken late last night, with just a floor lamp shining through the front of the house. I miss having time to shoot dollhouse photos during daylight hours, but I do enjoy having a full time job, so this is how it goes. What do you think?
