Voila! The dollhouse is officially finished! I'm so happy at how this has turned out and I'll never forget this experience I've been given. It has gone down on record as one of my most cherishe...
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The finished library. I really love the masculine elegance of this room.
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This is the finished guest room on the third floor.
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The railings have all been completely rebuild where they needed to be and the decorative piece at the roof is finished as well. This is such a lovely house!!
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Not the best picture, but my camera didn't want to behave this time. The chandelier does work just fine, but forgot to turn on the system.
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This is the nursery. The wallpaper is a lavendar and white toile in a nursery rhyme theme. We ordered a light oak nursery furniture set and the crib ended up being on back order for an inde...
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This is the sewing room on the 3rd floor.
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The bathroom is completed except for the last wall sconce on the other side of the medicine cabinet and the door! My husband is helping me by stripping all the old paint off the doors and sa...
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The kitchen is now 90% finished. The only part left is the crown moulding and the far right wall, which will be finished once I'm done with the wiring for the lights in the bathroom. This...
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The master bedroom is finished and the selected furniture put in place. There is also an area rug for the room that I wanted to leave in its packaging until Viriginia can open it. The bed will ...
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Since I had to take out the staircase to wallpaper the room, I thought it best to rebuild most of it. With the exception of the handrails (which will be ordered shortly), it's finished. And wha...
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Here is the 2nd floor hallway and the beautiful settee that was chosen just for this spot. I think a few throw pillows would be a great finishing touch. Right in front of the window, it looks l...
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This is the decorative ceiling piece that the livingroom chandelier is attached to. I felt the large ceiling needed something to add to the elegance of the room.
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The original piece was warped and cracked. I recut it and am in the process of repainting it and will be putting it back on the roof soon.
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This is the room I've been focusing on over the past week. Now that most of the light fixtures and all of the wallpapering has arrived, things will move much quicker now. Left to do in this r...
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The bathroom has been completely redone! What a difference, eh? Due to the wallpaper for this room STILL being on backorder, I decided to put this one in there instead. Not only does this des...
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The broken second floor balcony railings have been replaced and work will commence on the first floor section soon. I think they look wonderful!
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The third floor divider walls have now been recreated and replace the old walls that were warped and broken. I've got to prep them for the wall sconces (that are still on backorder) and then ...
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The master bedroom floor is stained, the wallpaper hung, and the wood trims go up. The door to the room has had its old hinges and paint removed, and has been repainted. New hinges and a pretty...
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After painting the exterior of the dollhouse, I've now put the balcony piece back into place and started to repaint it in a fresh coat of white. I couldn't believe the transformation that was ...
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The real hardwood flooring has been installed in the dining room, library and master bedroom. I'm at a standstill with the flooring for the living room and 2nd floor hall until the backorder...
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The electrical system has been installed and here you can see me testing it with a test probe. Unfortunately, the light fixtures ordered for the house are out of stock and on special order so t...
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The outside of the dollhouse is finally receiving a fresh coat of tan paint. The next step will be to work on the exterior trimwork in white.
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Here is a photo that is representative of all the ceilings in the dollhouse. All the old holes for the old electrical system have been filled in and smoothed out. Then, I applied a fresh coat ...
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I've now started to give the dollhouse a nice coat of primer/sealer. This gives the dollhouse a fresh start and a nice base for paint and/or wallpaper. The sealer will protect the wood from clima...
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