Showing posts with label Dollhouse Furniture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dollhouse Furniture. Show all posts

Friday, January 18, 2013

DIY Dollhouse: Bathroom furniture (Part 6 of 6)

DIY Dollhouse bathroom furniture

Like I mentioned in my introductory post, I furnished the entire dollhouse with things I found around my own house. Junk, recyclables, scraps and other random pieces. Here are the details.

How to make a dollhouse toilet

The toilet is probably the piece I'm most proud of in the entire house. It took a long time for me to find the right shapes, but in the end, the solution was easy. I used an empty dental floss container and an oval-shaped shampoo cap (from Pantene). I glued them together and painted it white using a plastic-friendly spray paint. VoilĂ ! Toilet!

Make a DIY dollhouse toilet
Making a dollhouse bathroom vanity and mirror

The vanity is a wooden stand for a set of coasters turned upside down. The sink is the bottom half of a plastic jewelry box. The mirror is a wood cutout painted white with a piece of metallic foil duct tape layered on top. It's not completely reflective, but close enough.

Handmade dollhouse bathroom with toilet, tub, and vanity

For wall art, I decoupaged a grouping of the "take a number" tickets. Like I've mentioned previously in this series, I wanted to include small, real-life items to give it that collected or "found" look.

DIY dollhouse bathroom furniture

The bathtub is one of those mini ceramic loaf pans they sell at the craft stores around Christmastime. I debated whether to add a faucet to it and the vanity, but ultimately decided they weren't needed.

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Part 6: Bathroom >>

Homemade furniture for dollhouse bathroom


Thursday, January 17, 2013

DIY Dollhouse: Bedroom furniture (Part 5 of 6)

Handmade dollhouse bedroom furniture

Like I mentioned in my introductory post, I furnished the entire dollhouse with things I found around my own house. Junk, recyclables, scraps and other random pieces. Here are the details.

DIY dollhouse furniture for bedroom

The bedroom came together the easiest out of all the rooms. The bed started with a wooden crate (from a set of Melissa & Doug play food) that I painted, then filled with bedding made from fabric and batting scraps. I sewed a couple of mini pillows too.

Handmade dollhouse furniture made from repurposed household items

The lamp base was previously a ceiling fan pull. The shade is a spool from a roll of scotch tape. The end table is a block from an (incomplete) wooden brainteaser puzzle. The chair rail is a length of a mini measuring tape that wouldn't wind back up. And, as in the rest of the house, the rug is a FLOR carpet sample.

The sea lion art pieces are playing cards mounted on thin cardboard and hot glued to the wall. The other rainbow piece is a used paper paint pallette from a kids paint book that I saved because I loved the way the colors bled and bloomed.

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Dollhouse bedroom full of handmade furniture