Jen's Cottage - a Commissioned Custom Dollhouse

 This is how all the dollhouses start out.  Pieces of walls I cut out of pretty thin plywood.  I buy the plywood sheets at the regular big box hardware stores.   It costs about $11 a sheet.  

Then I gather my wallpapers if the house is going to have some.  These all come from the scrapbook department of a craft store.  I apply the wallpaper to the walls with white glue before I put the house together.

The house comes together very quickly after that.  Next, I put the wood floor in place. These are craft sticks painted with watered down white acrylic paint.   I also started working on furniture. 

I have a mantel, chair, table set, and kitchen sink/counter. 

 I bought this table and chair set.  It was pristine white.  So I sanded the edges and took a craft knife to make nicks in it too.  I wanted a oilcloth tablecloth.  A real one would have been to thick to fall correctly. So I took my favorite fabric and coated it with 5 layers of gloss. It looks just like oilcloth!

 I made this chair from scratch out of wood veneer.  It's covered with a very pale pink fabric.

 The mantel is wood.  I made it smaller than my usual mantels so it would look more Victorian.

 The sink piece is not quite finished.  I just laid the countertop on the cabinet for the picture.  This piece has a tutorial here:  http://1inchminisbykris.blogspot.com/2012/02/kitchen-cabinets-how-to-make.html
This lady is very talented. She explains everything.

 This chandelier will be featured in American Miniaturist Magazine as a tutorial in March. 

 I had made the bed a while back. I needed the perfect space for it.  It will fit perfectly in this house.

The 2 walls have different wallpapers. I still need to finish the front wall. 
More to come! Thanks for coming over.