Showing posts with label 1920 cottage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1920 cottage. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

1920s Cottage Dollhouse: concrete and paint

I finished my stucco and rocks on the cottage.
I use patch concrete for this. I carve the rocks with a coat of concrete that is thicker.

 I painted the stucco a warm gray. The rocks are done in different shades of cream/tan. I painted the roof green so that when I put the shingles on, no unfinished wood will show through.


Monday, April 18, 2011

1920s Cottage Dollhouse

I started my new dollhouse project.
My sweet blog friend Melody of Brown Gingham Creations always sends me the best cottage pictures. She sent me the most charming 1920s cottage.
I have to try to capture this incredible little home's sweetness.

I chose to use the Sugarplum dollhouse kit to try this house.
I started putting it together.
And I painted the interior walls a gray/blue color.
I scored the floor with a sharp knife.
I painted the dollhouse floor with a watered down medium brown.
Then I added a watered down black paint to age the floor.
I made 2 fireplaces. The inside of the fireplaces is carved plaster.
The attic has wallpaper and the same blue paint as downstairs. I Painted that floor white and aged it. It is also scored like the downstairs floor.