Finished Victorian Beach Cottage Dollhouse

Here are the pictures of the finished beach cottage:

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Victorian Beach Cottage Dollhouse

This is the wreath I made for the door. I used tiny shells I brought back from Florida.

I made the shingles very light gray. I mixed white, a little black and water to make a very liquid wash.

I decided to make a little trellis. I put some twine knots on it. The trellis is pieces of bamboo from a place mat.

I made these roses from hand dyed cotton cut into star shapes, fold in half and give a twist and you have a little rose!

This is how it all looks so far.

Victorian Beach Cottage Dollhouse

I got the Storybook Cottage Dollhouse by Greenleaf. I thought it had nice lines for a beach house.

I painted it cream with white trim. And I left off the bay windows.

The little table and chairs came with the kit. I saw a table painted like this at a model home I visited. 

I'm totally obsessed with painting the ceilings of the dollhouses blue! Everything else will be white.I made the little fireplace mantle from leftover wood of the kit. I have the chandelier mostly done.

Shabby Chic Roses Suitcases

I thought my next dollhouse, which will be a beach house, will need some luggage. This is the kind of shabby chic suitcases I'd love to have for myself.

I made these like little boxes. Very simple out of cardboard. They open because I glued a piece of fabric inside the top and bottom. Then I painted over the entire interior. I painted the roses on the exterior of the luggage and glued on a little piece of white plastic as the handle.

Waiting for my Next project to Arrive

I'm waiting for my next project, but in the mean time I worked on some little things. I saw roses wrapped in newspaper in a magazine and I had to make them in mini form.

I used a printable dollhouse newspaper for some and a store bag that's printed with old vintage ads for others. The roses are my handmade from cotton fabric I dyed pink and cream and green for leaves.

I'm sure  they're going to give my houses that romantic touch.

I also tried out a couple of packages.

And hat boxes. I just printed those off the internet. They didn't turn out quite like I wanted.

I added some moss and sea shells to the blue one.

I also found vintage post cards, letters and pictures that I printed out in miniature size. I put some gloss on the photos to make them look more real.

Back From The Beach

I took a little trip to Alligator Point, Florida. And I got some great inspiration from the beach house where I stayed .

This is the bay side.

This house was all shabby chic style with loads of antique beach worn furniture and tin tiles!!

A claw foot tub!

Here's the tin tile ceiling. It was a really adorable house. I might just have to do another beach dollhouse next!

Also, I got an email from Blanche who bought the gazebo. She shared these pictures of her incredible set up for her dollhouse.

I love all the room Blanche has for her set up. She's now working on the red barn you see in the first picture. I'm totally jealous of her incredible play room!! It's gorgeous Blanche!