Dollhouse Cottage Kitchen Snapshots

I was going to write about something entirely different today {a few Goodwill finds to share or our living room beadboard progress} but as I was going through my photos, I found a couple of shots of my dollhouse cottage kitchen remodel so far.  I've finally collected all of the "remodeling" supplies needed to finish it - all of the tiny crown moulding and window trim and beadboard and baseboards...and the lower kitchen cupboards should arrive today.  I have the uppers already, but the lowers will need to be put together, painted, and installed before the beadboard goes up. Wow, just like remodeling a real house! Oh, and my painted tin ceiling is installed along with the kitchen electric wiring, but I haven't taken photos of that yet. Just a few snapshots...

It's really a fascinating circle to run with. Their talent and creativity leave me in constant awe to say the least!

Right after I started my dollhouse blog Little Rosey Posey, a miniaturist and a sweet Twice Remembered reader, Tallulah of Tullulah~Belle Originals sent me the adorable little flower arrangement in a tiny teapot you see there on the table. She makes these and is soooo talented! I will take some better, close-up photos of the flowers when I'm closer to being finished with the kitchen {again, these were just random snapshots} but aren't they just precious! Thanks again, Tallulah!

The cake was my second attempt at making anything miniature. {I apologize for the crooked photo...the floors really are level!} The first thing I made were donuts, well before I bought the old farmhouse dollhouse to remodel. I'll always have fond memories of making these little things with my youngest daughter.

Can't wait to make more little sweets! I still have this Storybook Cottage to build when more of the farmhouse is completed. It will be my miniature patisserie.

I love how the "old" plank floor turned out. These planks had to be painted and distressed individually and then glued down one by one once they were dry.  I tried gluing them first and then painting them all at once after they dried, but they all curled up on me when the paint was wet! I had to rip them up and start over, but it was well worth it. A lesson learned!

I bought the vintage style table set at Hobby Lobby. It had been on the shelf for several weeks because a table leg was broken along with a couple of chair legs.  So I asked the manager if I could have a discount and he gave the set to me for just $10! I superglued it all back together and painted it. I still have to distress the edges of three of the four chairs. It's a bit challenging to work with such small pieces. One little oops and you've practically sanded a table leg right off!

For those of you who may be new to my site, my dollhouse blog is used to tell a fictional story centering around the house and it's remodel, but I'll be updating it again soon with basically this same entry so my fellow dollhouse peeps can get a little sneak peek today, too. It's really a fascinating circle to run with - miniaturists. Their talent and creativity leave me in constant awe to say the least!  If you get a chance, make sure you check out my dollhouse blog blogroll so that you can be inspired as I am. Maybe you'll end up with a dollhouse to remodel, too! {Just what we all need, right? Another project!}

Oh, and for what it's worth, here is a shot of what the little kitchen looked like before I started.  Quite scary, eh?

And just a couple of final thoughts: I've pulled out all of my blog sale items for next week. How in the world did I collect so much stuff since the last sale?! I will be posting random cellphone photos on Twitter in the next day or so just so you can see a few of the things I'll be listing. My mom's yard sale was postponed, so I have a little extra time now. ;)

Thank you so much to those that gave me their input on the Cricut machine in my last post. I'm looking forward to having one even more now!

Until next time!