Friday 3 January 2014

DIY Bookshelf Dollhouse!

Greetings!

Just under two weeks ago on December 23rd at around 10 pm I decided (with the permission of my brother-in-law and sister-in-law) that I was going to make our 3 year old niece a dollhouse for Christmas.


Here it is finished, scroll down to see some of the steps!


























Supplies needed:


  • Bookshelf or hutch
  • Paint
  • Paint brushes and roller
  • Tape
  • Scrapbook paper, wallpaper or drawer liner
  • Mod Podge
  • Scrap wood for walls and small nails
  • Patience


I started off with an older bookshelf I had hanging out in our garage for a couple years that I had painted a dark grey last year.  I painted the floors, walls and garage a light grey but didn't quite add the walls just yet.
Before! Bookshelf I had previously painted in a grey.




















Painting the floors and walls a light grey




















Then I went through millions hundreds of different scrapbook paper, wall paper and drawer liner I had in my office for each room in the dollhouse. I picked out some fun and colourful options for each room and began gluing each of them on with mod podge. 
The drawer liner was definitely the easiest to apply without lines or bubbles like the scrapbook paper had.



Before the walls.


Lastly, I attached the walls with small pieces of scrap wood on each side of the walls with small nails.


Mini chalkboard, small painted furniture and tassels for the finishing touches.

All finished! Car and furniture added.

Complete. :)


Our niece and I with her new dollhouse. I think she liked it ;)




















Now it's time for me to get back to putting all our Christmas decorations away before our weekend starts.
I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and it's back to work for me on Monday!

Love, B

xo

Thursday 2 January 2014

2014








Happy New Year to all!

As I had mentioned in my previous post, I want to go over my goals for the blog, business and my personal life for the year of 2014. 


























Blog goals:

  1. Post at least once a week.
  2. Redesign our website with easy navigation and a better layout.
  3. Reach out to other bloggers with similar taste and ideas.
  4. Look into making money off of our website/blog.

Business goals:
  1. Refinish the rest of the furniture we have in storage and sell it.
  2. Take on only a couple projects at a time when working full time.
  3. Enter into some Home/Wedding shows to sell refinished furniture and rent out wedding decor.
  4. Organize the workspace.
  5. Post more projects onto Facebook page.

Personal goals:
  1. Most importantly, stay happy and healthy!
  2. 52 week money challenge. Did this last year and was able to go on two trips!
  3. Maybe to go with the last goal, finally buy the camera and lens that I have wanted for over two years. I really enjoy photography.
  4. Finally achieve our dream jobs.
  5. Follow the words below.



Bring it on, 2014!
Love, B

**Pictures found on Pinterest.