I was finishing up the small victorian and my birthday was coming up. My husband asked what I would like to have? My response.....you guessed it! A dollhouse!
He thought I was out of my mind, but we went shopping. I picked out the Farm house by Dura-Craft.
My job required that I travel monday thru friday. I carried the instruction booklet with me for weeks. The first thing I did after checking into my motel, was get out the yellow pages and look for the miniature/dollhouse shops. I wrote down the address and would get directions from someone at work the next day. Then in the evenings I would get out the instructions and some paper and draw out some plans. I decided to order extra material and extend the width of the house 6 inches so I could move the staircase from the center of the house. This also gave me the extra side porch.
I had my husband cut a scrap piece of 1x4 pine into thin strips for the flooring and the kitchen wainscoting. It made perfect pine planks. I stained them, then on the floor I rubbed in 3 coats of car wax. I mixed some cigarette ashes with the wax in some places to give a worn floor look.
This furniture is from a Chrysnbon kit.
I also had my husband to cut some strips 3/4 inch thick from the 1x4 piece a pine then cut in half lenghtwise to make the ceiling beams. I used a craft knife to gouge and scrape to make them look hand hewn. This furniture was also a Realife kit in progress.
The sink and stove are part of a Realife kit.
More interior on the next page....
