I knew I wanted to have my Coventry Cottage’s porch to have “flagstone” flooring and I didn’t want to buy those floor sheets, partially because I’m poor, but mostly because it doesn’t look real enough for me. The next best solution was to make the “stone” tiles and grout them on myself. This is a short […]
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Sweet Paper
My sister just gave me some Japanese paper that her boyfriend has been holding on to since he was gifted with it as a little kid. It is perfect dollhouse sized wall print, especially for an asian inspired room. Free paper, woooooo!
More Half Scale Fireplace Fun!
Emboldened by my success from yesterday’s country fireplace, I decided to make another one (since I bought a second Creatology Dollhouse with Veranda). This time, I wanted to create a more modern one, since I’ll be decorating it contemporary-ish. This fireplace is actually based off the slate fireplace in my house. After the trial and […]
Half Scale Fireplace Fun
Remember that Creatology Dollhouse with Veranda? Well, I’ve decided to make it into a country cottage of some sort. I also had a big chunk of Sculpey III sitting around and wanted to sculp something so why not start with something easy, like a earthy country fireplace! I used various tools to sculp and texture […]
Coventry Cottage Project Part 11: Finishing the Hardwood & Roof
So its time to finish off the floors and the roof. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to have a natural finish for my Coventry Cottage’s “hardwood” floors, as well as the roof , so I skipped the staining part and went strait to applying polyurethane to the floors and roof. You can see in […]