What just happened?

 Hi!

Every single picture in every post of this blog is gone and I don't know why...

What just happened?

I don't think I can reattach all the pictures but I'll try. I'll start that tomorrow, working from the newest post to the oldest.

In other news: I'm back in construction mode so I'm working on 3 separated dollhouses.

I'll post pictures soon..ish.

Cheers!

WIPs for now, and other news

 Hello!!

Surprise, two post in one day!!!

Okay, let's talk about the WIPs and my change of direction with my crafts.

I have a Modern Container dollhouse percolating since December/2019. I can't find a way to get past the creativity block to finish this dollhouse.

This is original (bought from Banggood) and my inspiration (found in the Homify webpage):

This is the progress so far:

I still have a Rosendale Mansion, a Brookwood-ish  and a Cottage Bungalow style dollhouses waiting to be built. And a couple of tissue dispensers I'm going to turn into a fairy dollhouse...

I shift my focus to coloring and painting since the Pandemic hit Brazil. I haven't worked in a dollhouse since January/2020 and I can't see beyond this block. 

Vacation fun-times is coming next October but unfortunately I will not going to visit my sister this year because, you know, quarantine times... Maybe I can get my groove back then.

Till then,

Cheers!

The Beacon Hill-style Dollhouse - 25 days of work

 Hello, Strangers!

I'm not going to apologize for not blogging, 'cause honestly, I'm not all that sorry.

I finished the Beacon Hill-style dollhouse back in October, 2019. It was a fun project and of course I bashed somethings, 'cause I'm me... ;)

Since I took about 30 pictures I'm not going to post all. Just some before during and after, ok? OK!!

This is the original, MDF 1/24-ish bought on Elo7 here in Brazil.

The first thing to go were the mullions:

I extended the living area to add a kitchen/dinning/living open concept area. The second floor 'bathroom' was extended a bit too:

I changed the french doors on the second floor too. The staircase was a pain to built AND glue in place:

The flooring were made with the trusty popsicle sticks, the baseboards were coffee stirrers and the wallpaper were all printed in my ink printer. I bashed the attic/roof so I could add two more rooms:

Exterior siding were popsicle sticks also, and the roof was a printed pattern.

I bought extra porch pieces so I could add a second floor porch:

And she's done!

'Till the next one,

Cheers!

The Rosedale style dollhouse, made for sale - 40 days of Work.

Hello, my good and merry friends!

I was asked by a friend to decorate a MDF Rosedale-style dollhouse for sale. MY FIRST SALE!!!
The original kit came from Elo7 and surprising enough I made almost no changes!

The kit:

I removed the mullions and that's it! I did not added the exterior wall trimmings or the roof thingies.

This dollhouse was easy to built and the only difficult I had was with the staircase. I had to add that after I finished the interior 'cause I have fat hands and fingers and I would not be able to access the back wall after the staircase was in place. The buyer choose baby blue/cream for the colors. Nice!

All the wallpaper and floor/roof papers were printed in my inkjet printer in white verge paper. I also added thin strips of white verge paper as baseboard so I could have nice corners.

This kit does not have interior trimmings for the windows/doors, so I made some using the exteriors trimmings as templates in white verge paper. The doors were painted with a off-white/cream paint. Acetate pieces were added as glass for the windows.

I choose this pattern  for the printable paper floor:

You can't access or really see the staircase so I didn't bother to cover or paint, but the back of the staircase (in the kitchen space) was covered in white Canson paper.
The ceilings were also covered with white Canson paper:

I used the off-white/cream paint to cover this railing:

The exterior siding was made with strips of aqua-marine blue verge paper, and the trimmings were painted with the off-white paint. The corners were covered with strips of white Canson paper:

This balcony's edges were painted in off-white:

This is my choice for the printed patterns for the roof:

The top of the roof was also covered with printed verge.

And that's the finished Dollhouse, ready for sale:

Now I'm going back to my half-scale Beacon Hill style dollhouse. Shingles/siding fun-times approaches!
Cheers!

Hawaii Villa Underwater Dollhouse - 36 days of work

Hello,

This is the T-Yu Hawaii Villa DIY Dollhouse Miniature Model. I bought from Banggood site.
It's a good site for this kind of dollhouse/roombox kits, but it takes a long time to arrive since almost all of them comes from China. It's cheaper though.

I made many changes in this dollhouse - I know, what a shocker, because I wanted to make into a somewhat functioning house with kitchen and a bathroom.

This is the 'underwater' part:

I changed the wallpaper and the lights placements. I added more lights.

Different wallpapers:

Some furniture made with wood scraps:

Underwater floors:

Adding the furniture:

I made this tiny bathroom from scratch! I'm very proud of meself.

Beads!!

Adding rocks 'underwater':

I think I added too many water plants...

Lights ON!

Close-ups:

I forgot to take pictures of the rooms before adding the plants...

'Above' water:

'Below' water:

I'm very happy with this kit but its very small!!!!

Till next time!

Cheers!