Doll House Rescue Mission!

I haven't quite finished my latest projects that I was going to post, so I thought I would share something that I worked on a while ago for my daughter. (if you're my friend on FB you've already seen this, so sorry if I'm boring you!)

I was on a desperate mission to find a wooden doll house several months ago, and I found this fixer-upper house in a thrift store, and I thought I would rescue it!

So I got out some acrylic paints and a toothpick, and (a day later!) ta-da! New life!

I made all the little furnishings myself, out of household things mostly, and some things from the $1 section at the craft store!

Wooden spools, sprigs of tiny flowers, a tiny beveled mirror from JoAnn's, and a fabric scrap rug for the entry way...

Wooden blocks and peanut butter lid table and chairs. And half a cardboard box for the fridge!

(And there I am in the kitchen, reading my to-do list!)

Two cardboard boxes with their lids glued to them for sofas, and a wooden block ottoman.

Scrap booking letters and half a cardboard treasure chest (from the craft store) for the nursery.

More boxes, and part of a shelf hanging thingy (it looked like a toilet to me...), and a flower I cut from my favorite fabric for the bathroom!

I seem to be missing the picture of the master bedroom, but I used tiny circle mirrors for the walls, and half of the box that my thumb tacks came in for the bed.

Happy little pumpkin! Her favorite part is the "people" which I made from little wooden spools from the craft store.

I remember doing this with my mom when I was little. We would use her cake stands as Barbie tables and things like that. I love teaching my daughter the same kind of creativity!