A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2007 My DollHouse arrived Today........Look Here.

My dollhouse came this morning, and I built it this afternoon.. I am very pleased with how easy it was.
Thanks kratz, thanks weezie......An all who helped.
Now to learn the rest.
It was really worth the small price. ;o)
CHECK IT OUT.. And get one for yourself.

too cute dodge almost makes me want one.

Ohhhhhh man, that is a good size one isn't it!!
Holy cow... I love it...
Can not wait to see all of it..
What fun...
I'm glad you got one...

jiffy mouse & weezie thanks for looking.
It was a steal of $19.95 and it is wood. Easy.
Here is the inside.

I must get law an order in there.


I will have to measure it an let you know the size.

It was so perfect for finding it by someone on Gardenhelper.. I so love the flowers. Thanks weezie and Kratz.

That is so cute on the inside..

Did the furniture come with it,
or you get that seperately???

Weezie,

I bought the furniture separate, at the dollar store.......I must furnish the whole house yet.


ha ha.......It was very accurate cutting there on the house.

Gave a little map and I did it .
Get ome..

I didn't even really think of it,
but that is quite ironic, isn't it!!!

weezie,

Your such a charm.....
We forget what we are on.....gardenhelper;;;

Soon as I saw that one, I knew it was the one.. cost efficient and attractive.........And the flowers fit perfect......for a gardener.
Even my HD thinks it's sweet.......

Thanks Lots.
I will remember you long and often.

weezie..

Hi everyone,

Wow! Dodge that's really cute.....

I think you will have mini hours of fun doing things to decorare your dolly house

shop around for furniture.
AC Moore carries dollhouse furniture ....

Do keep us posted on how you decorate it....

P.S.
I Love the flowers

I may just have to order one and do a Summer house theme, with my white patio furniture

Kratz7

Kratz,

Yes it is so suited for this gardenhelper ..
flowers on it are right up our alley..I am so glad Weezie sent that .

Now listen to this.....One of my friends here in Pa......just sent her order for one..ha ha
She loved it ..has 3 little grand girls .
She wrote back, Yippee.......I ordered it. ha ha
I am pokin around all places to see what I want for inside......

It looks so springy.. Not only that it shuts and all I have to do is throw a plastic over it to keep it clean..............

barb

My Little Miss Busy Britches might need one of those for Christmas....

Looks great!

You can play santa claus early and hide it .

Great.........presents.

b

That is a very cute dollhouse Barb!

I am just getting such a big kick out of this!
Can't wait to see how everything gets decorated!

weezie,

Me too...........I could order all new furniture, but I think it would be more fun to browse and find this and that.......Sounds more like me. ha ha
plant Queen thanks..........

I think it is cool..
b

weezie,

Your sold 2 Houses so far.ha ha

b

I need to call them and see if they'll send me a commission...

you know, it almost makes me wish i had granddaughters but no grands yet. it'll be at least a year before i get any, probably 2 or 3... no buns in any ovens this week

jIFFYMOSUE,

Why not prepare early?? ha ha

It will get you in practice..

;o)

weezie......

yes.


You can get your Realtors License now.

Sold 2 houses.

;o)/\/\/\/\/\/\

Barb, I love your dollhouse! You really got a great buy on that one, especially since it's made of wood. I used to build dollhouses and make miniature furniture for them. I found it very relaxing and enjoyed every minute of it.

patches .

I though so too..They even decorated it..
Today I crocheted an oval rug for the bathroom.
No furniture in it.....

Do you have patterns for the furniture/
I'd love to try some do it myselfs.
b

Barb, I'm sorry, but I don't have any patterns of the furniture I made and never did! :rolleyes: I would just use the original dimensions of a piece and then scale it down 12:1. Actually, I did that with everything I made, no matter what it was.

patches,

This thing erased my message.

I made an oval rug for the house yesterday.. Will have to take a photo..It is cool..

Now I have 3 more rooms to deciede on .

Thanks anyways.

b

Here is the Oval rug ..I crocheted ..
I am trying out different things to see what jives with the house..

I like the Oval ..

Barb,

Is there supposed to be a picture of the oval rug? I'm not seeing any picture. Do I have to click on something? I would really love to see it!

Yeah, don't see one!!

Thanks for the confirmation, Weezie!

YES.


B

Love that rug...
or I should say, both of those rugs.
**You crochet'd the one and is that a piece
of fabric for the other??**
Very cool!!!

Is that ever cute....great job on the rug!!!

Thanks weezie and penny,

Yes It is materail.
Other is crochet.

b

Your Welcome Barb.....its so cute!!!!!!

Barb, I really love your rug! I don't crochet; but, when I get time, I'll see if I can take a picture of some of the rugs I've made in the past.

patches,
Ok ......I am messing with trial and error.

i just made a bed with a cushion.. to match the animal rug..
After I learn how to resize the photos ..I will put it on..

b

Great job with the rug Barb! Very cute!

Cool...cant wait to see it!!

Plantqueen & penny .THANks .

My neice is nuts over the animal rug..ha ha
She calls it that.

barb

Barb, that's the only way to do it and you'll be amazed at how creative you can become.

Did you figure it out, or do you need more expert advise on resizin'...
*hope I walked you thru it the right way*
Maybe someone else here has an easier trick

(I think there is some tutorial's on how to resize here somewheres')

Weezie

I went the whole way thru it, and it doesnt saveit for me at the resize..

I will try again.

it worked on there but not here.

b

Hi everyone,


Dodge too....

I finally had time today to check out the dollhouse and of course the beautiful new rug. That mini rug.... I Love the colors. It's a shame (lol) the nursery in my dollhouse is pink.
I Love baby green and yellow with white....

I think I can officially declare you hooked.......
Have you bought anymore furniture lately?
I have to look through my mini stuff... I'm sure I could contribute to your hobby/addiction....lol

Kratz and everyone else ..I think I resized this.(weezie) .......

Here is my new bed I made today to match ..ha ha
I will take any contib.. I know nothing.

b ;o)

Prefect resizing!!!

And that room is soooo neat..
I love that bed..
You've got a perfect eye for this mini stuff!!!

weezie .yahoooooooooo

I finally did it correctly.. Thank you so kindly for your patience, understanding & time today.
I must of took the whole day......

Thanks.. Here is the new addition .. I made the bed out of a small candy box,covered it with pretend wood.. Made a mattress and stuffed it. Now the blanket is really hard.. I just cut out a piece of material...ha ha
I am having a ball......Now my mind can wonder.
Kratz.......is way ahead.
b

Annnnny time.. very glad to help,
and am amazed sometimes that I can even walk people thru it,
cause my directions can be crappy sometimes..

kratz

buy that house and do it again.

b

hehehehe

bWeezie

I went right to the directions as you listed it . I printed them......And only one thing you failed to say, was when I upload them, i can resize doing that.. Thats how I did the last photo..

Your directons were quite accurate.

weeezie

For me, I have a program called Infraview
or Iview for short..
and I resize mine when I do mine in that,
thennnnnn load them to PB...
so, for me, it's semi~hard to remember how
to do it other than that way...

weezie,

When I send my photos in email my windows does resize them..But I had forgotten till you mentioned it.......
When I have to up load to PB I must click on the browse button and Open it ......There for it isnt resized...........
Thanks for noticing.

b

What a cute bedroom!!

Hey dodge, how about going to your local wall paper supplier and asking if they have any discontinued wall paper books that they would be throwing out. You could use these samples to wall cover the walls in your dollhouse. And their free. Also at your local walmart they should have, near the craft section, a material section. In this section they should sell a bulk bag of scrap materials for patching clothing, great for making curtains for the windows. If you really want to get crafty, you could always again at walmart buy a wooden dowel about 1/4 " in diameter and use this as the curtain rods. Simply take some wire snips or even a handy pair of rose pruners and snip the length you desire. As for hanging the dowel try some eye hooks again something you could find @ you're local walmart, in around the tool section. Make sure to take your dowel and align the diameter of the dowel with the eye hook opening. Make sure the dowel will easily slip through. As for applying the eye hooks to your doll house I would use wire snips,( a good pair) and snip off the screw part. Then I would use contact cement and glue the eye hooks to the inside of the doll house where you want them, then insert the dowel. Of course rememeber to take a ruler and draw with a pencil lightly your line so they will be no goof ups. Cause cement glue is pretty permenant. Also when hanging the curtain you'll have to first sew a header into your curtain, so the rod can be inserted. Place your curtain onto the rod before putting the rod into the eye hooks. Good Luck in your endevours.

ms.tmac,

Sound like a pro out there.......I will keep all these little tricks in mind.........
Right now what I am doing, is using things I have laying aroung here.....I am one who sews and does crafts .......So there are many things I can use if I put my head to it....

Thanks again....for looking and sharing your smarts.....

b

Good morning everyone,
I finally had a chance this am to check out the progress on the dollhouse. It is coming along very well. Dodge you have the idea....it's looking good.

You could also use tiny lace(trim) for a valance (it already has the curtain rod pocket and a very thin dowel rod will fit nicely. I put a clear craft bead on the ends for attaching to the wall. This is the quick and easy way to do valances....you could get different colors of your choice, or you could crochet your own that would look pretty too
There are soooo many ways to do little tricks and at the same time save yourself some money....after all it should be fun not super expensive. I've collected things for my dollhouse over many years, so I really don't know how much I've spent on it. It's probably better that way....lol

I know when it came to the electric and lighting I had the help of the hubby, he's a great mini electrician.

I agree about the sample wallpaper books being a great source for decorating. Sometimes you can even get two of the same books and have extra wallpaper of the same pattern, that helps in case you do a goof.... I know I did the first time around.

I'm glad to see you're having fun.....

Keep us posted.....

I'll be around today as I have the day off, and it's snowing..... lol 3 days til spring, huh
Has anyone spoken to either Old Man Winter or Mother Nature?

Kratz,
thanks
I still have to hunt kitchen assessories, and parlor......I havent seen any yet ..
The wall paper ideas are fine......But I must try white walls first.......I like them white.

Maybe cause mine are mostly white and paneled.

Keep ideas coming folks. Come on an join us ..Get one.

My other grandma friend ordered and is tickled.
She is a widow farmer...And has 4 granddaughters.
She loved the idea.

b

Maybe I overlooked it, but where did you order it from? You can PM me with the info if you want. My daughter is wanting one, but the ones we found at Hobby Lobby look a little too "delicate" for her I think.
It's VERY cute!!

Thank you!
'Manda

dirt in my diamonds.

Gosh it is a steal for $19.99
Go to
www.lakeside.com

Goodie goodie .

LMK what you order..
b

i love that doll house

Sandy

why not get one???????//$19.95 is all it cost.
wood .....an a good size.

I am enjoying it .. Just my ideas aren't in hi gear yet.

Mannnnnnnnnn this is the best!!
I am glad you all are getting into this..
This is sooooooo much fun!!!!

sandy,,

Ole weezie gave me the addy to that doll house.
She is a peach.