
Dolly Did It
This is a complete rework of my Doll House blog. It deserved better pictures original was rushed and there are parts of the house I have re-built twice over since the original post. I still love this doll house and I need to find a home for it!
The Crazy Doll House Lady
In the process of finding wallpaper and flooring for the Maya Doll House, I became obsessed with some of the amazing miniature creations…and a couple really captured my imagination – like these ones
Amazing cabinet doll house I would love to find a corner cabinet
I scoured online sites and local stores to find the right cabinet and NOTHING was right (or the right price). Then I had an epiphany! I already HAD a cabinet. It was antique and decently built but it had some drawbacks. It wasn’t nearly the right shape or configuration but I figured I could make it work.

It sure did not prove to be as easy as it first seemed. I had to try to make it work and make sense as a residence, so there was a lot of trial and error – working out how “the people” would get from one floor to the next.
Here’s the side of the cabinet, errrrr, house

I used picture frames for the rectangular windows and I made the frame of the round window from Polymer clay.
Here’s a look from the front. I asked Jim for a quote on doing my lighting and he said he was too busy and then came home with some wire and gave me a few instructions.

I learned to solder a while ago so I installed some mini LED lights that I’d brought from China. And they work!
Entrance Tiled Foyer & retro bathroom Mud Room with hockey and golf gear
In the downstairs washroom I used a distressed wallpaper and a distressed beveled mirror tile
Parkade with textured grey “concrete” walls and car collection. The middle one and the Rolls Royce are Avon perfume bottles!
Parkade Parkade and entrance
Piano Lounge Snack time
I made the light fixture from earrings, and the plants from polymer clay
The Kitchen. This was almost entirely constructed from furniture and things I found in the dollar store. I epoxied the benches and island countertop and made the lights out of little vials I found at Michaels
Kichen Lights from little bottles Epoxied floor
I bought the toaster. Made the glasses from the innards of a ballpoint pen and the tray is a button
Office Office/Den Goodies
I made the bedside cabinets and the filing cabinet out of matchboxes. The “peace time” clock is epoxied onto a button. The desk was chopped up from one of those plaster decor things.
Peacetime clock, epoxied onto a button Another Epoxied clock Miniature books Butterfly art Sewing nook Bathroom Wine and Cheese Bathroom Earring chandalier
The Bedroom has a kind of Moroccan theme and has a walk in closet. The bed frame is a chopped up picture frame. I made the bedding out of a beautiful old dupata and the bedside cabinets are made out of matchboxes. I also made all the rugs.
Boudoir Ensuite
The attic: complete with obligatory birdcage and rocking horse. I love this!
Attic Pasageway Buddha and The Queen
In the passageway next to the attic, the chandeliers are crystal earrings and the candle holders are beads with a piece of wire inserted. I love the little bench with Buddha perched below a picture of the Queen.
The thing I had most fun with actually was the marketplace.
Market Bakery and Bistro Market and Balcony
Thanks for bearing with me on this labour of love!
