Log cabin: Remodel

My grandfather made a dollhouse years before I was born. (My father said it was made in the 50's or 60's).  At some time in the 70's my grandfather (Pappy Clingan) gave the house to me.  There was no furniture, so my brother and I created furniture for it and my parents gifted me some items.  I played with the house.

In my adulthood, I noticed the house in storage and my dreaming began.  I dreamed of changes and plans.  The dollhouse was not at all scale and would pose challenges but it was always a dream of mine to 'do it up right'.   I worked on the Harry Hockenberry House and said that I would do Pappy Clingans house next....but years went by and no work was done.

It wasn't until I visited an art museum and went on the docent guided tour of the dollhouses that I got the urge and the motivation at the same time.  I came home from that vacation and started immediately!

I was/am a total novice at this process and very quickly learned that some of my steps were not exactly in the right order.  Oh well.....learning.

First up was flooring.  (Would have been much easier to paint first!)

The flooring went well and I rolled right into creating a fireplace.   What log cabin can exist without a fireplace??????

Or two fireplaces...they needed a fireplace upstairs too right????

Everything received a nice fresh coat of paint.  And I was ready to start working on the furnishings!  It was time to make this dollhouse a home!