My walk through the world of miniatures. I have been bitten by the miniature bug. I love the hobby. There is always something more to create. Some little detail to oohhh and aaah over. It is a never ending hobby. Just when I think a scene/room is complete I see or think of another thing that could make it better!
Every house needs a bathroom and a miniature house is no different! I had already decided to complete the McKinley house, by Greenleaf in the time frame of the 1950’s....give or take. For that reason I was super excited when I found a little porcelain bathroom set at an antique shop. Even better it was only five dollars! I couldn’t wait to get home to put it into the house.
I experimented with a couple of different floor plans for the bathroom....it was a fun process. I really pondered! And the best part? It’s a dollhouse...if I don’t like it at a future date, I can easily change it up!!
I have shared that the room was done...or rather mostly done here !
Two years passed and I still love the bathroom! But i decided that it was time to do a video of the room!! So here you go!!!
It is time to show off my kitchen......or at least the kitchen in the Greenleaf Mckinley miniature dollhouse! How exciting to say that this room is mostly done! It has undergone a huge shift since I began!
I wrote about my plans and progress on this dollhouse quite a long time ago in this post. I was gung ho and loved what the kitchen was looking like.
I was really happy. The appliances and sink were great and vintage looking. I was loving it. But in the back of my mind I was always thinking, "it looks a bit 'play". You see, my appliances WERE play items .....for the most part. I wanted something more realistic! So I splurged and bought a new kitchen set!!!
Ohhhh that made it absolutely perfect! I put up some curtains and padded the window seat too! Little touches that mean so much!
And I just started to add those little accessories that make the kitchen come to life!
The kitchen is NOT done. I have to put up some pictures and maybe add more accessories as I come across things that I would like to add. But this room is absolutely perfect in my eyes! (for the moment!)
My very first dollhouse! It was my childhood dollhouse that was carefully stored away until I was in my 40’s. And that is when I pulled it out and actually realized my dream of completing an ‘adult’ dollhouse!
I set the era for this miniature dollhouse in the mid 1800’s. It is a log cabin and essentially just a big room! It was a natural for a rustic historic house!
Ok, and some of my fascination with making this a mid 1800’s build could have been my childhood love of the Little House on the Prairie books! I’m sure that is where and why I built a rope bed with a trundle bed! Afterall, Mary and Laura Ingalls slept on a trundle bed in the Big Woods!!!
I had a great time with this build. I learned a lot and fell in love with the hobby!!
We were not sure what to expect when we headed out for a dollhouse store about an hour away from where we live. I laughingly said ‘this might be a bust!’ But we were ready to explore and were happy taking a drive, even if the end result turned out to be a failure.
We followed the gps instructions to get to the shop and with each turn my heart sank. This couldn’t be right. There couldn’t be a store here! And if there was, it was going to be one shelf of miniatures. I was sure of it! But undaunted we headed in. We were ushered down the steps and the dollhouse lover in me gasped with delight!
There were 3 1/2 rooms of dollhouse goodies! Wall to wall. Floor to ceiling! I was in heaven!!!!!
There was everything imaginable!
Of course I had to make a purchase...or two!
I already had the stool ..but I could have bought another one had I wanted it, she had them!! But I bought the kitchen set! (Amazon affiliate links)
This store is definitely fun! You can tell that the owner loves the hobby. She was more than ready to assist and help me realize my dreams for my dollhouse. But even better, she allowed me to browse, explore and ohh and ahhh over all of the delightful miniatures!
This store is amazing! If you like miniatures....this place is for you!!!! I will be back...time and time again I’m sure!!!
I have written about my experiences of putting together my very first dollhouse as I was working on the house. It was a daunting task. It was scary. It was overwhelming. It was a task that taught me incredible patience. It was a joy and a pleasure to watch it come to life. I will definitely be creating and building more in the future. But right now, I want to reflect on the build! So I have created a short video!
