We have a dollhouse!

Since a young child I always dreamed about having a little dollhouse... Even now, as a grown person I would endlessly stare at the dollhouses at any toy store, imagining which furniture would be better suited, how to rearrange it, daydreaming .... ! 

Recently an opportunity for us to buy a second hand dollhouse showed up locally and we did it, we bought a dollhouse!!! 

As it stands, this dollhouse is in need of loads of tlc, and we all are quite happily to providing it! Since we picked it up from the seller, both myself and kidos are quite happy to open it up, and having little toy figures moving through it! As it stands, the dollhouse is quite empty and cold. Nevertheless,   just its empty walls are providing  happy hours of  play time! 

Apologies for the terrible resolution of these photos. These were taken with my phone and I did not remember to take more pictures...

But, back to my dollhouse plans... I have already very happily sketched plans to how this dollhouse will be revived. It will definitely be a very long term project to 'fix it up', but we are all ( kidos included) contributing to this project.

I have already removed the front opening to give the dollhouse a thorough wash, and left it outdoors to dry. I  also started to sand it as I will be painting it all white. 

The pink colour however lovely it is or better, was, it is not our family's favourite.... particularly not mine! So I intend the house to feature mostly white or neutral tones. These neutral tones not only will be featuring outside as well inside. I also plan to  insert some new windows to have more light coming in, and change the door frames. I want the house to look more modern:

Not only I will be changing the dollhouse's features as I have also draw some plans about the furniture, which will mostly be quite modern. Whilst I searched online about 'modern dollhouse furniture', a whole new world was shown! I was completely stunned by the miniature world that I discovered.... Happily I found that I am not alone in up-doing Dollhouses! There are so many different blogs and Youtube channels featuring tutorials in how to paint, wallpaper and actually building miniature dollhouses and furniture. 

I updated my blog Library to feature these new sources of tutorials.  There is this 'modern dollhouse' world online that I was completely unaware! I was a bit daunted about  how I should venture into this new hobby, but I am not alone in this.... I will present my adventures in this new found hobby of mine as often as possible. This is a long term project, and hopeful I will be posting about my progress often....