I truly meant to stop- but I there was an empty box.  What could I do?  So I ask Shea, what room do you want?  A Fairy room. 

Every fairy room needs a toadstools.  These are dresser drawer knobs painted pink and white.  Shea also wanted potion bottles which are beads hot glued together.

So our dollhouse has almost reached the end of its evolution.  This was a two year project and we have about 6 weeks left.  The original intention was that there would be odds and ends, recycled and repurposed  toys so that in the end, we'd tip our hats, trash the dollhouse and never look back.

A couple rearranged and redone rooms.  Made a formal dining room- although it's on the third floor and I feel bad for the dolls.
Finally made a little room for the washer/dryer.  Again, more work for the dolls.
This third room used to be the arcade.  First the disco ball crashed to the floor and it was all down hill from there. My favorite touches, the glass coffee table which is a Yankee candle top, the old globe pencil sharpener picked up at a flea market, and the photo of Shea on the mantle.

We've updated and refurbished quite a few rooms lately.  The bathroom- formerly hot, hot, beyond-Barbie pink is now purple. 

Didn't have pics of the "boutique" room on here even though we made it quite some time ago. So here we are.

The New Nursery

Possibly the last room that will be added to our dollhouse.  I brought the polka dot felt back from Hobby Lobby at Christmas and couldn't stand not to use it.

This is the new toy room. We used a set of kids stacking cubes for our shelves- and a Rubik's cube table. (My husband said- "Hey is that my Rubik's cube? What if I want my Rubik's cube?" Now mind you, I don't recall the last time I saw him with the Rubik's cube in his hand- but...whatev) Tops of 2 liter bottles glued to the wall and squinkies make awesome toys inside. I made the window from instructions that I got from Myfroggystuff.com. The floor is made from tiles from Lowe's. You can buy single tiles at less than a buck apiece and the cut fairly easily with an exacto knife. The wooden table top is also from Lowe's- it's a sample of wood flooring- which is FREE!!! and the bottom of the table is a teabag box covered in white duct tape. I'd just like to take a moment here and acknowledge all the awesome new duct tape colors and designs--thank you duct tape. The door is made of brown foamie and has a bed glued on for the knob.

Finished Bakery

Working on a bakery shop...

Kinda just taking on a life of it's own.

Close ups of the Theater room. A couple of bench seats made from juice boxes, cardboard, red felt and electrical tape, and prints from the computer glued to cardboard. We used Popsicle sticks for the concession stand and scrapbooking paper glued to some Styrofoam. The popcorn bucket is the lid of a covergirl makeup bottle. The exact right shape for a popcorn bucket- who knew.

Theater Room- because every doll needs a night out once in a while.

A couple of Colombian details...

Remodeled the kitchen slightly. Made a new table- a hasty version of a table that we saw on an awesome site called My Froggy Stuff. It's the best dollhouse blog- I stalk it. The table is basically cut up pieces of paint samples placed on a piece of cardboard and covered in Elmer's glue to give it a mosaic feel. I didn't give it nearly the time or attention that that tutorial showed, but it's cute. I also cut down some bookcases- that were beginning to lean, and made some kitchen shelving.

Made a new circular rug. Cut a circle from cardboard, started at the middle and used hot glue to wind scraps of yarn outward.

New orange/Ferris Wheel bedroom.

Newest rooms...

Put a bedroom in this past weekend to accommodate the Lalaloopsy Ferris Wheel that Shea got for Christmas. That's the room on the bottom. She did the room on top in Art class at school. Her look is a bit more eclectic than mine.

So far...

This is the ball room. I still want to add some things, but I am quitting for the weekend. It has not been an easy room.

The artwork behind the couch is a paint sample framed in scrapbook paper, and the other pieces are scrapbook stickers. The grandfather clock was a $5 purchase at Hobby Lobby and tucked into the suitcase for this room. The curtains gathered pink satiny material thumbtacked to the walls with a ribbon fringe hiding the raw edges.
I'm just not sure about the rug. I can't decide. It's an old hankie that I picked up at a yard sale. I think I like it...but I don't know. It kinda gives off a grandmother vibe... I just don't know. I'll let the dolls decide.

Ball room

Needed some flowers, a craft care package from home came with a package of mini silk roses, and we used the cardboard tube that pony tail holders came on for the tall vase. I hot glued some ribbon to the outside because it looked too white. The curly strips were an accident- when I was trimming the cardboard for the walls, they curled- and that was kinda cool, so I wrapped a couple pieces around a pencil and they curled even more.

Party/Ball Room

For those dancing moments...we've created a ball room. This is the room that Shea particularly asked for. When asked what it should look like, she said it should be pink and it should be fancy. So we are going pink and fancy.

This is the beginning stages with the windows added, and a few of the furniture pieces moved in.