MiniSmidgeon

As I've mentioned in previous posts, over the course of this miniature adventure, I began making some miniature furniture, bottles, clothing, dolls, etc, and as a result, considered dipping my toes into the market as a seller. I did place an item up for auction on Ebay that sold successfully. As for the rest, I've added them to an Etsy store. Obviously the Hobbies dollhouse has my undivided attention at the moment, but my amazing and supremely talented sister who, by the way, just happens to design and sell her own incredible jewelry,  https://www.ssmdesign.com/  which isn't just some plug. Seriously, if you don't believe me, take a look! Anyway, I digress. Said sister, suggested that I put a link on my blog to my Etsy page. This blog is actually for my daughter so that I can document the process and she can one day read about how her heirloom came to be, but what the heck! If someone happens upon it and feels like perusing the Etsy shop, awesome! And here you go...

Over the course of the last couple of days I've been working on stripping the rest of the interior of the house. I began with the lower entryway that contains the stairwell. This one was quite a challenge given the confined space (thankfully I have long, thin fingers!). Still, it's obvious whoever built this house wallpapered prior to nailing everything together because there is actually paper at the BACK of the stairwell. I've done my best to reach all of it but frankly, I don't think I will ever manage to remove it all. There were no baseboards to remove in this tiny room, but when I removed the electrical panel, I got my first real view of the original wallpaper! Pink and white and flowery! It's possible these might have been the wallpapers released by Hobbies at the time it was constructed. I had a look over on the Dollhousespastandpresent website where I initially learned of the lineage and it seems possible, at the very least. I could be totally wrong t...

FINALLY...A GIGANTIC ANNOUNCEMENT! The Hobbies of Dereham Dollhouse is now in my possession and under my own roof! Hip Hip Hooray!!!! Having gotten that out of the way, let me preface this with the fact that I totally underestimated the amount of work it will take to rehabilitate this old house. The southern heat and humidity have done me some favors in that most of the papers are peeling and in some cases simply deteriorating under the slightest touch. Any notion of preservation has been entirely erased and I don't have to feel the least bit guilty about going forward with updating or modernizing since none of it could possibly be saved. On the other hand, the southern heat and humidity have also damaged some of the wood and much of the trim pieces etc are also buckling. Keep in my mind that this dollhouse is intended as an heirloom for my daughter. I can't have exposed nails or pieces threatening to fall apart. ALL of the trim pieces will need to be removed and some of ...