For Sunday's birthday I ambitiously tackled a bookcase dolls house, as always greatly inspired by Pinterest. Not having a handy IKEA from which to purchase the perfect bookcase I scrounged around furniture stores in Woodstock and stumbled across this beauty ...
... not.
But, voila! Lookee here ...
I lucked out on the kalahari.net Educo sale and got the bathroom, kiddies room and kitchen dolls house sets at 50% off, used some other bits 'n bobs we had around, some pretty paper (wouldn't I love Orla Kiely wallpaper in my own kitchen?) and some pieces carefully saved from my childhood dolls house (made by my beloved departed grandad). The whole project cost well under R500 and is, if I do say so myself, magnificent.
The bathroom has proved to be the most popular with a certain birthday girl who took it upon herself to potty-train the week before her 2nd birthday! All the dolls house inhabitants seem to be suffering some terrible tummy bug judging by how often they're on and off the commode. Plenty of showers being taken too.
After a short but furious debate with my co-architect (ie Husband)
It's all about celebrating families round here.
ohmygosh, this is brill. i absolutely love it. makes me wish i needed to make one!
ReplyDeletewhat a fabulous idea! Love it. And gload there is lots to read in the lounge!
ReplyDeleteOMG This is too brilliant and what a well executed job! Your little one must absolutely adore it. It seems the exact perfect size for her. And I completely agree that you don't need the dividers. Only thing to make it cooler would've been a spiral staircase between the levels - haha. Well done!
ReplyDeleteWe might consider a spiral staircase for the inevitable renovation in a year or two ;)
DeleteWow, that's amazing! It's beautiful, well done :-).
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea, especially since later on in life it can become her very own book case, filled with special memories.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! What a fantastic idea! I love the tiny little portraits on the wall. This has me yearning for a girl child...my youngest boy child would trash this in 30 seconds *sigh*
ReplyDeleteThank you Eggy! And thanks for the RT. Give him a year or so and he'd love it I'm sure :)
DeleteVery very very cool! I love the family photos on the walls.
ReplyDeleteThis is so lovely! I am bookmarking it immediately! My little girl turns 2 next month and I was keen to get her a dolls house but some shop ones are so flimsy that she would lean on it and break it. I have been pinning loads of bookcase and other doll houses and you make it look so east, and fun. I think I might just give it a go.... let me know if you see any more bookshelves around!! and also where you got the fab wall paper! Well done!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathryn! The Orla Kiely wallpaper is a colour photostat of the box my beloved OK pillow cases came in some years ago, and the wallpaper in the 'kiddies' room is Mu&Me wrapping paper. I got the piece of mirror cut for free from an off-cut at Peacock Glass in Mowbray and the rest of the wall hangings are cut out of magazines :)
DeleteI love the idea that this can be used as a normal shelf if the girls lose interest in it for a time - I could pack away the furniture for a few months. The shop bought dolls houses take up so much room if they're not being used!
wow, wow, wow. just wow! super mom of the year, i tell you. well done! and without ikea. i'm so impressed.
ReplyDeleteI love this! LOVE!
ReplyDeleteThanks Carmel! Happy 4th!
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