Vintage Dollhouse Bookcase

by Country Chic Paint

3 Materials

Cait from Little City Farmhouse used Vintage Cupcake, Vanilla Frosting, and Tough Coat to give this dollhouse new life!

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Hello painters!

My favourite pieces to work on in the shop (aside from dressers!) are children’s pieces. When a good customer of mine asked me to paint this dollhouse turned bookshelf for her daughter’s room, I was happy to do it! She wanted pink and something fun, so that’s what we did!

It was a fairly simple paint job, with big results. The dollhouse was a dingy white, with pen and marker all over it, but a vintage piece in good structural condition. I painted the outside and trim in Vintage Cupcake and the interior with Vanilla Frosting. I did two coats of each colour.

Children’s pieces tend to get a little more wear than other pieces, so I gave the entire piece (including the papered back) two coats of Tough Coat.

This little bookshelf is too sweet! It was a great way to repurpose a piece that was once a toy into something useful for a little girl’s room! It’s always amazing what a little paint can do!

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William on Oct 19, 2016
WOW! It's so lovely! Love the muted colors.

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- Country Chic Paint on Oct 20, 2016
  Thank you very much William!
  
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Charles Ester on Nov 02, 2018

Here is my crack at it

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