Dollhouse Project | Painting 101
2 Materials
$20
3 Hours
Easy
This year I'm focusing on me and the things that make me happy, I haven't put myself first in a long time, and if you read my word of 2018 then you also know that achieving the things that I start and the things I seek for myself.
Growing up I loved barbie dolls and anyone will tell you, that I'm still a fan, I had a barbie doll house but it was one of those plastic ones, but I always admired the wooden doll houses you'd see in movies and though I never really looked, I would occasionally browse for one but never found the right one. I happened to stumble upon a couple of these Melissa and Doug dollhouses on Instagram that mama's were working on for Christmas for their daughter's. I wish I could say, that this dollhouse was for my girl, but she's older now and though she'll be admiring it and possibly working on it with me also, this dollhouse is literally all mine, too work on, to look at and admire as my own, finally.
I took advantage of the time I had on New Year's day to paint this dollhouse throughout the day, whilebinging on Grey's Anatomy and cleaning out more of the holiday stuff. I knew that for this project Iwouldn't have to buy any paint, because I have plenty of chalk paint laying around thankfully.
For the base of the house I used Lazy Linen, which is a light grey, a coastal blue greyish color, that I previously used on this deconstructed side table. For the doors, windows and trim, I used another favorite, Vanilla Frosting, both colors are from Country Chic Paint.
There is still a long ways to go with the exterior and interior. But this is just the beginning and already I'm in love with this house even more now. Not too sure in which direction I'll be heading with the look of this dollhouse but I'm guessing I might stick with the coastal cottage look.
Painting the base and trimmings obviously a big brush is impossible to use, so for smaller projects, I like to buy the cheap mini brushes or kids brushes at the dollar store or if I find them on clearance at Michael's or Joann's then I stock up. I say cheap because I like to use them maybe once or twice and toss them since they don't usually go back to being the same after you've washed and used them a couple of times. Chalk paint does wash off a lot easier than other paints, so there are some smaller brushes that I've been able to reuse more than a few times, but its really in preference and how you like to maintain yours.
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