Challenges in renovating a dollhouse.

As I have gone through this project I have encountered some challenges.  One being painting.

I got the blue paint on the ceiling in the interior of the house, necessitating the need to repaint the ceiling.  In the process of repainting the ceiling I get white paint on the blue walls... I can see this playing out like "this is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friends... some people started singing it not knowing what it was and they'll continue singing it forever just because... this is the song that never ends..."

Top right hand by the wardrobe.

So much white paint not where it should be!!

So either I am going to have to get a steadier hand or a smaller brush or resort to masking tape, because my cutting in is pretty crappy.

I also thought I would upstyle this table/cradle or whatever it is I got at the Op Shop.  It just doesn't look quite right.

So I decided to paint it white.  This is the first coat.  Taking bets on how many coats it will need.  And considering I need to hold it as I paint it, not all parts of it have had paint on it yet.

Another challenge has been making living room furniture.  This is what I was trying to emulate:

These photos illustrate me trying to make it, quite badly:

 

 

When my niece saw it she thought it was pretty cool... but she is four.  I will be having another go.  I'm still trying to figure out how to put the material/upholstery on the couch.

Painting the Dollhouse.

I can't say I've really ever painted much before... apart from art projects like let's paint a picture of camp or our holidays.  So today I got the crash course in painting the dolls house.  I already knew how to open the can and stir it (thanks to many years of watching The Block and Mitre 10 Dream Home), but the art of the brush is slightly different to the class.

This is how it progressed....

So obviously, this is how it looked after the sandpaper job yesterday.

I started by painting the roof Sky Blue and then thought I would paint the interior back wall the same colour.  I won't be painting the other interior walls as they are chipboard and would require a sealant coat first and I have other ideas for those walls.

The exterior I am painting Lilac Pink which is more of a purple pink than a pink pink because I don't like pink.  Besides with all the Barbie accessories something had to give.

So that is how it looked after the first coat.  I was pleasantly surprised to find the previous red roof paint barely showed through.  But I'm not green enough to know that a second and third coat of paint wasn't needed.  The doll house spent a good three or so hours out drying in the sun by the time I finished both colours, then we moved it indoors so I could get a second coat on before dinner.

I have to say, the second time round, I was a little more generous with the paint on the brush than the first time round.  So I may have to do a touch of sanding tomorrow morning before applying a third coat of paint.

All up though, I am pretty pleased with the appearance of the doll house so far.  It looks updated with just a new colour applied.  Wait until I get really started on the interiors!