Little Colonial

My first post on Little Victorian is about a little colonial.  A very little colonial.  Ever since seeing Emily Henderson’s “I Am A Giant” challenge, I laid in bed thinking about minis.  Almost every piece of fabric or cardboard scrap I’ve seen, I’ve thought about things I could make out of it for a dollhouse.  I found a house on CL and had my heart set on it, but by the time I decided to buy it, it was already sold, and so were the next 4 that I liked.  I tried to make a dollhouse from scratch, but it kind of sucked the fun out of it for me, so I stopped and gave up.  But, today I decided to go to Goodwill one more time.  And there it was.  It was painted so bright pink that when I walked past it, I assumed it was a silly plastic one, but when I did a double take and saw the wood and the shutters and the front porch and the three stories and wooden staircases, I grabbed it as fast as I could and ran to the check out line.

For $25 it practically felt like I was stealing it.  Before, I was willing to pay twice that for literally half as much house.  I went straight to Home Depot to buy paint and flooring and the craft store to buy wallpaper.  I repainted the outside as soon as I got home.

It’s a warm gray with high-gloss navy shutters and doors and chocolate brown roof and porch floor.

The floor plan really needs to be figured out.  I think I’ll have to add a few walls (there’s no place for a potty!) and it will be challenging to work around that load-bearing wall.  The living room may not get to be on the same floor as the dining room and kitchen.  We’ll see.