I'm a Giant Challenge-Doll House Do-Up #9

Slow as it is coming together (only a month left, and still no room complete!) frustration has given way to catharsis. I can't do a thing about my own earthquake damaged home: even moving around furniture is impossible as it's all now bolted to the walls; as we wait for the Earthquake commision to hand over our assessment to the building company (4 months since assessment, over a year since the first earthquake). However, playing decorator on a small scale is taking the edge off, like any addictive substances I suppose!

So while the combo of earthquake damage and too-busy-dollhousing-to-do-much-round-the-house mean my own house is in a decline, my doll house is my Dorian Grey, looking sprucer and cooler day by day!

I was fair despairing over the hall walls, but a rifle throught my paper stash came up trumps. Sepia with just a hint of cheer. Going for Resene double dutch white (a very pale lemon) on the ceiling. A ceiling with no cracks, feels soooo good. And, it means I have a room practically complete!

Hur-frikken-rah!

The door is a bit too rustic tho. Needs something. Gawd only knows what. I tried painting it brown and it looked cack so I rubbed it off.

Door mat is the 'grand central station' card from my Eames House of Cards.

Hall light shade makings (more macrame beads, of the long, thin variety) on the floor by "Roz's" uggies.

Yes Roz. Send me your email address Lakota.

                     It was tought choosing, but Lakota won the 'crack me up with this toy's story' contest

"Blythe's real name is Róisín, although she prefers to be known as Roz. She spent her early years touring America with her sisters as the youngest member of a Irish dancing troupe, but developed debilitating bunions and can now only wear Uggs. She broke off contact with her overbearing parents, and has the union jack cushion because she knows it would annoy them. She has an extremely popular make-up channel on YouTube, and has recently got into yarn-bombing."

Ball chair, ball wallpaper, ball lampshade in the making (not pictured, as as with macrame owl wall hanging and various other projects as they are not going too well and look cack).Wondering how far I can take the theme? The ball theme, not the cack makings thing theme, I'm wayyy way ahead there!

Anyhow, in the cute craft cliches corner this week...

Blanket pillows!

Made it and gaved it by Miriam at Make It-Give It.

Wonderful stuff, thank you hun!

Not keen on the black paint on the back wall there. Even though its matt, it looks shiny and shows off all every little scratch and ding on the wall from 40 years of use. I'm going to cut out some textured black paper to cover it, even though it takes FOREVER to get it right when every angle is slopping and every surface bumpy!

In the Op-shopped corner

A barbie sink, and a half roll of wood patterned contact ($1.50 for both). Will quite possibly make a sunken bath from white fimo surrounded by this wood veneer, using chopped up letter rack #2, copied inspired by this

Might put down some white tiles on the floor too, but probably not this century.

In the Before and After Corner

Shabby Victoriana chair with good bones.

 Sleek little number.

Ta for the chair Jen.

and in the Magical Mini Makings Corner

Before

Any guesses???

After

                                               You do know it's a flat screen telly, don't you?

                               Ok, thats enough corners for a square and enough dollhousing for a week.

                                                                                   Bye x