DIY Dollhouse – Week 3 Cont

Week 3 also saw the completion of the kitchen. Just to clarify when I say “Week 3″ I don’t mean it took three weeks to get this far. There is a lot of work to be done, but not that much! LOL. This is my night-time, while the kids are in the bath, job. So I get maybe 1 hour a day to work on it. But you certainly cant buy this thinking you will have it done in a few hours. You really get your money worth as there is lots and lots to do.

As per the first room I have catalogued all the items in this rooms bag, which is the C bag. I will be giving this list out to anyone who purchases it from Dollworld.

After that I always start with the big wooden items so they have time to dry while I work on the small stuff.

In this room the main wooden pieces are the kitchen cabinets and the table.

Here is the cabinet done up. I know I did the drawers wrong. I first read it that the handles were just made from cardboard, but they are in fact made from a another duller silver from bag B. So mine are just white, I could just add the silver to them now, but never mind I think they look fine. I was actually expecting them to use more of the little black strips that are the handles on the cupboards. There are a few of them in the C bag but they don’t seem to be all used, and I am currently working on the last room and they are still not used. So if you are thinking of using them maybe check the bathroom post and I will let you know if they are left over or not.

Here is the pic of all the kitchen items.

There were certainly some fun items, like the chairs. Lots of wire bending to create the fun swirls and shapes in the legs and backrest.

I didn’t make any changes to any of the items in this room. But missing is the two gold cups that should be on the table. I found the gold hard to work with and creases ruined the gold finish. In the end I decided not to bother with them. But I am sure all you crafty people out there will do a better job of them than I did.

Here is a close up on the pot and pan. I really love these pieces. You do actually get the metal shapes but you have to glue everything together. To do the pan handle I just glued it and then rested the handle on the little brown shelf so that it was at the right height while glueing.

One note, the instructions mention the black range circles as what looks like a print, but I looked and looked and couldn’t find them. So I just cut out some circles and coloured them in black.

I always finish every item before the final assembly and glueing down.

So here is the final picture of the kitchen all complete.

It was a fun room to do and I am happy with how it looks. And the pictures don’t do it justice, it looks so much better in person when you can see how tiny it really is, but with so much detail packed in.

That’s all for now, until next time – happy crafting.