As you all may know by now, my family
has made a move from California to
Southern Utah.
This means a NEW Doll Room!
This is the new doll room right after we moved in.
WOW, overwhelming!
The first thing I had to do was repaint ALL
the big doll house rooms.
While in storage, the wood boxes
started splitting.
I filled cracks with
wood putty and then sanded.
All the room boxes got a fresh coat of white paint.
This took me a few days to finish.
WHEW!
I chose some craft paper to use like wall paper.
Emma chose this bird paper for her room.
The side walls are painted to match the paper.
Mix white glue with water to make
homemade Mod Podge.
Brush the glue and water mix on
the wall and press the paper in place.
Everything was going great!
Our new house was starting to look like
HOME!
Then...
My mom suddenly took ill.
We made an emergency trip to Texas,
she was in a coma when I arrived.
My mom passed away three days later.
What do I do now?
Mom and I were very close.
How do I go on without her?
I avoided my doll room.
I just lost interest in everything.
But,
I decided I needed to stay busy.
I forced myself to get back to work.
Max, the emotional support Dachsund, has been very helpful.
(He mostly sleeps under a blanket)
"We'll help you mom."
The girls all helped me unpack.
Molly was so helpful in the kitchen.
Slow progress was made.
Here is the Doll House so far.
The living room is done.
And the kitchen.
Not too sure about this paper.
What do you think?
The whole top of the doll house is now
for my 1970s girls.
Here is where Cricket and Mia sleep.
Groovy!
Emma's Room all done.
This is for either Molly or Kit.
We may rearrange rooms a bit.
This is Grace and Julie's room.
This room will get a new paint color.
Yellow? Lavender?
This is the Glamor doll room. It will be painted
pink or maybe a pink stripe paper?
Here is the whole house.
Next time I'll reveal the rest of the doll room.
Hugs my friends
Brenda
