Rose, jackie ( our dogs) with kiwi and me :-)

Floors and walls are almost done!

I know , I know... it looks like that my blog is getting cob's web but hey! I like spires!!!*grin*
No, really , I have just working very hard on important things lately. There are so many things to do during the summer.... I need to focus in what is more important to get done because of lack of time and for me right now is our family doll's house.
*as you see*, ((( singing))), grin, THIS has been very important because I can gladly tell you that my floors, walls and stairs.... did I mentioned how much I love these stairs?? Are all done!
the paint is matches my own walls . I can not wait to start making reproductions of my paintings and hanging on the walls but all will take some good time and i am not in a rush as this is such a relaxing and enjoyable project that has taken many people to get accomplished.

The family doll's dollhouse

I am so very excited because our family dollhouse is getting closer and closer to be ready. Our family dolls have been so patiently waiting for their home for about 2 years now. The home project started out on 2010 but it has been a slow process to get it done. I huge collaboration with a meticulous carpenter , and lots of ideas and plans, I am finally able to say that *soon* my living room will have the new dollhouse set up.

This is a quarter scale ( human scale -as any thing in our world divide by 4 is a quarter scale). This scale is miniature however is quite large. I am only able to make our dinning room, hallway and kitchen with the space that we have to set the house. Perhaps in the future I will make another with some rooms but for now, I am glad I have this because like in my own home, our kitchen is the *center and heart* of our home and so it will be for our family dolls. *grin*

The home was build with furniture grade birch wood. This is very expensive wood and very fine too. But for our floors I wanted to be perfectly match with our own wood floors so I went with hand cut veneers. Wow, what a job.... many.... MANY hours to get this done and MANY waste too. they kept splitting as it got cut.

A special shrink table and tools were required to professionally attached the veneers/glue/floors.

The scale is *perfect * to our home.

Here you can see *mine* stairs and the dollhouse one.

Look the details..... a miniature lathe was used to make the spindles... no I did not make them. I wish!

there is NOTHING in this dollhouse that was bought pre fabricated. Everything is costume made to detail , mostly done in a miniature lathe.

I am sooooo excited to start the staining now.... you won't believe what it will look like when is all done............Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh