my old dollhouse

The last time my folks came out to visit, they brought my old dollhouse with them. I was so excited to see it again! 

It's a bit the worse for wear and thirytsomething years in a garage, but Claire and I are fixing it up.  First, we had to scrape off all the Snoopy and Josie and the Pussycat stickers I'd slapped on it when I was six or seven. "See, this is why you can't just go putting stickers on things willy-nilly," I grumbled to Claire. "Because years and years later, your old self will be mad at your young self."

We are painting the outside Behr's Pale Stem, which is the green color of Claire's bedroom walls. The inside walls will be Behr's Lucent Sky, which is the blue color of the stripes on the top of Claire's bedroom walls. The floors will be bright white. I think we'll staple oilcloth on the roof, which is an idea I got from Jenny B's adorable dollhouse over at Allsorts.  But we might shingle it. I have to talk to our Susanna first, who as you may remember has done some pretty amazing dollhouses herself here and here and here. 

Anyway, stay tuned! :)