Dolls' House Update ... update ... update ....

The dolls' house is providing much lie-awake-in-the-middle-of-the-night, can't-get-to sleep time.

That's not the dolls' house, that's one of my birdy friends.

Who'd have thought dolls' houses were so much fun?

We're all loving ours. Well, the Husband doesn't love it that much, to be brutally honest.

My good pal, Reader 3, suggested I get some astro-turf for the roof garden. 

The man at the hardware store gave me heaps of fake grass for free, so if anyone wants some astro-turf - (not enough for a tennis court though Grandad) - just say so, and it's yours.

Since I took that roof-top photo, I've added some more kitschness in the form of plastic flower hedging. Looks fab.

We've been playing with furniture arrangement and adding some wallpaper. 

I only have one roll of wallpaper, so there's been limited action on that front.

The house looks more Scandinavian than Mid-Century at this point.

 

You'll see we have some Dick Bruna adorning the walls.

See that little rug? Well, yours truly made it. (That was another Reader 3 suggestion). Breathtaking, I agree.

I'm now going to show you how you can make one yourself.

Gather up all your strips of fabric scraps. The ones that you refuse to give to Kindy for craft as the snotty-nosed, unwashed don't appreciate Liberty scraps when they see them.

Sew all the thin strips end-to-end until you have sewn three long separate strands. Then with a steady hand, 'Blue-tak' a bulldog clip to the wall, and clasp the end of the three strips of fabric.

Plait the three strands together so you have one long plaited strand.

Like so ... then roll the plaited strand into a twirly-whirly roll, bit-by-bit, and sew the back of the twirly-whirly roll together.

Before you know it, you'll have yourself a little rag rug, for the rug rats who live in the dolls' house. 

Next tutorial, I'll show you how to make mini-doonas and cushions!

Because I have an assignment due next week and an exam to do, I've been searching for THE PICK of dolls' house furniture on Etsy for you.

These would be perfect for the roof garden ... here.

I am enamoured with this Mid-Century armoire ... here.

Gorgeous little crockery ... here.

This makes me feel ill, it's so beautiful ... here.

And isn't this one piece of fabulousness ... here.

It's a Barbie piece, but I'll turn a blind eye because it'd look good in front of a mini-tv ... here.

 

Another Barbie piece ... here. It's circa 1980s but has some great appliances.

A watering can for the flower hedge ... here.

 

Freshly picked flowers for the credenza ... here.

And the mini-tv ... here.

UPDATE ON THE UPDATE: See Modern Mini Houses blog here for gorgeous Mid-Century miniature furniture.

Fin.