Pages

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Undersized Urbanite Dollhouse-Update

There are 20 days left in the Undersized Urbanite Dollhouse contest, but I am not stressing-yet. I usually take a long time to plan and organize a project, but a short time to execute the final product (I hope). I have some finishing chores left, such as putting wallpaper up, and gluing down floors. I will have several more updates on the Art Deco house in a few days.

In the meantime, in addition to the furniture pieces I have already shown, I decided to see if I can transform dollar store finds into Art Deco furniture.

Here is what I am working with:

The dollar store plastic furniture is next to the inspiration piece:























The circles below are from dollar store magnifying glasses:





Dollar store bangles:


Inexpensive wooden fan:


I also will be adding some lighting composed of acrylic birds, and silk butterflies:





These are the results so far:
A flying bird chandelier, upside down for now:





A butterfly ceiling light:


And a butterfly table lamp (I still need to add a base)



I found these Art Deco-ish chop sticks:


And thought I might try my hand on recreating this chair in miniature (if I have time):


Wishing you only good things, Neen

12 comments:

  1. Wow, I just can't wait to see some of these transformations. I love the inspiration pictures. The bird chandelier is awesome.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Sharee, I was pleasantly surprised that the chandelier worked! I appreciate your comment.

      Cheers, Neen

      Delete
  2. Replies
    1. Thank you for visiting my blog!
      Cheers, Neen

      Delete
  3. Wow Neen, those lamps are fantastic! They look so pretty lit up!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Cyd! I was experimenting with Party Dots, they are small, battery- LED lights, about the size of a nickel, and I am pleased how well they worked in the lamps.

      Cheers, Neen

      Delete
  4. Your project looks very inspiring so far!
    Can`t wait to see more!
    Hugs
    Kikka

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Kikka, for your encouraging comment!

      Cheers, Neen

      Delete
  5. that's truely awesome, Im shamed to bone because I didn't do a thing this weekend Rich got a new tablet for his birthday and everytime he figures out something new he comes to find me and shows me what he's found..then the little boy two houses down (he's a tween) comes down because Richard has Xbox in his mancave (converted garage that we never used) Im afraid to feed him because he'll never leave (at least thats what the women at work say) He's like the son I never had so now I'm down to two weeks and no lighting..Im so screwed

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It sounds like you had a fun weekend, seriously! (I think it's stray cats who don't leave when you feed them, not Tweens, but I could be wrong :@))

      Your room box looks almost done, and it looks great! If lighting is the only issue, why not get some battery, LED lights from Michaels? Cut a ping pong ball in half, put a magnet on the back of the light and on the ceiling, put the light up, and then use a little putty to keep the ping pong cover in place. Conny V. has a tutorial on her site (a fabulous site!): http://titanicinminiatuur.blogspot.com/2013/02/lampen-van-pingpong-ballen.html

      I am one of those people that has never gotten the hang of wiring a dollhouse, so I am always looking for alternative solutions. Have fun!
      Cheers, Neen

      Delete
  6. I can't wait to see how you transform all those pieces. You're so creative.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Christina, coming from such a creative person as you, that is high praise indeed!

      Cheers, Neen

      Delete