Saturday, November 1, 2014

Minor Changes - Barbie's House

My Barbie house needs more attention, unfortunately I haven't had the time to devote to this project. I have been making the most out of small moments here and there to add a feature or two. I am actively searching for furniture and plants on my shopping trips to antique stores and  scour ebay.


The bookcase house isn't that deep - 12" to be exact - and that means large furniture pieces are not an option. I found a backdrop of a fireplace and printed it out. It's too short to extend the height of the wall, I will need to print another copy and use a solid piece of the brick to fill in the lower portion.


Temporarily the dolls are using a crate for a coffee table. It is difficult to find vintage furniture and it takes more time than I currently have available to begin making furniture for this living room/kitchen.
 

Ken has no dresser or nightstand, space is limited in his bedroom too. I made a SIMPLE wall unit using large craft sticks. I have yet to paint and accessorize it. I think it's a good alternative to large bulky furniture piece.


Ah the kitchen! I have no space whatsoever for bulky boxy appliances. I colored then printed out an old appliance ad. The refrigerator is 11" and doesn't hit to the floor. Once I have a table in place, I'm hoping the lower areas will be covered. It is the height of the appliances I am most concerned with. When the dolls stand near them, the scale needs to be right.

More updates as time allows.

3 comments:

  1. I like your printout solutions for your small rooms. Couldn't you resize the photos and print on business size paper? Or even on two pieces of paper and piece them together.

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    1. *From Julie's doll mom:*

      I've been wantng to do this w/ Julie's kitchen scene. I'm thinking of of copying the appliances and enlarging them in 2 parts for a full 18" doll size.

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    2. Yes ....LOL I don't have legal size paper so I made do. In fact I have since added the lower piece to the fireplace. The appliances are more tricky because they get WIDER when they get LONGER, I already had to trim 1/2" off vertically from the refrigerator. This is a kind of "figure it out" as you go along thing.

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