I was going to talk about the kitchen in the dollhouse, so here goes. I have to admit, it feels a bit strange to write a whole post about it. But I think it'll be a long one! Where should I begin? I started with a sort of mood board on Pinterest. I create a hidden board for it, which I then delete later. I've already seen so many beautiful houses that I still regularly swoon over. They inspire me immensely.
One of the large kitchens I came across and immediately fell in love with is this one:
So I tried to recreate that. Because the kitchen in the dollhouse is quite square, I first carefully considered the layout. I'd already decided to make a refrigerator out of the cigar box (yes, it's a cigar box), so it had to be in a good spot. With a few other boxes, I kept moving everything around...and looking...and moving it around. Even my son said one day: "Mom, what are you doing? You've been staring at the dollhouse for hours!" Um...
When that was done I got to work and made some things every now and then.
First, I removed the cigar box's latch and painted it a nice green. The door handle is made from the tab of a pen cap (you can use anything in this hobby). The inside doesn't have any shelves or anything yet. Maybe I'll add that some other time.
The stove is an existing dollhouse miniature I bought on Marktplaats. I kept the extractor hood as simple as possible, as it would have been rather complicated otherwise. It's made of wood and painted gray.
I made the kitchen furniture by sawing and gluing wooden spatulas. With these wide spatulas, you can easily build furniture, with a bit of patience. The handles are small leather strips with a tack in them. There's a good amount of glue on the back to keep them in place.
I covered the wall with hexagon, or honeycomb, paper. I downloaded it from a website (see the link below) and printed it out on some thicker, smoother paper. Then I glued it to the wall with tacky glue (from Action). I use it to glue almost everything, by the way. I smoothed the entire wall to prevent bumps (and a little bit of it even peeked out above the wallpaper!).
The shelf on the wall is also a wooden spatula with leather strips. So simple, yet so cute!
The countertop with the sink needed a concrete look. So I made it out of nice, sturdy, smooth cardboard and rubbed gray paint over it with a cloth. The faucets are very simple, made from pieces of wire.
I was torn between making a high or low table. But I thought those stools were so cute! So yes, it became a high table. I got the stools from Marktplaats, just like the other items. I don't think the stools are available anymore.
After making the furniture, I started on the accessories. I already had some things left over from when I was working on the other dollhouse. The lamp, for example, came with a set I found at the thrift store. I don't think it was intended as a lamp, but I think it's perfect for it. I copied the tableware from real Marimekko china. I used plain white tableware and added the stripes and dots with a very fine-tipped permanent marker. It was quite nerve-wracking, but I'm happy with the result. I created the poster in a small format using an editing program. And I made a miniature of my Flow planner, since we always have it on the kitchen table in our house.
Well, I think I've covered everything. If you'd like to know more, feel free to ask! Here are the links:
Hexagon paper: https://www.printablepaper.net/category/hexagon_graph
Shelf with leather supports: https://www.skattich.nl/product/plank-met-leren-dragers/
Leather door handles: https://www.skattich.nl/product/deurgreepjes-van-leer/
(P.S. I recently made a trendy round jute rug like that, too. Next time I'll tell you how I did it. Bye!)
