Our first “real” piece of doll house furniture!
Written by admin on December 27th, 2007I must say I am so pleased. I just had to share this. Sweet-pea and I sat down this evening and worked on a piece of doll house furniture — a dresser. With a mirror and everything!
We used match boxes for the drawers. My husband carefully removed a mirror from a compact I had. Last night at work we had some excellent boxes that were going to be thrown out. They were heavy cardboard, but not corrugated. Very smooth and sturdy. Just right.
We cut out a “frame” from one end of a box, into which we could glue the drawers. Then we cut a piece of box to be glued onto the back. Finally, the mirror was glued into place. For the pulls on the drawers, we used a needle to punch holes (carefully now!) into two places on the front of each drawer. We took a little piece of raffia and drew it through and tied in the front.
Isn’t it great?? ~:-D
Lynn
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I got on here to check out your cleaning schedule you mentioned on the decluttering thread, but I got hung up on this cute dresser! You are so creative! (Jen in OK)
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Lynn…
What a fabulous adventure you’re doing with you daughter! Very rich memories for you both. I love your dresser and all of your ideas! She’s a lucky little gal… keep up the warm memories!
Michele
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Thanks, Jen and Michele! We are really having so much fun with this.
Lynn ~:-D