The Dining Room at 80% finished.  Still plenty of artwork to add and maybe a couple of smaller furniture elements.  I apologize for the photo being slightly crooked.  Once the room is finished, a much better photo will be taken.

The furniture is Bespaq and the mantel and flowers are from my local mini shop, Norms Dollhouse.  Porcelain dinnerware by Ruetter Porcelain.  The coffered ceiling I finished making this morning really sets off this room.  There are more photos in the Album section.

Yesterday, I went through a few boxes of mini treasures I had packed away and was very pleased to see that I have many goodies to use in this house.  A lot of it I haven’t seen in many, many months and it was almost like Christmas morning when I unwrapped one forgotten piece after another.

I’ve created several blog entries this time around; dating back to January 31st.  So make sure you see it all!

The Master Suite so far.  After a lot of thought, I’ve decided I don’t like this wallpaper, so I’ll be ripping it out and replacing it with something else I found this weekend.  The fireplace is by Braxton Payne and the furniture is the Milady’s Boudoir set by Bespaq.

The box is a French Bed kit I’ve had on hand for a very long time and thought it would be perfect for this room.

The dry fit of part of the shell of the Toll House. Just as with a previous Dollshouse Emporium kit I put together, this one fits together very easily and goes together quickly. The directions are easy to understand and I look forward to seeing how the rest of it goes together.

The door and windows are stained and covered with a clear satin varnish. I’ve used Minwax Aged Oak gel stain and have acquired just the look I was after.

I won’t need the second floor piece so I filled in all the floor slots cut into the interior sides of the shell walls with quick dry spackle. Once the spackle was dry, I sanded it smoothe and painted the shell walls with a water-based, white pigmented primer by Zinsser. The white pigment in the primer will ensure that I get an even distribution of the paint color when the walls are painted as well as protect the life of the project from changes in climate.