Follow the building progress of my Mountfield dolls house from the Dolls House Emporium.


This is my second dolls house; the first one was built from a cheap kit bought from Ebay and completed about eight years ago. Although my friends enjoyed poking their noses in through the windows to see what was inside, I just had a feeling I could do an awful lot better.


This is house number two; my attempt at improving upon house number one. I hope you enjoy it.


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Friday 22 July 2011

Fireplace & Chimney Breast - Dining Room

One thing that has always niggled at me when looking around peoples real life houses is when you see a fireplace that looks like it has been "stuck" on the wall.  If you're going to go to the trouble of building a false fireplace for a gas or electric fire, then why  not go to the trouble of building a false chimney breast too?  Fireplaces against chimney breasts look far more authentic and, to me, a fireplace without a chimney breast is naked!

With that in mind, I set about building a chimney breast for my dining room and so out came my trusty balsa wood again!

I had bought a plain wood fireplace from Ebay...

...and painstakingly painted it and stained it to match the internal doors in my house.

but I still didn't like it when I put it in place so I built an overmantle to go with it...

Now that's better!

I then chose a wallpaper from www.jennifersprintables.com where you can download and print off wallpaper for free!
The wallpaper is going on the chimney breast alone.  The other walls will have a sage green below the picture rail and a very pale green above.

and then I couldn't resist putting some furniture in (temporarily) to get a sneak preview of what it will look like.  I do like my sneak previews!



6 comments:

Maria Ireland said...

I really like your house. Love what you have done with the fireplace. The overmantle is a great idea. :) Greetings Maria

My Wee Life said...

The fireplace and your room are both lovely - great job :)

Eliana said...

I really liked the finish that you gave the fireplace!

Christine said...

The overmantle makes so much difference! You wouldn't pick it as the same fireplace. :)

Sandra said...

Great work! You have turned an ordinary fireplace into something special - and something that is different from everyone else's too. Well done you!

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