English cottage dollhouse

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For some time now, I have been gathering pieces for an English Country Cottage Kitchen. At first I though I would add them to a dollhouse, but my collection has such large pieces that I knew would be too big for the typical dollhouse size room, so I decided to go with a room box instead. Here it is, and it's a big one. It was easy to assemble, and the rest is the fun part ~ decorating. I put down faux brick flooring, but decided to paint the walls an off white. The surround of the Aga range…

I used Creative Paper Clay for the stone work on my French cottage. HERE is a link to some specific stone making tips on my older blog. ...

A selection of dollhouses by artist Robin Carey, compiled by Sumaiya Mehreen

Redesigned and finished with paper clay ...

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I just finished a commission for Linda. It's a half scale custom dollhouse English style. It has an oval base. And I left room for Linda to put her potting shed and garden set. The little fairy door inside the dollhouse. The stone chimney has flowering vines. The interior is well aged and cozy. This is the kitchen. The old fireplace is the space for Linda's Aga stove. Living room. The rose wallpapered bedroom. And a bathroom. Thanks Linda for the project! Linda will send pictures once she's…

Another little cottage from my current series of smaller dollhouse. This one is called Rue du Petit Bois Cottage. This is an old world style cottage with the plaster and timber walls. The roof is coconut mats. Easy to cut and no massive mess like coconut fibers. All the wood is finished with a brown/grey watered down paint. This makes a wash of color as oppose to an opaque paint finish. The wood grain comes through and it gives a very old look. All the trim is done with Popsicle sticks. The…

Hi Everyone, I just finished my newest consignment job-( The English Cottage ). A wonderful lady from the Denver Miniature Museum hired me to re-create a miniature house I made a year ago. But this house was to be bigger and she wanted to furnish it herself, but brought her favorite lights to incorporate into the house and a few pieces of furniture so I could build the house to the right scale. I am usually very critical of my work on my miniature house, but this one I feel is my best work…