Molly and Mia decided months ago that they wanted a dollhouse for Christmas. I started doing some research for Santa, of course. It seemed that no one sold finished wood dollhouses anymore (at least, not at an affordable price). There were a lot of plastic ones, but they looked flimsy. Kits were also expensive, and I found them to be risky. So, we decided to get a bit creative and lend Santa a hand this year. My parents brought over my childhood dollhouse, which had also belonged to my sister. It was from the 1970s, and it needed a lot of work before it would look new again. The dark brown wood staircase was broken off and in pieces, and the rest, well, see for yourself:

I started with a coat of white paint on the window frames, roof, and exterior. It never ceases to amaze me when I see what white paint can do:

The walls were next. I used the bright pink paint that was formerly on the twins’ bedroom accent wall. Micah cut all of the vinyl flooring, and we made “hardwoods” to replace the 70s shag “carpet”. Lastly, Micah repaired the staircase, patched up some holes, and painted it white. Here’s the end result:

They’re also getting new furniture for each room, from the Fisher-Price Loving Family collection.

I think it was worth the effort to finish this! It actually took hours of work, but it will be so cool to hand this down to our kids (without them ever knowing we did a thing!).

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