Gosh you guys, I am really struggling to get back to creating/blogging/painting/etc.

I’ve moved the Christmas Cottage to the workbench, a.k.a. on top of my baby grand piano.  I had intended to start with the exterior, but I just wasn’t feeling inspired by that so I moved on to the interior.

So far I have given the entire interior one coat of Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth to create a blank canvas.

As a reminder, the house came to me with a rainbow of interior colors.

And now they are all off white.

Some rooms are definitely going to need a 2nd coat (like the pink room), but some rooms are going to be wallpapered so I think one coat is enough for those.

But now … well, I’m rather rather stuck again.  I think it’s because this house has so little detail inside, unlike my Victorian dollhouse …

Things like floors, cove ceilings, wainscoting, doors and fancy trim work.  So I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by my options.  I need to just pick a room and get started, I’m sure things will start to fall in place.

Meanwhile, in an attempt to feel inspired, I went thrifting with my friend opK last week hoping to find some fun pieces.  But I came home with this paltry pile of goodies.

Seriously you guys, how sad is that?

And I should also point out that the tackle box in the back isn’t even really from the thrifting itself, it’s one that opK found for me and brought over that day.

The French bottle drying rack would be really cool if it was actually vintage.

Unfortunately it isn’t.  But I plan to try to give it a more aged look, possibly using the Dixie Belle patina paint.  Stay tuned for that down the road.

The glass canister is just one of the ones you can find new at Target for about $12.

But it was only $4 at the Goodwill so I snatched it up.

I use these canisters to store my craft supplies, so I can always use one more.

Last up, you’re probably wondering why in the world I purchased a simple sweater in a color that quite honestly would probably make me look like death warmed over.

Well, that’s because I saw the easiest idea for creating a mini knit throw using the sleeve of an old jumper.  I’m saying ‘jumper’ rather than ‘sweater’ because I got this idea from a U.K. vlogger called Jess Mason, so of course she calls it a ‘jumper’.  She is also refurbishing a Tudor style dollhouse and you can check out the post where she shared this idea here.

All I did was cut off about 5″ of the sleeve, fold it over a couple of times and place it on the bed in my Victorian dollhouse.

Honestly, this couldn’t have been more simple, and I think it looks great.

I could also make about 20 more of them from this one jumper that was $6.99, so it was extremely cost effective.

On that note, I just watched a video on how to wallpaper a dollhouse so I’m going to see if I can get at least one room wallpapered.  Wish me luck!