Fairfield dollhouse

For all my posts on the Fairfield start here or type “Fairfield” in the search box. Scroll down for lots of pics of the finished house. Click pics for larger versions. The left side of …

Today I continued with the outer trimmings of the half scale house. I felt like the eaves and gables were too wide, so I cut them. Soon I will give them support brackets. As you can see here, the eave is shortened, and will be given a gutter and bracket. This makes it more realistic. As you can see from the previous post, I had put shingles on the gable ends. After careful consideration I came to the conclusion that these were wrong. The singles were too big. As such, I spent an hour prying…

For all my posts on the Fairfield start here or type “Fairfield” in the search box. Scroll down for lots of pics of the finished house. Click pics for larger versions. The left side of …

My first dollhouse I build from a kit but totally customized Half Scale Fairfield Dollhouse

If you're following this blog, you might have picked up on my interest in dollhouses . I was completely obsessed with them since I was 4,...

Dollhouse blue & green

In the directions for the assembly of the Farifield after the foundation is put together its time to work on the staircase. The stairs that come with the kit were not my favorite. No matter how much sanding I did they just weren't up to par. So I adapted a set of houseworks stairs. Step 1: Cut the stairs to match the width of the original stairs. Staircase cut down to correct width In the picture above you can also see that I added a piece at the bottom to create more of a base for the…

The Fairfield is a Greenleaf half inch scale kit. It was probably more difficult to build than the one inch scale houses. This Greenleaf kit was a punch out kit which requires a great deal of...

The Fairfield: Fairfield 6

A couple of years ago I purchased 3 vintage dollhouses from a a local antique store. Then I had buyer's remorse, wondering what I was going to do with those three aged houses. You've seen one, the Storybook that I renovated into a toy store. I had decided, actually, to leave the houses as they were, honoring the original builder, her talent, her hard work, and her love for the art of miniatures. I never met the woman; I only know what the antique deal told me: an elderly woman who had a…