Dollhouse Update

Just wanted to update you on my dollhouse renovation this week. I've finished the exterior painting and started repainting the shutters today. Also, here are some furniture pieces I hope to refinish as well and some accessories that I CANNOT wait to add inside! 

The colors for the outside are magenta, dusty rose, mint green and soft grey. I'm hoping to continue the pastel palate inside as well for all of the rooms.

Hope you are all having a lovely start to May!

xo Lady Lucas

I've Got Big Dollhouse Plans

After watching back to back episodes of 'Fixer Upper' with my husband this week on HGTV, I realized my own tiny home renovation needs a 'blueprint' as well.

Here's a sketch I completed with some ideas for my dollhouse. I was thinking it would be cute to have my Linzer Lane character Zoë inhabit the house and have a big craft room on the top floor where she can sew and scrapbook!

So far, I'm only on the first coat of white paint for the interior rooms.

So much more to do!

xo Lady Lucas

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Dollhouse Reno - Part 2

Thanks to feedback online, this process is now called 'Dollhouse Demo" in addition to "Dollhouse Reno" ;) Just wanted to update you on my progress this week:

Since moving into our new apartment a few weeks ago, I need to be working on this project like I need a hole in the head - basically this is the last thing I should be doing - yet I start each morning by working on this house and listening to the news.

Here's a recap of what I did this week:

- Dusted & cleaned the exterior

- Removed the window shutters for painting

- Removed most of the wallpaper from all eight rooms

-Discovered that the interior is painted white, which will make my life much easier!

My mom sent me this picture this week - I was SO excited when I got this dollhouse on Christmas morning! Here you can see how it looked over 25 years ago!

What do you think? Anyone else out there have an old dollhouse they would love to redo? 

Don't forget to say hi below... comments are always appreciated!

xo

Lady Lucas 

Dollhouse Reno Challenge 2017

This month, Linzer Lane is featured in the super cute magazine Dollshouse & Miniature Scene. It's such an honor to be included in such a lovely publication! The zine, which is available at my local Barnes & Noble in NYC, can also be found online here.

When I went home this weekend to load up the van for our move, my mom suggested I take my childhood dollhouse with me and renovate it anyway I like. She did such a lovely job on it when I was a little girl, I never thought of changing it, but 20 years of display has shown its wear. I've never lived in an apartment large enough to house this adorable little mansion (below), but now that we have the room I am SO excited to renovate this baby!!

Do you have a dollhouse from childhood that needs a face lift? How about a new one that you want to decorate? Leave a comment below with your info so I can add you to future posts and interview you about your progress.

xo Lady Lucas

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