Side-of-the-road-find - My Victorian Dollhouse

For some reason, Sunday seems to be the day I take a walk down my favourite street in Hamilton - Ottawa Street.  Most stores are closed, but it's still fun to window shop.  Yesterday Mark came with me, and we carried the girls in their bjorns.  On our way, we found this adorable dollhouse, cast away on the side of the road.  How could I pass it up?


I expressed my strong desire for it, and Mark (begrudgingly) carried it the whole way home.  This thing is solid wood - and it's heavy!  As soon as the girls went down for the night, I got busy with it.

First, I gave the thing a thorough cleaning.  It even had some of the furniture in it.  Aren't these mini antique pieces adorable?  There's a side-by-side, ad secretary's desk, and a buffet and hutch.  I'm so excited to milk paint them!

Before

After

After a little bit of paint, it sure started to look charming.  There's some broken pieces which I still have to fix - the verandah pillars are missing, so I have the roof, but no way to hold it up.

Before

After

 I still have a ways to go with the interior decorating, but I did manage to paint a few walls.  I was so excited about the bed.  I painted it coral - totally inspired by Anthropologie.

Photo image courtesy of anthropologie.com