LowcountryBelle Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Hi everyone! My name is Cindy and I live in the low country of SC. I was a designer in the floral industry for years, I now design interior and exterior commercial/residential Christmas decor. I am brand new to the dollhouse world and miniatures. I was scouring through Craigslist and I saw a dollhouse, with my mind ALWAYS thinking Christmas I couldn't get this house out of my thoughts as Santa's house. When I went to see it I was done, a 80 year old lady owned it and has worked on it for 27 years (that's love and devotion!)! I bought it and brought it home with a variety of furniture pieces with it. Both of my teenagers and my husband looked at me like I was crazy when I had them to set it on my dining room table. I have no idea who the manufacturer is, some of the furniture is cute, some not so much, but I intend to use as much as possible because the lady that had it had put so much time and love into it. My daughter who teased me when I brought it home, I works on it as much as I do, what started as a project for me is now becoming a project that we are doing together and neither of us can walk by it without sitting down and working on it. I am going to post a picture in another thread to see if anyone knows who it is by. I look forward to reading tips and ideas from you all as we are learning and gathering as much information as we can, because...well we've decided Santa's house can't be alone, we are looking the perfect house 2 for the elves workshop 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyn-AK Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Welcome Cindy. So glad your here. This is such a GREAT Place for all information. These wonderful people seem to know everything there is to know about the how to's of dollhouseing!! I to also worked in the flower industry for many many years. And still work part time for the big holidays. I saw your picture of your house!! WOW...It's Beautiful. I myself don't know the name of it or who made it...But soon enough someone here will have an answer for you. Welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Hi Cindy. Welcome to the forums.. Beware, this hobby is a rabbit hole that's hard to climb out of.... And nobody here will ever try to talk you out of a second house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Welcome to the little family, Cindy. A lifetime (or more) ago we lived in the Piedmont, and the eldest son just moved his brood from Charleston to Atlanta. When you have made five posts you can make an album of your Rutherford and the work y'all are doing on it. Greenleaf's Sugarplum or Aster would make a cute elves' house. Easy to Make Dollshouse Accessories by Andrea Barham has a chapter on rehabbing the cheap dollar store furniture to make it look nice; your library may have a copy, or can get one for you to check out. I find that the old wide polyester neckties from the 1970s make terrific upholstery for dollhouse furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowcountryBelle Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 7 hours ago, Cyn-AK said: Welcome Cindy. So glad your here. This is such a GREAT Place for all information. These wonderful people seem to know everything there is to know about the how to's of dollhouseing!! I to also worked in the flower industry for many many years. And still work part time for the big holidays. I saw your picture of your house!! WOW...It's Beautiful. I myself don't know the name of it or who made it...But soon enough someone here will have an answer for you. Welcome!! Thank you so much! I miss working with fresh and I miss the daily interactions with clients, but I do not miss weddings lol! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowcountryBelle Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 1 hour ago, havanaholly said: Welcome to the little family, Cindy. A lifetime (or more) ago we lived in the Piedmont, and the eldest son just moved his brood from Charleston to Atlanta. When you have made five posts you can make an album of your Rutherford and the work y'all are doing on it. Greenleaf's Sugarplum or Aster would make a cute elves' house. Easy to Make Dollshouse Accessories by Andrea Barham has a chapter on rehabbing the cheap dollar store furniture to make it look nice; your library may have a copy, or can get one for you to check out. I find that the old wide polyester neckties from the 1970s make terrific upholstery for dollhouse furniture. Thank you for the wonderful tips! Neckties is a great idea! Charleston is our weekend runaway! We are there often. If I ever moved to Charleston it would be hard to make me leave, it's so beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowcountryBelle Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Samusa said: Hi Cindy. Welcome to the forums.. Beware, this hobby is a rabbit hole that's hard to climb out of.... And nobody here will ever try to talk you out of a second house. Thank you! You're not kidding, we have been sucked in, lol! It is impossible to walk past it and not do something to it . A second house is definitely coming but I told my daughter we had to get this one done first or at least well on its way, do you ever really get done? I can see me adding treasures and finds for years lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Hi Cindy, welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 6 hours ago, LowcountryBelle said: ...A second house is definitely coming but I told my daughter we had to get this one done first or at least well on its way, do you ever really get done? I can see me adding treasures and finds for years lol! Done? What's that? I actually play with my houses (oh, many more than one), so I'm at least swapping out or adding furniture an/ or accessories, people, etc. I believe we established long ago that there need not be a "done" to a dollhouse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaD Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 8 hours ago, LowcountryBelle said: do you ever really get done? Ummm.. No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowcountryBelle Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 Hello to all and thank y'all for making me feel so welcomed! I was afraid this is something that will never get "done" lol! I had no time to work on it today and I swear it's beckoning me to the dining room... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Don't freak out when it starts to call your name and speaks to you; you have simply won its confidence. Do as it tells you and it will be beautiful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 They call to you, but never talk back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 12 minutes ago, L Swearengin said: They call to you, but never talk back. So true! They are little Sirens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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