the dolls have patio furniture

The dolls all are very excited about spring and have been saving all winter for outdoor furniture for their porch! With the recent weather they proudly set up their new stuff and basked in the sun! They even found a lovely potted plant to brighten it up.


Even daddy stayed near the baby so mother could have some girl time.


Damsel has been planning for the top of her doll house to be the 'outdoor porch area' since day one and what a thrill when she happened upon these treasures while we were out shopping recently.

racketty~packetty house

This book is absolutely adorable! It was a very quick read aloud and went along with our dollhouse theme. Even the boys ended up listening in as it was too interesting and humorous to ignore and you can't beat the excellent attitude of these dolls. Very cute! A must read for doll house imaginations.

thrifty doll house treasure

Check this out!! Damsel girl and I found this little treasure at GW one day. Isn't it cute? But wait until you see the little surprise that came with it!

Isn't that adorable? We couldn't resist after we made that discovery. Dad helped by cutting some carpet squares for the palace...I mean 'home made doll house'. :)

# 7 is doll house heaven

Welcome to our girly, girl project! Our very own year of the doll house. I found the most wonderful and inspiring little doll house blog. If you would have asked me before if I would like to do this I would have cringed and thought it sounded horrid, but once I saw how creative and thrifty you can be in the process, I was sold. I showed my darling damsel girl and she was sold beyond words. Who would have thought she would be so hyped up for it? This will be perfect for us now that we have finished the most intense part of her brother's chemotherapy, as I knew that we would need to spend some special time together. I (we) are so excited to begin her 7th year and beyond building fun memories together and bonding our relationship even stronger. We invite you to enjoy our adventure and hope you will join in with your daughter. We have some friends already joining in. It's so much fun! In just the first process we were already engaging in the most wonderful conversations. If you want to spend some real time with your daughter and grab/ keep her heart then this is for you.

(Pro 4:21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Now if you have boys, don't be afraid, get a shelf or a box and create a boys room or a hunting ground or something cool like that. You can accomplish nearly the same thing or whatever dreams he has.

One of the fun challenges of this project will be in being thrifty and creative in developing it into it's doll house grandness. As you can see we had to do some prep/painting type work but it wasn't that hard, still fun.

We started with an old shelf we found at GW a few months ago. I had been using for shoe storage. It is old but sturdy. You can use any kind of shelf really.

Damsel girl was very diligent with her prepping of the home for paint.

The excitement is building!

Here's two dolls that we discovered we already had that she bought last year. They are very happy to be moving in and start decorating.

Here is the finished product. The kitchen has been painted blue, one room has been wall papered (got that at gw real cheap) and we already had a very cute chair for one of the girls to sit on.

We'll let you know more next time on the doll house adventures!