About Me

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be" (quote from Douglas Adams). My name is Andrea. I was born in Belgium and live in Brussels. My passion for dollhouses emerged in my early twenties when I discovered a shop in downtown Brussels where they sold magnificent miniature mansions and furniture and decided that, one day, I would have my own dollhouse. Meanwhile, I had a life. When, in 2015, I visited Windsor and Queen Mary’s dollhouse, I decided it was time to get started with my own. After lots of brainstorming on how/where to start, I went for a dollhouse kit: the Malibu beach house. this blog is about the progress on the house and some tips on how I built and decorated the house.

Some items home made

(September 2018) 


and my best piece: the living room chandelier (with working lights), of which I am quite proud - I have just not yet figured out how I will hang it and get the wires through ....






Made with this:


Better stop making things and concentrate on building the house first......



(October 2018)
I wanted a "chaise longue" and could not find one I liked, so again, decided to make it myself. I found just the fabric to match the wallpaper. I should have made it a little bigger, but it's still nice I think. It was to go in the bedroom originally, but will probably go in the hallway under the stairs, maybe.....







(September 2018) - My latest piece: the kitchen boiler. Made with two wooden balls with holes in the middle (to hold the tap),  thick wire, pearls, cardboard and nail varnish. The taps are from the bathtub I bought as I plan to replace the bathtub ones with nicer taps.




The first piece I made as a test: art deco mirror. not sure it will go in the house, it's a little too big.





Then THE piece that started the whole house project: the Art Deco club chair. It's not perfect, but nice anyway. I might redo it better later ..... There is a couch to go with it, as yet unfinished.






A stove for the kitchen so the maid does not freeze in winter.






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