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1:12 Scale Capacious Colonial - Completed Living Room

1:12 Scale Capacious Colonial – Completed Living Room

Finished You Betcha!

I finished my living room at last! I think last time I showcased the couch and chairs and whatnot so it was just a matter of making some cushions and adding a light and the bits and pieces that make a room a home and here it is.

The only items I didn’t make myself are the glass items on the sideboard to the left of the fireplace. If I could make them I would but miniature…

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1:12 Scale Capacious Colonial - Living Room Update 2!

1:12 Scale Capacious Colonial – Living Room Update 2!

What? More updates? You’re dreamin’!

No. You are not. I’m on a roll and want to get this blog up to date with my livingroom build which is close to finished.

The Couch

Definitely the most important piece of furniture for the room. I want squishy, I want luxurious and I want to stretch and nap. I decided on a wooden frame – because I can do wood things and enjoy it so much! Off to Pinterest. And I…

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Starting the Livingroom - floor and fireplace

Starting the Livingroom – floor and fireplace

I am very excited to get started on another room and who doesn’t love the thought of comfy couches (that’s what us Aussies call sofa’s), fat ottomans and fabulous fireplaces!

The Floor

The first thing I did was work out where I wanted the fireplace and the sizing.  I made a cardboard floorplan and cardboard templates of the furniture I wanted to have and tried various configurations.  I then used…

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Range hood, Microwave and Shelving

Range hood, Microwave and Shelving

Oh yes I’m catching up!

So many things to catch up on with the progress of the kitchen but I need to do it so I can get on to posting a couple of tutorials. I can’t do things out of order it’s just one of those peculiar things that I have to deal with 😉

Rangehood

So a corner range hood was a bit challenging but I knew I wanted a circular style with a shelf for some spice jars. I had some old…

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Everything and the kitchen sink!

Everything and the kitchen sink!

The first part I decided on

One thing I have never had in a kitchen is somewhere for the annoying garbage can to hide and I still don’t!  I do have hidden recycle and organic matter bins but still have to have a bin for things like soft plastic and general rubbish. I also like the idea of potato and onion bins – so I made a combined unit as the first counter in my kitchen

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I made the counter…

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Stainless Steel Refrigerator - tutorial by MonsterKook

Stainless Steel Refrigerator – tutorial by MonsterKook

Choosing my fridge

I’m back … WordPress can be a pain in the proverbial and I kept putting off trying to fix it. Now it works again!

After doing the floors, ceiling and lights in the kitchen I got really excited to make a fridge! Off to YouTube where I came across this stainless steel fridge tutorial by MonsterKook.  Of course, it was the most challenging as the tute has no written instructions,…

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The Capacious Colonial gets some features!

The Capacious Colonial gets some features!

Whatcha..

Hello and welcome to the next update on my humungous 1/12 scale dollhouse. I have never discussed a style for this house. I will be doing a contemporary farmhouse meets rustic industrial meets shabby meets moroccan meets boho meets glam kinda style.  I like a mish mash of styles – hence the name. I would call my style – “the go with objects that make you happy and style be damned” style…

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What's happening with my Capacious Colonial?

What’s happening with my Capacious Colonial?

Capacious Colonial gets a much needed colour change!

Quite a bit actually! I will break this up into a few posts because I’m guessing I won’t get it all done right NOW.  Clearly it would be better if I updated more often but I had a few technical issues with the blog and that gave me a good excuse to be a slack arse =)

The Capacious Colonial is actually being worked on and I have achieved stuff. …

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