looking for dollhouse flooring
I hesitate to ask for more help at the risk of going to the well too often, but you all have such great ideas, so here goes...
The request du jour is for flooring for the kitchen. Here are a few requirements:
-must be same thickness as adjoining living room (had to go with varnishing the plywood due to low ceilings and the fact that the room was too wide for any pre-made flooring.)
Actually, that's it as far as requirements. I adore mosaic tile looking floors, but don't trust myself with picking patterns.
Here is the wallpaper I have ordered: (and yes, I would order this for my own house in a heartbeat.)
and here is where it will go in the house (lower left--I botched the wallpaper on the upper left and am waiting for the Etsy shop in England to reopen. Fingers crossed.) I was thinking of wainscoting, but I'm now leaning towards leaving it plain.
Please don't look too closely--there are so many mistakes and cob jobs and still so much to be done. Windows have to be framed, I have to create lights, moulding on walls, a staircase runner (ribbon)... I keep telling myself close enough is enough during these times. (plus, it is so hard to get supplies--takes forever!)
Thanks!
Jo
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoContact paper tends to be to large in scale, as you suspected, schoolhouse. And about painting, I probably could, but would worry that my tremor might make it look very impressionistic--not what I'm after.
I just found this flooring--I'd hate the feel of it in real life, but like it here. What do you think?
It's totally a piece of paper, but you can score the stones to look more realistic (They offer instructions...)or this one ( Under $10):
or this?
This one is super inexpensive and would anchor the room. But is it too 70's?
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoWhat about a vinyl placemat, if you can find a pattern you like?
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoOly, that pattern gave me an idea. What do you all think of this one?
the thing is, I am leaving in just over 2 weeks for my summer cottage in CT. The dollhouse will not be joining me and I'd like to get things basically done before then. This paper comes from England, of course.
ETA, I got antsy and ordered the last one pictured. If you like it--yay! If not, well, it's only paper. Thanks for help in leading me this way.
teeda
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThat is very pretty. Here are some others. I included the tiles you posted earlier as well. Everything else I found on Amazon, other than the marble herringbone which is from Etsy. The floor papers are printed on heavy paper, some have a gloss. There are lots of ways to add more gloss later on if you prefer. I tried using scrapbook paper but found it was hard to get the right scale. It's great for a real modern dollhouse where scale doesn't seem as important, but you have such beautiful realistic wallpaper I think the flooring scale/detail should be similar. The house is looking great!
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