Some of you may remember before Christmas last year we embarked on a little doll house make over for our little Chloe. We decided to go with a smaller sized, second hand doll house as I just couldn’t find one that I absolutely LOVED considering her age {2.5 at the time} and we weren’t sure how much she’d play with it since she loves cars and trains and blocks and duplo and her play kitchen.
So we searched Gumtree for ages to find a perfect wooden dollhouse to do up and give her for Christmas. After a while we found this cutie for $40 but I seriously didn’t love the paint colours {bad photo, but it was a super hot pink and a really bright purple} so I decided to paint it so it would match her room a little more with some softer colours in pink, this lovely bluey aqua and white.
It was fairly easy to paint, we just took it apart and painted it piece by piece and then put it back together.
For the furniture I decided to go with Le Toy Van – the quality of these doll house toys is very good, particularly for a younger child. They’re quite sturdy and not too fragile.
For the dolls, Chloe was in love with her little Sylvannian family – so we just went with those.
And she loves it 🙂 And I love that she loves it.
And it is the perfect size for her for now.
I love that it is more the kind of dollhouse I imagined as her first ever dollhouse. I also love that we spent a little time doing it up for her. It’s not perfect {we’re not the best at spray paint and I touch up painted the white trim as well} but she loves it and that’s all that matters :o}
So there is our little mini makeover of our sweet girls dollhouse 🙂 There are some great bargains out there on wooden dollhouses! Maybe there is one out there waiting for you to makeover?!
So cute! You did a great job on the house. I love that it’s something made with love by you guys for your daughter. My two and a half year old loves her sylvania family too :)She has a house (which was mine from when I was a kid!) and a family/few bits of furniture. She is so loving and gentle with it all, I was quite suprised as she also loves cars/trains/running around with balls haha
Thank you Bec!! How gorgeous that your daughter has your house! I grew up with a gorgeous gorgeous one that my mum put together piece by piece. Unfortunately my mum doesn’t have it anymore so we decided to go with this, one day I’d love one that we put together together, with lights that work and all that (like mine did) – I think it will be nice as a mother/daughter project! 🙂
Oh, I’ve been wondering about your doll-house and what furniture you went with – I remember when you posted that pic back in December. It looks super-cute!! x
Thats so sweet. I am sure she will love it for ages. My daughter has one taht my dad made me when i was young. She is forever playing with it. I hunted for furniture for ages that didn’t cost a fortune and Aldi came out with some great pieces 😉
Oh have to love Aldi huh Bec?! We are getting Aldi here in the next couple of year 🙂 Yay! How lovely that your daughter has one that your dad made when you were young. Gorgeous! x
I was just thinking about this the other day because I remember seeing the pic you posted last year! It looks absolutely stunning, I love the colours you chose. I was just wondering what sort of paint you used to paint it? We have toy wooden stables that desperately need a makeover, but I wasn’t sure what sort of paint to buy!
Thank you so much Adele!! We used spray paint! It worked a treat but hubby is pretty good at it and doesn’t over spray like I do and get a drippy finish! 🙂 x
It’s gorgeous Bianca! I’ve been hunting on and off on Gumtree too for one for my little one. I love the makeover you gave Chloe’s… was it wooden? I am definitely going to keep searching for one now. Thanks for the tips re: good furniture and dolls x
So cute! You did a great job on the house. I love that it’s something made with love by you guys for your daughter.
My two and a half year old loves her sylvania family too :)She has a house (which was mine from when I was a kid!) and a family/few bits of furniture. She is so loving and gentle with it all, I was quite suprised as she also loves cars/trains/running around with balls haha
Thank you Bec!! How gorgeous that your daughter has your house! I grew up with a gorgeous gorgeous one that my mum put together piece by piece. Unfortunately my mum doesn’t have it anymore so we decided to go with this, one day I’d love one that we put together together, with lights that work and all that (like mine did) – I think it will be nice as a mother/daughter project! 🙂
You have done a wonderful job renovating this lovely house for your daughter. I’m sure she will have hours of fun with it.
Thank you so much Gina! She does love it so I am super happy! 🙂
Oh, I’ve been wondering about your doll-house and what furniture you went with – I remember when you posted that pic back in December. It looks super-cute!! x
Thank you so much Nikki! Nothing like yours but I’m super happy she loves it 🙂
Thats so sweet. I am sure she will love it for ages. My daughter has one taht my dad made me when i was young. She is forever playing with it. I hunted for furniture for ages that didn’t cost a fortune and Aldi came out with some great pieces 😉
Oh have to love Aldi huh Bec?! We are getting Aldi here in the next couple of year 🙂 Yay!
How lovely that your daughter has one that your dad made when you were young. Gorgeous! x
I was just thinking about this the other day because I remember seeing the pic you posted last year! It looks absolutely stunning, I love the colours you chose. I was just wondering what sort of paint you used to paint it? We have toy wooden stables that desperately need a makeover, but I wasn’t sure what sort of paint to buy!
Thank you so much Adele!! We used spray paint! It worked a treat but hubby is pretty good at it and doesn’t over spray like I do and get a drippy finish! 🙂 x
It’s gorgeous Bianca! I’ve been hunting on and off on Gumtree too for one for my little one. I love the makeover you gave Chloe’s… was it wooden? I am definitely going to keep searching for one now. Thanks for the tips re: good furniture and dolls x
Thank you so much Amanda! Yes it is wooden 🙂 There are so many GORGEOUS ones on gumtree, I hope you find one that you love! x