Growing up I always wanted a dollhouse but never got one because my mom said it was too expensive and impractical. I would be so upset because I would go over to my friends' houses and play with theirs and always ask my mom for one. Each year for Christmas I would put it on my list in hopes that Santa would bring it for me. But to my dismay, it never happened.
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| The Dollhouse Bookshelf |
Now that my eldest niece is getting older (she just turned three), she's getting more into playing with dollies and small figurines. As incentive for her to stop using a bottle and using a "binkie" (pacifier), my sister told her that she would get a dollhouse. At first I thought she was going to get her a real dollhouse and the little girl in me became slightly jealous. But when my sister finally sent me a picture of the dollhouse, I was surprised to find that it wasn't exactly how I pictured it.
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| A look into the kitchen. |
Since they live in New York and have limited space in their apartment, she opted for buying a square bookshelf with 6 compartments and turned each shelf into a room of the dollhouse. As decor for the dollhouse, she lined the back part of the bookshelf with scrapbooking paper and cut a large triangle for the "roof." From a practical standpoint, this is genius because once she and my younger niece grow out of playing with dollies and no longer want a dollhouse, it becomes a regular run of the mill bookcase or storage case!
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| "Nabigail and Rosita's Birthday Party" aka fire hazard in the house |
Mad props to my sister for thinking of this idea!
xoxo, joyce
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