Dollhouse - Wallpaper, Porch Swing, and Other Stuff

I have been working like crazy trying to get stuff done on my dollhouse before the babies born because I know after he's born I won't have much time for it for awhile.  We moved my dollhouse up to our room when we had our garage sale because we needed to use the table it was on and have left it up there since then.  We will be moving it back down to the garage again soon, but for now I have LOVED having it in our room!  I have changed my strategy slightly, I am trying to finish all the wallpaper in all the rooms first, then I will work on the flooring in all the rooms, then the trim, and then I will work on furnishing and filling it with all the things I want.   To help accomplish that purpose, I removed all the furniture and decorations from in the house so I could have a good idea of what I was working with.

I installed the wallpaper in the kitchen.  I love how the blue looks!  I cut out the tiles for the kitchen floor and started painting them.  I really like how they look.  :-)
 

I also took the table and chairs that I already had and painted them white, I love how they turned out!

I finished the firebox for the fireplace and bought the fire insert to go inside.  It has not been wired yet, Mark is doing all the wiring so I will have to wait for him to be available.  I think it turned out great!  The only part of the fireplace left to make is the hearth so it's finally close to being done!

I decided not to do full length beadboard on the one wall in the living room that hadn't been papered yet. I just could not come up with a good way to cut out slots for my working light switches. I elected to go with partial beadboard along the bottom of the wall.  This is as complete as it can be for now as Mark wants to put in actual outlets on this wall.  (Yes, we're a bit insane, working light switches and outlets in mini is a bit out of the ordinary!)  This is unfortunately the only picture I have handy of this wall, you can see the light switch on the wall on the left (the little black square).

I installed the trim around the front door and all the rest of the trim on that front wall.  I also hung up some lace curtains, not sure if I like them yet, they turned out a bit big for the window.  Hmmm, I guess I'll have to decide what to do there.

Mark had bought me a porch swing for my birthday and I finally got around to painting it and hanging it up.  I love how homey it makes the porch look, I just want to be mini size so I could sit on it!

I decided on some wallpaper for the room above the living room, not really wallpaper just scrapbook paper in white.  I think this room is going to be a library/playroom.  I have decided I really like white!  I got the paper cut but have not glued it on yet. You can see it in the picture of the whole house up above.

I also choose and bought some wallpaper for the master bedroom, the top right room with the gable.  I'm going for a blue and white look and loved this paper.  I have not cut or installed any of it yet but hope to get to it soon.

Wallpaper for the master bedroom

I finished the chimney with egg carton bricks, mortared and painted it, then glued it on the roof.  Now to complete the shingles around it!

Finally, I splurged on a few fall decorations, an entry mat I've been eyeing since last fall, and a kit to make your own fall leaves.  The leaves were just supposed to be punched out but I didn't like how they looked so I'm adding veins/curling them slightly to look more realistic.  The pumpkin in the picture is one that I made for the fall season last year.

So, there is my dollhouse progress for now!