I've been working on a couple of doll beds, but since the storage cabinet that was keeping my girls' dress-up clothes partially collapsed, I put those on hold to make this.
I followed the dimensions as written, though in hindsight, I wish I had made it a little larger. This is for three girls and already jam packed. Or maybe we need to pare down our selection. :-) I skipped the wheels for now but did add the upper shelf. The shelf is holding three Closetmaid fabric cubes which contain shoes, wands, crowns, purses, etc. I put a little 3M plastic hook on the side which is holding their fairy wings.
The actual piece went together fairly quickly -- ~2 hours. It took me a few days to do all of the sanding, priming, painting, and poly.
The design is an Uppercase Living vinyl rub-on. It's not perfectly placed because I had it on the wall in the playroom at our old house. I took it off when we moved and kept it stored between two pieces of Glad Clingwrap. It took a little tinkering to get it to reapply. I rubbed it onto a Cricut cutting mat and then rubbed it again back on to the wood. The cutting mat wasn't large enough so I had to do three transfers to get it all on...part of the reason it's so wonky.
I wish I had time for a blog, but I'm too busy reading everyone else's.
Comments
Jen Pedro
Sun, 02/19/2012 - 16:01
The shelf
I love the shelf on top. I was thinking of making one of these for my niece, but didn't know where to put her dress-up wigs and hats. Those bins would be perfect!
Pam the Goatherd
Mon, 02/20/2012 - 06:57
Don't get rid of any of the
Don't get rid of any of the dress up clothes! Just build a second unit! =)