Getting started

 Last spring, I started working on my (first) dollhouse. After some research on the internet, I was convinced I wanted a Beacon Hill from Greenleaf. I love Pinterest and what beautiful inspiration I saw there! At that point, the idea was to build the dollhouse as originally. Just build it, choose a nice colour and done. 

The first problem was to buy a Beacon Hill. I live in Belgium and it is almost impossible to find a Beacon Hill here. They are usually not shipped because of the size of the package, even on the official site unfortunately it didn't work out. I was so lucky to find the dollhouse in my neighbourhood through a second-hand site. It was already built, painted and furnished. So instead of a construction project, it became a renovation project. 

                                                           the original house before renovation started

I started by removing everything I wanted to change. Along the journey I got more and more the idea that I wanted a French style. I'll take you through my renovation project of the past year, and the one to come! I had the idea of creating a blog for a while, but I was too busy renovating. But now I intent to make time regularly! 

P.S. If you see something in the pictures and I didn't mentioned where it's from, feel free to ask!

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  1. HubfreFebruary 23, 2023 at 2:18 PM

    Renovating is a lot of work and it's hard when you want to make some changes, but I think building is more stressful haha. I'm always afraid that I will glue it together wrong

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