Maria Forrester Illustration: Nightmare Before Christmas Themed Doll's House

Earlier in the year I completed a lovely project as a birthday present for my granddaughter. I totally loved every minute of it but have to say it took loads of time. It was worth it though. Here are some of the progress pictures and also the finished result.

All the little wooden furniture painted white

My partner bought a plain wooden doll's house so the first part was to paint everything white, including all the wooden furniture. I used white acrylic paint to put down a good base coat.

I tackled the project by painting all the fiddly furniture first. My inspiration was from Sally's dress. This was going to be a bit different from the usual gothic style. I wanted it a bit more modern and illustrative.

It was a case of painting tops, bottoms and sides. I used glittery paint and some pen also and then each piece was varnished.

I really love the telly and pinched and re-sized a small Frankenweenie image. As this is not for re-sale I'm sure they won't mind 😉

The start of painting all the little furniture.

Anyway, I'm just going to post all the pictures I took along the way. There is glitter paint in there too and metallic paints.

The inside of the house was lined with cushion covers and I really got into a bit of a mess with the glue. Spray glue did not work and left a bit of staining. In the end I found some carpet glue in the shed and that worked well. I lined the edges with ribbon. The coffin bath even has little taps that my partner put in. He also bought little twinkly lights and put them into some of the furniture for a finishing touch. Enjoy!