Our Doll Kitchen

The kitchen in our dollhouse has taken many forms over the years.

This was the first version.  This was back in 2012, not long after

Our first 2 dolls, Grace and Emma, came to live with us.

Then my husband helped me construct this stove.

The addition of the stove was a huge improvement.

Sophie was 8 and she loved her doll kitchen.

After the new dollhouse was built, the kitchen was updated again.

Most recently, the kitchen looked like this.

A few months ago I found the maple drop-leaf table.

More recently, I found the wood cabinet in the center.  

This wood addition made me think about redoing 

our kitchen in a more traditional style.

Our Molly is the one who spends most of her time 

in the kitchen, so I looked at 1940's kitchen styles.

This is actually from the 1930's, but I loved it.

Then I found this image of a 1940's stove.

AND, here is our stove now.

The wood cabinet that started all this.

I love my egg basket!!

I made these eggs from polymer clay.

I had purchased this fabric months ago, just because I loved it.

Ever since, I wondered what I would use it for.

When I rummaged through my fabric and saw it, I knew!

These butterflies would be for the new kitchen.

A matching dish towel.

I made this rug out of some coordinating fabric.

I will have a tutorial for this rug at the bottom of this post.

BEFORE and...

AFTER.

Our new kitchen!

RUG TUTORIAL

For the rug I cut a piece of fabric about 12 inches long

and 8 inches wide. I turned down a

 single fold and hemmed the long sides.

Then I lay my fabric on a hard surface and 

using a pin I start to scrape at the rough edge.

Just continue pulling out strands of fabric until you have a fringe.

VOILA!

I used this same technique to make my dish towel.