I made a trip to Joann’s after work to pick up fabric and other goodies for the master bedroom. And I made the mistake of wandering into the button aisle. Oh. My. Goodness. That is a dangerous place to go if you happen to be in the middle of redoing a dollhouse. Seriously, do you know all the different things you can do on a miniature scale with cool buttons? Do you?! ‘Cause I didn’t until that moment, when my brain exploded with all of the possibilities. Buttons! Who knew?
I may, or may not have given an impassioned speach about the beauty of buttons to a complete stranger who was just looking for a button for her coat. *cough*
Anyways, behold the goodies.
I have a pretty good idea now of the direction I want to go with the bedroom. I got the paint on the walls (side note: gold is almost as bad as red for the number of coats you must paint before you get a true solid color), the floor completed, the map wallpaper “gilded” and up, AND the headboard for the bed done!
Yes, that is a vintage map of London on the wall. I coated the paper with gold and sparkles, to match the color of the walls. You can see the effect a little better here in this image with flash.
Why yes, Mr. Figure Man, that IS a glorious ceiling.
The ceiling is white, rag scrapbook paper, that has an amazing pattern and texture to it. I also used it for the back of the headboard.
The clear button that Mr. Figure Man is holding is going to become the light on the wall above the headboard, I just have to add a few dozen more beads to it. I just have to say it one last time… BUTTONS!
Megan Stringfellow 
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