A new solar light made from two old lamps

                                 


                                   

This is one of the lamps I will be using.

                                           

This is the other lamp I will be using, I only need the middle decorative piece for this project.

After taking both of the lamps apart I put them together as you can see.  I used some of the pieces from the first lamp, and inside the glass top I put in the middle piece off the other lamp.  On the very top you can see the solar light top, this lights up at night.  If the electric goes out in the house this is a solar powered light, just bring it in.

This is a closeup of the top portion, you can see the decorative white piece on the inside of the glass.  I used a metal threaded bar to hold it all together.

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A dollhouse that was found on the garbage, it was in bad shape so here we go.

  My husband saw this dollhouse on the garbage and couldn't leave it there when he knew there was a little girl out there that would love it.  So .....Here is what the front of the dollhouse looked like that day.  Notice no window in the top, no doors, no railing on the top.  The right side of the roof was not attached it was just sitting on top.  It was also missing one of the poles that hold up the porch roof.

The whole top dormer was missing, and the door on the bottom.  Again notice no railing.  It was also missing trim around the top of the porch area.

This is what the inside looked like.

As you can see in the photo I built a window frame out of wooden stirrers and added some clear plastic to the back of the window frame.  You can use the plastic that is from photo covers.  I also added some wooden stirrers and cut little decorative pieces for on the side of the front door to give it a decorative look.  The pole in the front I used a piece of balsa wood which is soft and a piece of sandpaper to make it a decorative pole.  I also made a railing out of pieces of balsa wood.  I added some trim pieces around the edge of the floors.  If you keep the pieces of wood that are left over from punching out pieces from a dollhouse kit, you will have wood pieces you can use.  I keep all the pieces that are left so I can use them for another dollhouse.

In this picture you can see a piece of trim I had to make for the top of the porch area, and also the railings.

I used three pieces of wood cut to size that I needed for the front doors and the other door.  If you look at the pieces I used for the decorative parts they are from a wood sheet from a dollhouse kit.  Don't throw it out reuse it!

Here is another view of the front door.  On the left you can see the pole I made.

This is what it turned out to look like in the front after I attached the doors on the front and painted it the way I wanted it.

Here is a picture of the side of the house.

This is the dormer area which i used parts of a cheap wooden bird feeder.  The bird feeder was the shape of a gazebo which I purchased in Michaels craft store.  You can take it apart and have different pieces to use.

I decided I wanted the window to look stained glass.  So I had some window film that I added to the back frames.  I then took wooden stirrers sticks to make a frame around the window frame so it looked finished off.

This is what it ended up to look like.

The house had no railing on the second floor so I made my own.

This is what the front windows look like with solar lights on the inside.  Best of all no Electric, Solar!!!

This is what the house ended up to look like.

I added some fake flowers in small vases in the front porch.

Here is the side of the house.

This is the inside.  If you follow my blogs you would see what paper I used for the walls.  Also you would see how I made the beds.  I also have a hanging birdcage on the ceiling in one of the bedrooms.  I used a childrens domino set for pictures on the wall in the pink bedroom, You can use anything use your imagination!!

Here is a closeup of one of the bedrooms.

Here's a closeup of the kitchen area.

Heres another bedroom area, see the dominos on the walls.  It is so much fun personalizing a dollhouse!  Your children would have a ball drawing some pictures and then you could shrink them down to size on a printer and frame them in a small frame and hang them on the walls.  If you see a dollhouse on the garbage don't be afraid to try, it could be something that is fun for a child to work on or yourself.

The curtains are in, I will show you how easy it is to make curtains, and a picture for the wall. My Dollhouse

These are popsicle sticks that I used for the flat part for the curtains.  The stick when it's finished with the curtains gets hot glued over the windows on the window frames.  Cut the stick to the width of the top of the window add a little more so it overhangs the top.

This is the ribbon I will be using for the window topper. 

I hot glued the material to the stick.

This is what the stick looks like from the front.

I then added some trim to the bottom edge to give it a more decorative look.

I then picked out a curtain and cut out pieces that I wanted to attach to the back of the stick for the curtain.  New curtains for the dollhouse, you can use any fabric you want.  You may want to use clothing that belongs to one of your children that they no longer use.  It would make it more personal.

Here is what one of the bedrooms turned out to look like.  I added some curtains and pictures on the walls.

This is what the hallway/ babies room looks like.

This is the parlour area.

Here is the bathroom area.

This is the kitchen area.

I decided that I wanted a victorian looking picture in one of my rooms, so I took a cameo pin and broke off the pin on the back.  I also used a small victorian looking frame which I added some red velvet material to.  You will see in a moment what it turned out like.

This makes a beautiful picture for a wall in the dollhouse, you will see what it looks like on one of the walls.

Here we are, you can use any picture or item to make a beautful picture for on a wall.  You can even shrink down a picture that you have  and add it in the frame for a more personal look for your child.  I will be adding more pictures, I'm using pictures of both of my daughters wedding pictures and both me and my husband.  Use any picture make it UNIQUE.  Everyone will LOVE IT!!!

This is the front of my dollhouse, I added a piece from a nightlight over the top of the door to make it look like a light.  I also added a vase with flowers. I also added other items as well.  

This is also the front of the dollhouse, see how the curtains make the windows look.  At night I put solar lights on the inside to light up the rooms through the windows.

I added some vines and roses on the sides.  The trelis part was an old plastic barbie doll bed which I took apart, don't worry it was broken already. I just added a seat on top and also had my future son in law write a saying on each bench.

I added a little wreath on the top of the chimney.  This way I will be ready for the holidays.  I can't wait for the holidays I get to decorate the house again!

More pictures of the old farm house looking dollhouse I'm redoing

This is from the back of the dollhouse what it looks like at this point, I still need to add curtains.

This is the bedroom area.

This is the parlour area.

This is the babies room/ hallway area.

This is the bathroom area.

This is the kitchen area, I still haven't done the floor all the way yet, at the end of these photos you will see the finished floor.

This is the hallway coming in the front door.

This is the area that goes into the kitchen on the side.

This is the front of this home.

Another photo of the front of this home.

This is another view of the side door which goes into the kitchen area.

This is another view.

This is a closeup of the bedroom area.

This is also a view of the bedroom area.

Looks like the babies up, this is another view of the bedroom.  Who put the dog on the bed?

Another view of the babies room.  Notice Donald Duck on the wall over the dressing table.  This Donald Duck is a magnet.  It looks just like a framed photo on the wall.

This is a closeup inside the bathroom area.  You can make a bar of soap with a piece of wood paint it white and add a picture of the soap bar ( shrink the soap bars wrapper down to size on the printer and add it to the top of the wood)

This is another closeup of the bathroom.  The rug on the floor is a coaster.

This is a closeup of the kitchen area.

This is another closeup in the kitchen area.

This is another view of the kitchen area.

If you notice on the top of the wall is a shelf with wine bottles in it, this is a magnet.  Magnets work very good in a dollhouse they have all different kinds.

Here is another view of the hallway.

This is a closeup of the parlour area.

This is another view of the parlour.

Another view of the parlour area.

Another view of the parlour area.

This the front door of this home.

This is another view in the front of this home.

This is a view of the front leading to the side area.

This is a view of the kitchen floor, I used contact paper which I found at the dollar store, they have great contact paper that's good for dollhouses.  I will be posting just one more post on this dollhouse, when I put in the curtains and add two fake climbing rose bushes on trelises I made from a barbie doll bed and small clay pots.  I just added some benches on them.  You will see them in my last post on this house.