My Miniature Project
One of the benefits of growing up as an only child is that I found thousands of ways to have fun by myself. When I was little, many days were spent working and playing with this dollhouse. I loved doing anything that involved using my imagination and creativity. When we moved to Korea we brought the dollhouse and all its belongings with us, but since then it has been left in a box out on the balcony - until this summer that is, when I decided to begin working on it again.
Deciding to pick it up again was a pretty random coincidence. I was walking with my cousin in Insadong on a summer afternoon in June when we ran across a miniature Korean furniture making kit. It sparked the idea that I should refurnish my house with a Korean touch to it to make it more like my own European-Korean influenced home. That afternoon I thought about nothing else and Liza and I did a lot of brainstorming for ideas. When I came home I somehow managed to drag all the boxes down and began cleaning and setting up the dusty and sun-faded house. Most of the rooms look completely different from what they did 10 years ago, but in the end it didn't end up being as Asian as I wanted it (don't be disappointed Liza!), because I have a lot of furniture that's been passed down that I wanted to make use of.
SO.. my dollhouse and I go way back and it's a very personal item of mine that I'll probably still cherish when i'm 80 and wrinkly. Some may think it's childish, but I love being able to create a whole world out of things others would only see as trash.
Click the links below to see detailed pictures of the rooms.
Louise's Room
Living Room
Kitchen
The Parlour
The Bathroom
The Master Bedroom
The Nursery
The Study