At the beginning of October, a friend of mine on Facebook shared a post by a lady who had taken an old dollhouse and painted it black. She added a few paint touches and some moss and made it look spooky. As soon as I saw it, I was totally hooked and had to make one.
I searched the Facebook marketplace for a couple of weeks and found an old used dollhouse/castle for $10 and picked it up on the way home.
Take the dollhouse apart as much as possible by removing screws and popping out tabs. Clean each piece thoroughly and let them dry overnight. They must be fully dry before you apply paint.
Come up with a color scheme and paint the pieces accordingly. In this case I decided that I wanted the walls black, the roof bronze and all the leftover pieces for the interior copper. Do not try to spray 1 heavy coat of paint onto everything as it will take forever to dry. They should all get 3 to 4 lights coats of paint with at least an hour wait time between each coat. Patience is your friend and you will be rewarded for it.
This is the fun part. Once again, come up with a color scheme and paint in all the fine details to your hearts content. I chose to paint all the roses a metallic red and with light metallic green leaves. The clock tower received silver highlights. I tied the walls and roof together by using the same light silver to highlight the bricks. I used re and blue to paint the birds. I used red and silver on the handrails inside the front doors. The front doors got bronze hinges and silver handles. I used a little of all the colors on the stove.
Put the dollhouse back together by pushing all the tabs back into place and driving in all the screws. Take your time as you do not want to chip off any of the paint.
