In 2009, I had three Lati dolls looking for a home.Two of them were 8 inches and one was 12 inches.
So I purchased storage cubes online
and spent my summer vacation creating a cubical home
with contact paper on the walls and craft paper on the floor.
They later moved out of the house
because it was too close to the sun.
Ella, at 10 inches, took over Mikayla's room.
Autumn and Amaya were much smaller than
Saraya and Satchel, who are 8 inches,
so they never moved in.
They became visitors in the Lati House.
Then I decided this summer that I had two LittleFees who really needed
their face plates to be restored. My first Ella returned as
"Summer". Summer quickly wanted a room of her own.
The two rooms used by Satchel and Saraya
are divided by a wall. It is one 30-inch room box
the same size as Ella's room when the wall is taken out.
The two rooms were taken down to be redone for Summer.
Summer's room was a work in progress for several weeks
as it took the most work to completely change.
The first big change was to use contact paper for the floors
and the walls. I found the blue marbled contact paper in a box
I had never opened. I found out I had ordered it
when I moved 2 1/2 years ago!
No wonder it stayed packed! Everything was packed!
Some things I purchased online and had to wait for their arrival.
Some things I purchased in person.
It took a lot of creating!
As I waited for some things, I also changed the contact paper
on Ella's walls. She had also had paper on the floor, so I changed the floor
to contact paper. Her furniture and images on the wall stayed the same.
(Photo has Saraya's quilt on the wall over one image.
I decide to take it off and keep the image on the wall.)
Summer has an art room right next to her room.
The green paper floor was changed to contact paper.
The floor and walls in the living room werealready contact paper. The main changes in the living room
were the purchase of a larger sofa, the Cigar Felt rug,
and changing the images on the wall.
Summer's bed arrived as unfinished wood. I painted it and sanded it
so that it looks "antique white".
The bunny is the Velveteen Rabbit by American Girl
created for Claudie's Christmas set.
I sewed a Boro style quilt with embroidery floss
and indigo colored fabric. The squares are not sewn together.
They are sewn to lightweight denim.
The navy edge is also on the back.
I found a small unfinished box at the craft store.
I painted it the dark blue. I used a printed out image of paint colors
and glued it to the back. I purchased 1:12 scale art supplies for the
diorama image above Summer's bed.
I purchased the bedside table with the antique white finish.
It became an inspiration for the white on the rest of the furniture.
The book is 1:6 scale by Little Things of Interest.
I purchased the dresser at a local craft store.
It had one more level with two small drawers.
I bought an electric craft saw and cut the dresser down
to two levels of drawers instead of three.
It is painted white and sanded.
The poster is the official poster for the 2023
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
occurring October 7-14.
The shelf on the side wall is made from the two drawers I removed
from the dresser. I cut off the knobs, glued them together, and painted them.
I added the middle shelves in the boxes and the top counter across it.
The two buildings are Hallmark ornaments.
They are of a Toy Store and a Grocery Store.
I sewed the square pillow in the corner and the pillows on top of it.
I crocheted the blanket on the square pillow.
This is now Summer's room in an updated cubical house.
Her room ended up with the diversity of art,
the hot air balloons of New Mexico
and the feel of the 1880's in the west.
Welcome to the LittleFee House!
