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Got this one for free. A lady was cleaning out her storage unit and decided she didn't want it. It looked like it may have had water damage at one time. We wondered flood. So we had to do a lot to it to get it sanitary, clean, safe and useable for the next family of borrowers that living here. I have several and gnomes too.
We decided to sanitize it in clorox and then sand it down, at least the parts we could. I already have a refurbished yellow house so we went with a green color that I am a fan of.
The photos go in order of the process of cleaning, sanding and repainting.
First process was to remove molded wallpaper and yucky carpets. We had to do some repair to the siding and glue it back in. Remove the walls and such.
Next we had to do the taping in order to paint and began painting.
After three days of painting and stuff we are finally finished with the house paint and cleaning. The next step will be to close of the back of the dollhouse with cabinet style doors before adding furniture. I will post those photos when we get to that point.
I reduced the size of the photo so much its a little wavy sorry about that one.
Walls are back in boy that was tough. The door needs repair and I need to clean the windows. I will post when I get it filled and stuff if you guys are interested lol. It smelled so bad and now it smells a lot better. I can't wait to add the furniture. I already have a pile of stuff to use. We were not able to get the spray paint deep in the broken section under the window but it looks a lot better not being able to see the water line. My plan is to get my nephew over here so he can take it upstairs for me. It is extremely heavy. Solid wood no partical board on this baby.
We decided to sanitize it in clorox and then sand it down, at least the parts we could. I already have a refurbished yellow house so we went with a green color that I am a fan of.The photos go in order of the process of cleaning, sanding and repainting.
First process was to remove molded wallpaper and yucky carpets. We had to do some repair to the siding and glue it back in. Remove the walls and such.
Next we had to do the taping in order to paint and began painting.
After three days of painting and stuff we are finally finished with the house paint and cleaning. The next step will be to close of the back of the dollhouse with cabinet style doors before adding furniture. I will post those photos when we get to that point.
I reduced the size of the photo so much its a little wavy sorry about that one.
Walls are back in boy that was tough. The door needs repair and I need to clean the windows. I will post when I get it filled and stuff if you guys are interested lol. It smelled so bad and now it smells a lot better. I can't wait to add the furniture. I already have a pile of stuff to use. We were not able to get the spray paint deep in the broken section under the window but it looks a lot better not being able to see the water line. My plan is to get my nephew over here so he can take it upstairs for me. It is extremely heavy. Solid wood no partical board on this baby.
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