A Dollhouse For Our Maileg: Part 3 - Interior Paint and Flooring
Updated: Sep 2, 2022
After much thought, this is the room layout we decided on for our Maileg dollhouse:
Here is what I had for beds in each room, as well as what paint and wallpaper I chose for each room:
Boys Room
Maileg Teddy Bed
Custom Blue Paint
Girls Room
Maileg White Bed
Custom Pink Paint
Grandparents Room
Maileg Vintage Bed
Custom Mustard Paint
Citrine Paintable Textured Wallpaper
Kitchen
Glidden Aquamarine Dream Paint
Flooring: White Diamond Shelf Liner
Laundry and Bath
Behr Confident White Paint
Living Room
Citrine Paintable Textured Wallpaper
Custom Wallpaper from Lella Boutique
Master Bedroom
White Bed with Floral Bedding from AizulHomey
Shiplap using Birch Wood Edging
Nursery
Light Blue paint remnant from my house
Things I learned:
I painted the walls first to avoid getting paint on the wallpaper. What I found was many of the wallpapers were see-through enough (especially the beige rainbows) that I had to go back and reprime the corners to avoid the paint being seen underneath the wallpaper. So paint your edges cautiously even if they are going to be covered.
I would not have guessed it, but small areas are more difficult to wallpaper than large areas. I precut the "wallpapers" to size for each room. I wish I had cut them just a tiny bit larger and then cut them down to room size. But even with that, it was not easy to get them smooth and I did not succeed in most rooms.
The wallpaper and contact paper did not stick well originally. So, I used spray glue to make them stick better, as well as to attach the gift bag.
I made sure to wallpaper the entire wall, including the window first. I then cut out the window using the xacto knife from the wallpaper smoothing kit when the wallpaper was up. Cutting the windows out was not difficult with a light behind the window so I could see the void easily.
Flooring
Except for the kitchen, I used Birch Wood Edging and sealed it with Spar Urethane for real wood flooring throughout the dollhouse. The real wood veneer edging comes in many different widths and wood options. They also come pre-glued ready to install using an iron. I precut the 250-foot roll into six-inch pieces so that the dollhouse had more of a realistic floor look with complete. The only tools you need to apply this veneer edging are a regular household iron at cotton temperature and either your xacto knife or the miter shears for cutting.