The curio cabinet is a miniature duplicate of a much larger version that once hung in my girl's bedroom. This doll sized curio measures 8"x7" and will be a perfect place for our fashion doll's to display their porcelain collections in the future. I'm going to hang this cupboard in the bedroom of our doll's house but it would look just as nice in a dining room or kitchen if you's like to display your own somewhere else.
Our family doll's prefer a much less sombre decor, however. So I have decided to liven this curio cabinet up a bit with some paint and decorative scrap papers.
As you can see, I also need to replace a finial knob on the top of this little cabinet. I found a wooden bead inside my button collection that suited this purpose and painted it lavender after gluing it in place.
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| Left, Before this small curio cabinet was stained and it's formerly displayed miniatures. Right, After it has been painted and papered to display Barbie's miniature porcelains in a lavender bedroom. |
Supply List:
- a doll size curio cabinet
- lavender and white acrylic paints
- lavender papers: figures, patterns and flowers
- Mod Podge
- sandpaper
- tiny paint brush
- Dust and sand down the surfaces of the curio so that it may be easily painted and papered.
- Paint the outside shelving lavender and the inside shelving behind the glass door white.
- Measure and cut papers to fit neatly into the inside wall of the curio shelves. I used a purple and white chevron patterned paper for the outside shelf walls. Then I cut and pasted a water lily printed paper with the same color combination behind the shelves inside the cabinet.
- After pasting these in place, I then applied a second coat of Mod Podge onto the paper surfaces for a durable finish.
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