Architecture doll house II

My doll house is coming along well. For the begining of the "making of" click here. Yesterday I made the cement kitchen out of DAS. Das dries completely after about 2 days (depending on the size of the object you make) in room temperature. I did it in two parts: first the bench top and then the part that the benchtop sits on. When it had almost dried I used staples to make the gas stove.  I let it dry benchtop down in order to make sure it would remain straight.  I also made four lampshades out of cement that were supposed to resemble Benjamin Huberts cement lamps. Not sure if I suceeded but I really like them. I'm only going to use 3 of them and hang them on a twig that I found on my terrace the other day. Quite a scandinavian look I think. 

The making of the kitchen and Hubert lights.

Setting up the stage.

The cement items are left to harden.

The Benjamin Hubert lamps.

The kitchen section. The lights are going to go diagonally over the kitchen top and not hang out the front like this.

A detail of the kitchen top. Staples were used in order to make the gas stove.

Another version with the Moooi lamp. The Random Moooi light will hang in the corner of the left side.

Architecture doll house

I decided to re-new my doll house. I have lovely porcelain dolls that my grandma hand made! I also have some beautiful wooden furniture that I was givien to by my grandpas syblings when I turned 12. I used to love playing with doll houses when I was a kid and perhaps that was the begining of my architecture career? I also played with Lego, so I'm thinking that these two things combined were good for developing my creativity. This isn't actually a complete doll house but more like a "show room".I started looking at modern furniture for dollhouses this Christmas and realised that they are extremely expensive! The mini models of famous furniture such as the Myran chair, cost the same amount as a full-sized one. So that's when the thought came along that I should make my own mini-furniture. I had already made a Mies Van der Rohe chair for a university model so I knew that it was possible. That chair was in a smaller scale than this room will be but at least I knew it was possible. All the furniture won't be copies of famous furniture. So far I only know I'll make a "Moooi Random light" and a Benjamin Hubert light. There'll be a cement kitchen with a rustic dining table. And maybe a library area in the oposite corner with a bookshelf (have to deside which one in that case). So far so good. I will post another entry later on with the updates!

Creative sewing_penguin jumpers

 I finished making the Christmas presents for all the kids about a month ago! They took a bit longer than I had expected to make so they got them a bit late. But at least then they don't get all the presents together, hey? They're all unisex using a brown velour fabric and details in a olive green jersey fabric with brown and white penguins!
The velour fabric is so soft and cozy!
I started by making the largest one for Lava (4) and worked my way down. The second two were for Tova (3,5) and Johannes (3) then for William (1,5) and Lima (1,2) and the last one was for Vida (0,5). I'm going to make one more but since the baby will be born in the middle of May so I still have some time! 
It was a lot of fun and very satisfying at the end, but I think next year I'll just buy the presents ready-made! :)

 Jumpers for Tova (3,5), Johannes (3) and Lava (4).

 The largest of the jumpers for Lava, age 4, is a bit more "mature" without the penguins on the pocket.

 Close-up of the hood.

Detail of the penguin fabric on the sleeves.

Adorable Lima (1,5). Could you ask for a cuter model? A quarter malaysian and 3/4 swede. SO cute! 

Lima, 1,5, modelling the penguin jumper.

My cousin Jenny's beautiful daughter, Tova (3,5).

Cutiepie Tova (3,5) modelling.

Sweet Tova (3,5).

 Lava (4) and Vida (6 months).

 I love this cheeky photo! Sweetest sisters in the world! Lava (4) and Vida (6 months).

Here's Johannes eating a yummy ice cream. Isn't he sweet? It seems like I made the sleves too long for everybody.. 


Just waiting for one more photo (william) and the collection will be complete. I also have to make one more jumper for my boyfriends sisters baby-to-be, which will be born in the middle of july (can't wait!).

Louise Kamman Riising and Pernille Kaalund

 As usual whenever I post something on here I always get super excited. This is a styling project done by Louise Kamman Riising and photographed by Pernille Kaalund of Heyhome design. Now to be quite honest I couldn't find much information about this particular work despite the photos are all over the internet. And I also don't know how many of the individual pieces of furniture and design were just chosen by them, or whether they were created by them. For example this first bird lamp is so cute. I'm pretty sure they exist out there as I have seen other photos with it (I'm soo gonna steal this idea for the future, despite I've already made alterations to it in my mind). The twig lamp is also super sweet (I have alterations to that as well, hehe). As a whole I think this styling project is very nice and wholesome.