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New space for an old diorama >>

Posted by Bridget on September 13, 2023, 9:33 pm

This dio used to be in a small bookcase and I always had to take it down. I've wanted to set it up permanently in a closet shelf for years but never got around to it. Until now. I've had all the furniture forever and am so happy to *finally* display both my Jonathon Adler sofas together! The bookcase was too small for both pieces. This is just a blurry photo of a work-in-progress. It's a bigger space so my "wallpaper" board isn't big enough. Have to whip something better up. For this shot I've used the boxes from the "Pink" Barbie line from 2008 to fill in the left hand "wall". They're fun for backdrops.

It's coming together...

Moved the sofas around to give "walk around space" and added a fireplace and cabinet. The "wallpaper" was cut for a smaller space so I'm experimenting with the pink sparkly paper to compensate. Hmm. Jack, Rosalie's boyfriend, is visiting. More to work on with this.

I've had these stairs since I was 11 and got them with a Barbie dollhouse. I've had to add books for height for now. I'm thinking of cutting some foam core and stacking it or taking the plastic base off and creating a new base with foam core...
Sofas/end tables/lamps: Jonathan Adler
Chair: Pop Life
Coffee Table: clear plastic thing from a My Scene set resting on top of a mini tub with a pink lid
Cabinet: thrift store find. It's marked 1994 Barbie & is missing its doors
Stairs: 1990 Barbie dollhouse
Accessories: mix of Fashion Fever and My Scene

Jack has brought her roses. Just a different view of her living room.
Fireplace: 1990s Barbie set, came with an awesome piano

"For me?"

He brings roses so he gets kisses, lol.
This wallpaper makes the whole picture a little too pink (if there's such a thing, lol) even with a color correcting edit. I need another lamp to add more light or change the paper...

"I love them!"

Added a wall

The stairs have a round base with a wedge cut out so that it could fit snugly against the 1990 house it came with so adding a wall here kinda replicates that. If I remove the base and create a new rectangular one from foam core it would take up less space and the wall wouldn't be a floating wall as it is now. But it's here until then. This is my 1st time working with foam core and I stuck a pin in to hang the Jonathon Adler Barbie silhouette mirror. I'm so happy to have it hanging up!! I wanted a wall to add depth. I've seen dios where there's an archway in the background and a bokeh effect happens. I'm hoping to achieve that eventually. Still working on the archway.
Oh, and I added the two Adler blankets (I forgot I had two since I bought my second sofa deboxed so it was a happy find!) and I made one an area rug. I love it! It makes it cozy.

Last one for now

A different angle of the new wall and the Barbie mirror. I'm going to repaper the walls but that doesn't sound like fun (papering is always "titchy" work for me) so I don't know when I'll get around to it. There's not enough dopamine in that task, lol! But I've been working on another dio so I'll post pics of that soon!

Lovely space!

Posted by Kim in IL on September 16, 2023, 12:33 am, in reply to "New space for an old diorama >>"

Thank you, Kim! I'm having fun with it.

Posted by Bridget on September 16, 2023, 6:19 pm, in reply to "Lovely space!"

It's looking wonderful!

Posted by Saucy Suwi on September 15, 2023, 6:08 am, in reply to "New space for an old diorama >>"

Thank you, Suwi! I started this in August :)

Posted by Bridget on September 16, 2023, 6:20 pm, in reply to "It's looking wonderful!"

Even dioramas are something that has to be lived in to begin to alter. Loving all the furnishings...

Posted by Sandi M in Chicagoland on September 14, 2023, 12:44 pm, in reply to "New space for an old diorama >>"

Even dioramas are something that has to be lived in to before yo bigin to alter. Loving all the furnishings...and maybe the background is a little too pink. With such classy furnishings maybe something updated would work better. Love the stairway, too. PS your couple doesn't seem to care, lol, so whatever! Sandi

Thank you, Sandi! I love the stairs, too. I'm going to a craft store soon to browse for new paper I>

Posted by Bridget on September 16, 2023, 6:21 pm, in reply to "Even dioramas are something that has to be lived in to begin to alter. Loving all the furnishings..."

think

Nice job, love all the pink and the furniture.

Posted by Queli on September 14, 2023, 9:19 am, in reply to "New space for an old diorama >>"

Thank you, Queli. I love the JA pieces :)

Posted by Bridget on September 16, 2023, 6:22 pm, in reply to "Nice job, love all the pink and the furniture."

You did a great job!

Posted by maywong on September 14, 2023, 8:03 am, in reply to "New space for an old diorama >>"

Thank you, maywong :)

Posted by Bridget on September 16, 2023, 6:22 pm, in reply to "You did a great job!"

Love seeing two of those couches together! You could add some more black for punch

Posted by Kathy M. in CO on September 14, 2023, 5:39 am, in reply to "New space for an old diorama >>"

Or just use it now and then to change things up.

Thank you, Kathy! I should add more black, that's one of the colors in the JA accessories...

Posted by Bridget on September 16, 2023, 6:23 pm, in reply to "Love seeing two of those couches together! You could add some more black for punch"

I agree about the J. Addler pieces. It's all coming together. Some throws to tone down the pink?

Posted by Merce on September 13, 2023, 10:00 pm, in reply to "New space for an old diorama >>"

Thanks, Merce! A white throw might be nice... or changing the paper to a white background with >

Posted by Bridget on September 13, 2023, 10:14 pm, in reply to "I agree about the J. Addler pieces. It's all coming together. Some throws to tone down the pink?"

pink rosebuds so it's not ALL pink, lol!

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