First you need a large, empty matchbox.
Find some decorative paper that looks like it would make good-looking bedding …
… and wrap up the matchbox like a birthday present. Then find another matchbox.
Measure it and mark the middle.
Take out the drawer and cut the insides and outsides in half.
Now you have two drawers. Put them back in. They’re going to provide the Andersons with under-bed storage space.
Cut out some more of the decorative paper and stick it to the front of the drawers.
Tape the drawers together, side by side, ….
…. and stick the ‘mattress’ on top of them.
Now you need some pillows:
Find a scrap of pretty material. Cut it, fold it (right sides together), sew it (leaving one side open), and …
… turn it right side out, stuff it with cut up bits of rag, or yarn or whatever soft stuff you’ve got lying around, and sew up the open side.
My bed still needed something more to make it cozy so I found this lovely beaded doily (the kind used to protect a glass of lemonade from flies at the picnic) and thought it would make a lovely bedspread.
And I knitted a little blanket for warmth.
Et voilà!
Now I must get the floor done!
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This is wonderful ❤ So sweet and beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you 😀 ❤
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Ingenious 😀 I would like to live there 🙂 But I’d probably mess it up 😮 🙂 Beautiful!
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Ha ha ha 😀 yes, well, I’d mess it up too, but the beauty of a small place with not much stuff is that you can tidy up really quickly 😉 Thank you 😀
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Beautifully done. Looking good.
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Thank you 🙂
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I love it! You are very talented 😀 These are great photos through the windows – such a perfect cosy home.
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Thank you so much Amanda, it is such fun to do 😀
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This is amazing!! 😀 What a great idea using the doily as a bed sheet! I love the resourcefulness. and I really like the knitted bedspread, and the drawers under the bed – such a good use of space! I think this knitted bus is amazing 😀
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Thank you so much, I’m so glad you like it 😀 Making it is so much fun! 😀
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I think you’ll love a fellow Oregon illustrator who builds miniatures for her books.
http://mouseshouses.blogspot.com
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Oh, they’re gorgeous – such tiny detail. The work that’s gone into those! Amazing! Thank you for showing me 😀
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Adorable!
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Thank you 😀
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Just lovely 🙂
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Thank you 😀
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This is such a great idea! 😀 I love the pictures looking in through the windows! 😀
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Thank you, I’m so glad you’re enjoying it 😀 Me too! 😀
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I adore those cushions and the orange throw! 😀 I’m glad you are feeling better 🙂
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Thank you so much, I’m having such fun with this! 😀
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We are blown away by the beauty and magnificence of that bed and bus! We want to live there too! A borrower could live there, or Thumbalina, or some little mice. The Andersons may have some people knocking on the door!!
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Ooh, it’s so exciting where your imagination can take you 😀 Thank you so much, we’re so glad you love it! 😀
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Wow!!!!! That’s amazing! So beautiful! Well done!
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Thank you so much 😀
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So cute!
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Thank you 😀
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Super 🙂
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Thank you 😀
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