I *heart* gluey messes!

I woke up at 4am today which is not unusual for these past few months. Now, instead of trying to sleep and tossing and turning I just go with it and get out of bed. I'll tell you this, though---being up at 3am-6am is really peaceful. You accomplish quite a lot. Not to seem trite but our sunrises are really gorgeous and I get to work on my dollhouse while basking in the sunrise. 

Lydia Lunch once said "I like to {get up at 6am} because the first four hours of the day .are the most peaceful. No one's calling you on the phone. I can assure you of that. NO one's knocking at the door, and even the mailman doesn't come 'til noon. So I  like to get an advantage on everyone else:; have some peace time." 

Anyway, I decided it was time to dismantle the dollhouse and re-assemble it with the PVC pipe and the Liquid Nails. I put in a dvd of the first season of Dexter and by the time that particular disc was finished, I was covered with glue. By then I realized I should be wearing hair dying gloves. Whatever. What's done is done. I finally got tired of redecorating the house. I need to buy a giant piece of paneling so I can start painting rooms and hanging art. 

The following are photos of my progress:

This is the patio I've constructed. I constructed a sauna that's more size scaled to the rest of the furniture. I have the cedar benches inside sauna and the small dish of rocks. I need to secure the little pull mechanism. I've also planted three pots of rye grass which seems very hardy and adds a little bit of realism to the project. 

  
This is a full view of the house. I made some wonderful discoveries at Michael's Crafts. Once I decide a color scheme for each room I''ll be able to paint the furniture. 

This room has a funny backstory. It's the top half of one of those ladder shelves from Target. I was trying to scoot it over and forgot it was bolted to the wall. You can only guess what happened. I was covered in books. I was able to buy another and assemble it. Anyway, I thought it would make an interesting little apartment-type room. My grandmother's basement was like this. It had a seperate entrance, a kitchen, a laundry room, a bathroom and several bedrooms. I would like to imagine it as a little living space for an older teenager or a young woman living at home. 

 Check out the shelf I made! I've been saving tiny makeup containers. 

 This is the office and it's one of my favorite rooms mostly because of the color scheme---orange and green. To me, it's kind of mod. Do you see the rye grass in the corner?

 I'm a total sucker for vanities. I have two in my own house. The Barbie statue was a Christmas ornament. The other figure is a Shriner from Archie McPhee. 

 This is the master bedroom and it's one of my favorite rooms. To me it looks like something from West Elm. 

 This is the interior of the new sauna.