Although my original idea was to make a more traditional house-looking dolls house after seeing the ones made within cabinets I became more interested in making one like that. In terms of practicality it may also be easier as creating the structure of a dolls house would probably be quite challenging.
I decided to look for an old second hand cabinet as it would have more of a story behind it similar to stories created within dolls houses. I ended u finding one in my shed and was told by parents that it was actually in the cellar of my house when they first moved in, it has obvious marks and damages and you can also see the cabinet has been painted over with a few different colours through its lifetime.
I think it will be interesting to have rooms in the drawers and for people to be able to pull them out and peak in. From the outside it will still look like a cabinet making the inside a hidden and secretive world where your imagination can take over. On the cabinet I will have things like photo frames and a vase making it seem more natural and as if it is in a room. In the photo frames I will have pieces of the wall papers I printed for the rooms, displaying them in a different out of context way and also giving a hint of what is inside.
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