Lately I have become obsessed and consumed with making over a dollhouse by turning into a gothic manor. My daughter and her friend and I found the perfect plastic, fully furnished dollhouse on Facebook marketplace. We took a family jaunt to go pick it up, bought some paint and supplies from Dollar Tree, and then the fun began!
We started with black “hammered” spray paint and painted the brick trim white with acrylic. we really couldn’t believe how quickly and how well it came together. I didn’t really know what to expect with painting on plastic.
I also didn’t know what to expect with painting the furnishings, or if we would really be able to get any sort of cool, spooky effect with them since they were very run of the mill plastic pieces. Boy have we been pleasantly surprised!!!
Our next step was to distress the exterior. The white brick trim was cool, but it looked to fake and plastic for the look we were going for. So, we used a “dry brush” method. We took some grey paint first, dabbed it onto a medium sized paint brush, and then dabbed most of the paint off onto a paper towel. Then we just gently swiped over the house, especially over the white brick. Repeated with some white, and then some black. Then, glued on some little foliage from Dollar Tree!
