Everything and the Kitchen Sink

 Why must I make things harder for myself? If I would just go down to classic scale I'd have all the wonderful doll furniture at my fingertips. But I just like traditional models better so therefore everything must be 1:9 scale instead. I've found for small things like food and dishes you can bend the rules, the scales are close enough small things look okay. Not the case with furniture... So now that I've made tables and desks that got me thinking I wanted a kitchen for my not even constructed dollhouse. Because reasons. Anyway I've been working on cabinets and got those pretty close to done so I felt it was time to have a kitchen sink too.

The faucet swivels and everything. I bought some miniature hinges and drawer knobs so once I get these painted up I can assemble them. I even designed in indents for the knobs to go in. The mark of high quality dollhouse pieces is functionality so the cabinets must have doors and drawers that open and close! Eventually these stls will make it onto thingiverse once I get them finished! Also, while I don't have many listings on my etsy shop, it is open and I am taking custom orders so if something you want isn't listed, just ask! 😁

Painting 3D prints

 The table I posted last week was a 3D print that I painted to make look even cooler. Painting 3D prints is relatively easy and requires a few supplies! It's a great way to rescue a print that may be a bit wonky.

Primer: I use rustoleum sand-able primer. I'm biased though...

Sand paper: to sand down any rough spots.

Paint: Once primed you can use acrylics or continue with spray paints. It really depends on the finish you want.

Painting with acrylics:

The table and chairs started out in a bit of rough shape. They were all rejects. The chairs were missing their crossbar between the legs because it broke out while removing support. The table had a massive bit of stinging right through the top. I sanded the top down a bunch until it felt smooth.

Then I gave everything a healthy coat of primer. Sanded, then primed again. 

(Here's one of the places I might of changed my process. The chairs turned out to be an absolute pain to paint especially since I wanted to two-tone them. Ideally I would have spray painted on an appropriate color for the backs and legs to make life easier.) Instead I painstakingly painted on 3 coats of white acrylic paint before giving up because it just wouldn't hide well and putting the light blue paint on top.

To make the wood look I used light coats of various brown acrylics (raw sienna, yellow ochre, burnt umber) to create depth of color and by keeping my brush strokes going in the same direction it mimicked a wood grain. I finished it off with a coat of polyurethane in clear satin.

The blue was some leftover rustoluem chalked in serenity blue (my favorite color of the ones we made). 

The doughnuts and plates came from hobby lobby. The cups and coffee pot were bought from factory direct crafts online. Luckily it seems like a lot of 1:12 food stuff can pass for 1:9 scale.

Breakfast

We're on Thingiverse!

I've uploaded a few of my designs, when I have the motivation I might add more. I'm not sure when I will have the motivation to make more stuff but fortunately, if you have access to a 3D printer, you can get your fix of handcraftedbykari goodies! Everything is for non-commercial use which I hope everyone will respect. You can visit my page via this link: https://www.thingiverse.com/handcraftedbykari/designs

I've been very productive during my little break, I finally finished the lapghan I was working on!

And a picture of Soup to make everyone's day better!