So, I bought a dollhouse. A huge, monstrous, gargantuan dollhouse. As you can see, that is my fully grown cat sitting on the porch. My mom found this treasure hiding in the back of a thrift store, and eyed it for a week until it went on sale. I got this thing for $65! It’s made of solid, unfinished wood, with the creator’s pencil markings still showing, and the back side of the house has just as many doors as the front. It’s so big the kids can slide on their stomachs through the front door, across the living room, and out the back without getting stuck.

I am so excited to paint and decorate and furnish it! But I need help, guys. How does one actually go about painting and decorating and furnishing an enormous dollhouse? The only step I have taken so far is to buy a roll of contact paper with a wood print, which I plan to stick on all the floors to make them look like hardwood. I thought maybe I could buy a pretty linoleum tile sample for the kitchen floor, maybe a couple of those self-stick carpet squares for the bedrooms? I’m not sure. Has anyone done this before? Where do I start?