I purchased some wicker Barbie doll furniture recently.... I'm sure you've seen these before. I plan on putting these in the Barbie house I'm working on.
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They looked a little to bulky to me...... so I made them over a little bit. I cut off the bulky loops that hung down on the side table, along with some of the decorative supports that were attached to each leg..... giving each piece a sleeker look. Here you can see the table which I've striped down.
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Once I had the pieces looking how I wanted them, I had to replace the missing "wicker."
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I wrapped raffia around the legs, attaching it with a tiny bit of hot glue to adhere each starting and ending piece.
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Here you can see where I've begun painting the wicker chairs with some regular house paint. You really need to give it a thick coat of paint to give the finished pieces a nicer
real wicker look.
Plus the paint acts as a glue to hold the pieces together.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjaaVBUnO-cuh_HzIVFqyrjFHoSLQ2hI7s3P67B666kmEiwgqfTxqi7yRHuufkX2rkKyBACiqrwXtwKKQuwTuM4v7OZMkOpArRWSP8NCpnUDhZt8PvoFcnOR6mfkD5EZL3OZ_JxTpsr8/s400/043.JPG)
You can see the difference between spray paint and house/wall paint in this photo below. The spray paint just didn't cut it....
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I used cardboard to fill in the pieces on the backs of each chair.
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I then added some pink felt and some fluffy white pipe cleaners as the trim. At a later date this chair will get a pillow and a lap blanket tossed over the back of the chair....probably even a foot stool!
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I also made some gold framed pictures to hang on the wall. I used some beautiful art work from ads in a magazine which I glued to some heavy chip board. I then pulled from my huge stash of dresden trim to use as the gold frames.
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Caute!
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Next I want to make some twin beds using these light switch plates..... can you visualize it?
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I was lucky to find a fridge, a stove and a bird cage at a thrift store, all this was a couple of bucks....
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Barbie just informed me she wants all stainless steel appliances in her kitchen... hmmmm I think I might be able to pull that off! *fingers crossed*