Sunday 14 September 2014

Creating a Sylvanian Home (Part 1)

When I first started collecting SF, I'd intended to complete the home of my Wildwood family first before moving on to build the rest of my village. Sad to say, that hasn't happened yet because I keep coming across retired items I feel I needed to buy immediately because they are well.. hard to find.

It's boring to just take pictures for reviews. I'd love to take pictures that tell a story but I can't do that because of the lack of props and settings. So I've decided I will finally concentrate on finishing my Wildwoods' home!

My Wildwoods are from the Celebration Set by Flair; which comes with an additional older brother and sister, as well as a baby:


Kinda disappointed that the older brother's clothes isn't the same as the picture on the box. He came in overalls similar to his father's. The little brother's and older sister's clothes are different too. Damn Flair and their often misleading stock pics ;(


As you can tell, my Wildwood family is pretty big so they're going to need a huge house! I also plan for Grandpa and Grandma Wildwood to live in with the rest of the family so that'll be 9 of them sharing the same house!

The first house I ever gotten was the Beechwood Hall (also known as Willow Hall or City House with lights). It's funny how all the SF houses look huge but in reality they are pretty small and cramped once you start placing furniture in it. But that's the beauty of SF; they're not supposed to be exactly to scale.




With 4 rooms (or 5 if you count the little side room as 1) you'd expect it to be big enough for a standard SF family of 4, but apparently not. I had gotten this Luxury Master Bedroom Furniture Set and there was more than enough furniture to take up both rooms on the top level!



Not enough room for a bathtub!

This house is definitely too small for my Wildwood Family. Or at least, for the way I'd like to place my furniture. Not to worry though, because the Beechwood Hall house can be combined with the SF House with Car Porch to form a bigger house like so:

I love the idea of the car porch. It reminds me alot of my aunt's house in The Philippines.

Honestly, I quite like the original color of the houses. I think the cream walls and the red roof is a great combination. However, they don't seem to be the same shade of cream in real life. Also some of the windows come in white whereas some are the same color as the walls. Inconsistencies bother me because I'm such a perfectionist :(

I could just paint all the windows the same color but how about painting the house in an entirely different color?

I'd love for some green windows. Below are my choices for the color scheme of the exterior. I think it'd suit my Wildwoods very well:

Initially, I was pretty skeptical about customizing my own SF house because 1. I kinda like them in their original state 2. I might screw up and end up with something that looks worst than it originally was.

But seeing bbqweasel's work inspires me so much to want to try. Afterall, the whole idea of SF is so that we can use our imagination!

How do you feel about customizing your own Sylvanian home?

12 comments:

  1. I love customizing :D, because I think the original SF houses look very empty. There must be more colour to get a more cozy home for our beloved animals :D. I can't wait to see your customized home! The pictures you showed are beautiful, especially the second one. I'm sure the colour would fit perfectly to your Beechwood Hall! :)

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    1. Thank you :) I love seeing customized homes because they all have a very personal and unique touch. I agree the original houses look kind of plain and empty! I hope I'll be able to custom my Wildwoods' home just the way I want it to be ><

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  2. I love customizing too! Up until now I have been too scared to paint anything, but after I see your completed house maybe I can build up some confidence to just do it. You're pictures are always gorgeous, I like how these gave me a good idea of how much furniture actually fits into Beechwood Hall. You're right, SF homes do feel a lot more cramped once you put furniture in! :)

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    1. Thank you for your compliments :) I've seen many people customize the inside of their SF houses with wallpaper and fabric and it looks like alot of fun. I figured painting the outside would be equally rewarding if I manage to do it right >< I'm equally scared as you are because I'm not a crafty person

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  3. I love customizing!
    I'm to scared to paint/wallpaper a house/room aswell. I can't wait to see your customized home! I have a blog called My Sylvanian Families Blog, the address is
    http://sylvanians.32nz.com/
    Can I add your blog to my links page? I am so glad that I stumbeled upon your blog!
    Emily

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    1. I'm flattered, thank you! Yes you may add my link to your page. I'll be sure to add yours too :) I've also checked out your blog and left you a comment

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  4. I've seen some beautiful customizing, which has encouraged me to give it a go! I look forward to seeing what you do with your houses! Thanks for your recent comment on my blog. Now I'm your newest follower! :-) xo Jennifer

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    1. You're welcome and thank you for following! I followed you back and added your link on my sidebar :) I absolutely love your photos and seeing all the different miniature items you have

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    2. I added your link on my sidebar when I followed you. Great minds think alike, eh? ;-) Thank you for following and the link! xo Jennifer

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  5. Great post! You're right Sylvanian houses aren't as big as they seem to be when you get the real thing, especially when you try to display your furniture.

    I saw people's customization on their sylvanian houses too. I think they are brave and brilliant. I never do that...guess I'm happy with the original look and I don't even bother to add wallpaper most of the time...

    I think you will do a great job on customization.

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    1. Thank you ^^ Indeed your Red-Roof Vacation house looks spanking and complete even without having to wallpaper!

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  6. Hi,
    Where can i buy spare lights for my city house? Id live to decorate my 3rd house but I cannot fo it because I feel its not complete without the lights? do you know where I can buy spare lights for my city house? or can you teach me how the DIY or improvised lights for my house?


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