The Southwestern Roombox 

Originally this box was a shallow wooden container that was sold containing Melissa & Doug's Wooden Birthday Cake toy.  My 3-year-old daughter got the toy; I took the box!  It sat around while I debated what to do with it.  It was very shallow (only 1-3/4" deep) and the bare wood was not pretty enough to stain.  Then came a rainy day and my daughter's persistent, "Can I paint?  Can I paint?  Can I paint?"

I gave her the box and some washable Crayola paints.  I also gave her a window I had and a piece of trim wood (which would become the shelf to the right of the window).  When she finished I found that I had a home for my catci plants (on the shelf), my pull-toy donkey (above the window), and a few pottery pieces I had collected over the years.  These items had previously been homeless, sitting in a glass jewerly box.  Now they have a much more colorful home, thanks to my 3-year-old daughter and a rainy day!

This Birdfeeder was on sale at a local gardening store.  The park scene was created using spray adhesive and static grass.  Some left-over laminated woodland wallpaper from the tissue box project (under "Other Roomboxes") was applied to the side walls (proof that a true miniaturist should never throw out any left over scraps from a project because you never know what "perfect" use it will have many, many years later!).  I wigged and dressed the homeless lady in appropriate clothing.  Her shopping cart was rusted by using Scenic Rust (available at most dollhouse shops).  Feed the birds in this miniature park scene . . . .