Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo

As guests enter the real-life Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo, they are greeted by a rainbow peace flag, "pace" meaning peace in Italian. I thought this would be a nice addition…

To make the menus, I took an image of an actual menu from Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo's Facebook page and reduced it down to 7/8" tall. It took a bit…

My vision for the interior decor of Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo is to cover the walls with old-timey photos, Friuli maps, horse-themed artwork, and other horse- and cooking-related memorabilia, just…

I love the traditional look of red-checked tablecloths in Italian restaurants. At the real-life Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo, most tables have a red-and-yellow plaid cloth underneath the red check (see…

I bought six unfinished chairs and stained them the color "special walnut" to match the bar counter. As I couldn't find any suitable tables, I decided to build my own.…

Inside the real-life Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo, some walls have merely a baseboard and chair rail, while others feature wainscoting. But the most unique decorative elements, as shown in the…

Before installing the baseboard in the osteria, I needed to build the bar counter/shelving unit, so that everything would fit properly along the walls. This project is taking me over…

True to the real-life Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo (above), I wanted a dark hardwood floor in my dollhouse. I started by staining ten 3-foot-long strips of 1/16-inch balsa wood with…