Creating Period Style for Your Doll's House

Creating Period Style for Your Doll's House
Author: Lionel Barnard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9780715313411

Each chapter covers a different fixture or fitting suited to a period home, followed by a photo gallery of ideas in chronological order. These will assist model makers both in selection and styling before embarking upon one of a selection of projects that also offer tips on decorative finishes.

Dollhouse Style

Dollhouse Style
Author: Kath Dalmeny
Publisher: Running Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-09-09
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780762413256

Devotees of miniature houses and small-scale furnishings will be thrilled with this superb collection of more than 90 dollhouse projects to craft at home. A comprehensive volume on small-scale interior design, it presents 15 authentic and carefully matched room settings, featuring a variety of decorative styles from Shaker to Victorian. Each period interior is faithfully recreated in 1/12th scale, down to the tiniest detail. Hundreds of tips ensure that crafts enthusiasts will create splendid miniature furniture, decorative elements, and accessories, just right for decorating the most stylish and historically accurate dollhouses.

Make Your Own Dolls' House Furniture

Make Your Own Dolls' House Furniture
Author: Maurice Harper
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 167
Release: 1995
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780946819591

Discusses the construction of doll house furniture and features detailed plans for such furnishings as a gate-leg table, Aga cooker, tapestry fire screen, and Windsor writing chair.

The Dollhouse Book

The Dollhouse Book
Author: Stephanie Finnegan
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Dollhouses
ISBN: 9781579120771

The unique dimensions make this book a miniature dollhouse. The outside hard cover with the brick house opens in the center like many dollhouses to reveal the ornate interior of the book. On the pages inside, the hundreds of stunning pictures show every detail of the most amazing dollhouses from around the world. This striking package will be irresistible to collectors and dollhouse fanatics. Covering the gamut of historical periods and international designs, each two-page spread explores a select architectural style from a medieval castle to a space-age apartment. Examples of miniature businesses and stores from bakeries to butcher shops to corporate offices offer something for every type of doll house enthusiast, young and old. Photographs showcase both the exteriors, interiors and the dolls themselves. The book focuses on the life-like details that delight dollhouse devotees-from running faucets to cut marks on an inch-tall chopping block to leather-bound books with pages of flawlessly miniscule text. Descriptions of every house and all its hidden secrets accompany each spread.

The Dream Dollhouse Do-it-yourself Book

The Dream Dollhouse Do-it-yourself Book
Author: Julie Shelton
Publisher: Pipkin Press
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2014-05-15
Genre: Do-it-yourself work
ISBN: 9780987527004

Easy and adorable! This book has more than 80 budget friendly dollhouse projects for the most popular dolls in the world. This is the 1:6 scale miniverse, for superstar fashion dolls like Barbie, Bratz and Monster High. Definitely no woodworking skills required. Fairy tale pink and pretty? Sixties chic? Up to the minute modern? Mix and match for your favourite style. Upcycle. Repurpose. Scavenge. The materials are simple and either inexpensive or free. This book is so much fun, and a perfect gift for children and the adults who love them.

A Beginners' Guide to the Dolls' House Hobby

A Beginners' Guide to the Dolls' House Hobby
Author: Jean Nisbett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Doll furniture
ISBN: 9781861084866

Jean Nisbett’s classic volume gets a welcome update and expansion--making it a practical, accessible introduction to all the basics, with lavish images and easy-to-follow hints that help beginners save time and avoid costly mistakes. Nisbett explains how to choose and build a house from a kit; handle a period building; furnish the interior; create charming shops; and plan a dolls’ house that will enchant a child--and actually stand up to play. Equipment and materials, finishes, decoration, decorative detail, gardens and renovation all receive in-depth coverage, while checklists set out a logical order for work.

This Is My Dollhouse

This Is My Dollhouse
Author: Giselle Potter
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0553521551

A girl makes her own dollhouse in this picture book that celebrates creativity and imagination! A little girl proudly walks the reader through her handmade dollhouse, pointing out the bricks she painted on the outside, the wallpaper she drew on the inside, the fancy clothes she made for her dolls, and the little elevator she made out of a paper cup. She’s proud of her house and has lots of fun using her imagination to play with it—until she discovers her friend Sophie’s “perfect” storebought house. Sophie thinks her house, with everything matching and even a toilet seat that goes up and down, is pretty perfect too, until both girls discover that the narrator’s handmade dollhouse is really a lot more fun. "Celebrates the best of free play, capturing what it's like to be fully engaged and inspired." —The New York Times "Readers will feel right at home with this cozy tribute to imagination." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred "The realization that creative, outside-the-box artistry can be more inspiring than anything manufactured makes for a wonderful story." —Publishers Weekly, Starred

Step by Step Dolls' House Furniture Projects in 1/12th Scale

Step by Step Dolls' House Furniture Projects in 1/12th Scale
Author: Julie Warren
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-12-06
Genre: Doll furniture
ISBN: 9781519705631

A beautifully illustrated book including 27 easy to follow step by step projects showing you how to create realistic furniture for your 1/12th scale dolls' house. A list of all tools and materials needed to complete all of the projects is included. There is information on types of wood and advice is given for cutting and shaping wood and creating decorative mouldings. There are techniques for drilling wood and creating grooves, for making your own door and drawer knobs and finishing your pieces, along with lots of handy tips. With lots of inspiring photographs and style ideas for each room, this book is a must for any dolls' house enthusiast.

Making Dolls' House Interiors

Making Dolls' House Interiors
Author: Carol Lodder
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Dollhouses
ISBN:

A room-by-room guide to decorating, furnishing and accessorising your 1/12 scale dolls' house in a range of period styles, complete with advice on materials and tools, tips on authentic period detail, full-size plans and complete instructions.