Dollhouse roof

I wanted to share a quicker way to apply shingles to a dollhouse. The directions always say to use glue but I remember years ago when I did...

I started with sheets of black poster board then realized buying a stack of 8 1/2" x 11" black card stock would be less $. I taped th...

So I know I said in my last post that I would be doing some railings for the second story balcony next. Well, I started to work on it and had a duh aha! moment. I should probably do the roof before putting in my rails that would make parts of the roof inaccessible. I really wanted to use real metal for the roof, but my lack of patience and proper equipment left me wondering how to achieve the same look in an easier way. So off to Hobby Lobby I went. To make the roof I used 1/16" x 1"…

The roof of the house is covered with pieces of cardboard and painted afterwards to make it resemble a grey slated one. First of all, I made use of a book written by Jean Nisbett and called : "A beginners Guide tot the Doll's House Hobby". In this book the writer sets out several options of house exteriors. One of them is the "economy option" for supplying your house with a slated roof using cardboard. I did some experiments with it to make it look as realistic as possible. In this post I'll…

Making a slate roof on a budget takes a little time, but is well worth it. The cheap wood shingles I already had happened to be warped but ...

Picking up where we left off on our last visit, I mentioned I had rehabbed two vintage wall cabinets for the house. And I am pretty sure I talked about my Gypsy picker who carries the cool stuff I love. This is the photo she sent me showing me the cabinet and the Florentine chest of drawers. Was I interested? Um....no doubt about it! Of course I was!! The wall cabinet was a bit dilapidated, with flaking red interior paint and a thick coat of gold paint that was bubbling right off the…

Are you looking for ways to make your dollhouse look realistic? In the latest episode of my Sylvanian Families 'Applewood Cottage Makeover , I'll show you ho...

As much fun as demo always is, I was so excited to get started on the transformation. I painted the wrap-around porch Heirloom White.