If you’re interested in creating your own dollhouse and miniatures, we’ve found the help you need with this collection of timeless books to help you create everything from the dollhouse, the miniature furniture and accessories to the dolls and their dollhouse clothes. Browse through our library.
The first thing you’ll need if you don’t already have one, is a dollhouse. This well illustrated guide will help you create your own. Five houses, from simple to complex are shown in this book, with scale plans and the tools you will need.
Interior finishes are the making of a dollhouse. There are so many things to add to an empty shell.
This book contains 25 rugs you can make.
Using kits or working from scratch you can create fine period style furniture.
Once you’ve got your furniture, you’ll want to decorate with accessories. Quilts on bedding add a beautiful personal touch and you’ll get ten patterns to play with in this book.
Fixtures and fittings are essential little accessories that ‘finish’ your dollhouse.
Once you’ve added your fixtures and fittings you may want to add light to your rooms. This well illustrated book goes a long way to help you with the complexities of dollhouse wiring.
If you don’t want a house but a cafe, restaurant, or shop, then you should take a look at this book by Jean Nesbitt.
For your reference, the Thorne Rooms are some of the worlds best known, artistic perfection dollhouse roomboxes. Mrs Thorne kept a variety of master craftsmen employed during the Great Depression creating perfect miniatures to show off their crafts. These rooms are on display in Chicago, but for everyone else in the world, you can explore them through these pages.
This one has been added for its interesting value. Found only as a miniature book in Queen Mary’s dollhouse, it’s a fictional story about a sprite who lives in a dollhouse.
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