My Dolls’ House Project
Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Rebecca PayneHello All,
I’m fairly new to this wonderful hobby, and have recently got a new dolls’ house. It is second hand, and hand-made. Me and My mum are going to do up this house soon. I’ve got the wallpapers, carpets, lighting, and most of the furniture, but am not sure how to put these things in. I was wondering if any of you, have any tips for me, my theme is Victorian, Edwardian.
Thank you,
Rebecca
(by the way, I’m 11 years old…but I use the collectors Items and have been for years. I’m very gentle!!)
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Congrats! Ii am 11 too….. I just bought lake view and am getting ready to build it!
hi i’m stacy i’m 12 got my dolls house last year my tip be carefull when wallpapering and carpeting as my mum put it down whent to peel it of again as it didn’t go rght and now the bathroom as lumpy bumpy floor
oh well live and learn
bye
Do you have any tipis on lakeview? i want to put hardwoods in when im done building… I also bought some dolls but dont like their clothing…. So I ripped it off !But now i have three dolls completly without clothing! Any tips on what to do?
Do yall live in England? I live in America! I am age eleven in case you did not know!
Peace Out,
Spencer Grace
Heya Spencer!
I live in Wales…Mid Wales (right in the middle)
For your ‘naked’ dolls, I will give you instructions to make a pair of trousers.
TROUSERS:
1) Measure the length and width of your dolls legs and *cough, cough* ummm… bum.
2) You could even draw around the legs. Then trace onto felt, and cut out.
3) Then, using your piece of trouser shape, trace another onto same colours felt, and cut out. Now you have 2 trouser shapes.
4) sew the legs in th bits that needs to be sewn.
O.k, i know I’m not very good at explaining things, but hopefully this works out!!!
Becca xxx
Heya Stacey x
Thanks for the tip!
Becca xxx
hello all ,
im kaytie, im 14 years old
i got wentworth court last christmas and i painted the walls so it would end up a smooth finish i also just used left over carpet so i saved quite alot of money !
Thanks Rebecca!
Hopefully that will work. I am doing LakeView up ultra modern, and they have glittery felt now over here! i started making some dolls this week out of embroidery floss, wire and clay! for my house i have a cuple different options for the floors. A) i will use hardwood which i would stain a honey color. B) i could use white marble. C) i just came up with this idea today, and i gives me the most options for what i want to do with it, plus its ultra creative and modern. what i would do with this is that i would pour glue all over my floors, then sprinkle seed beads all over the floor. when the glue dries the beads will look like they are just laying on the floor, but they will keep their place and look like rainbow stones!
What do you guys think? What should i do about walls? i like some wallpapers, but should i use paint instead?
Peace, Spencer
hey glad my tip helped Becca also make sure you have a lot of super glue you will be suprised how much you go through be and my mum whent through about five tubes of the stuff!
stacy
oh thought i might add my theme is also victorian!
stacy
My theme is comtemporay/ modern. I guess i will need to buy more superglue now. Ha Ha. have been trying to fix up a two room kit that i built over the summer. it is unpainted and looks pretty rough, but my people need a place to live until i can build lake view for them!
I have just made the barn so now my family have a place to put thier horse and an extra room which i’m going to turn into a study
stacy
like a loft study? thats cool!
thanks!
i made a modern white sectional couch! i really cant believe it. im crafty but not in recovering and making doll clothes…..
don’t you do sewing at school, or go to girl guides or have some one in your family that can help you make the doll clothes. i mean i could show i don’t think my mum would let me go to america just to let me show you how to make doll clothes! sorry
stacy
welll, my grandmother taught me how to sew about 5 years ago. i have been sewing ever since but not tiny sewing. i mainly work in building sock monkeys. i believe i could do it if i had a pattern. have you ever hear of the miniture coustumier by catriona hall? does anyone know if it is modern clothing patterns or victorian?
sorry no but i’ll look on the internet for you okay
Im am very mad! i am an ultramodern freak and we just had a big yard sale. i made a ton of money to spend on dollhouse stuff, but cant find anything that is modern and in my budget range! ugh!
the victorain stuff is more expessive. can’t you evan afford acessoris?
Yah i can afford accesories and a bunch of furniture but the modern stuff i like has to get custom built and that costs alot.
Oh thats sad
yah but my mom said that i could(should) get a reallly nice custom kitchen and bath made and that be all i get for christmas. i really only want dollhouse stuff(other than a guitar) so she might have a deal. Oh! and my friend(the one who i got onto dollhouses) is buying a kit for christmas. She loves making the people and loves the hobby! SO WHAT NOW ALL THOSE WHO THINK THAT BECAUSE WE PLAY WITH DOLLHOUSES WE ARE FREAKS!!!
first you are not a freak. secound can you play guitar? i got a gutair ages ago but i can’t play it very well do you what acustic or electric i have acustic. thirdly i can’t think of a third thing so i will just say DOLLS HOUSES ROCK!
bye
well i was going to learn guitar long ago but they said my hands and fingers were to small. so i am going to learn now. the guitar i like is an acoustic electric( you play like an acoutstic but it can sound like electric). does it hurt your fingers to play? lots of people say it really hurts ur fingers. oh and i dont play but know how(sorta. i dont know the chords but i know how u play) and i might get a book 2 help me learn
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By the way-here is a link to a picture of a couch i made and the people i made.
By the way- The link above does not work. I will try and get a working one soon
i dosnn’t hurt your fingers but if you find in hard using you fingers like me buy a pick there plastic triangle things with rounded edges and you use the tip of the pick to strum the gutiar strings. also make sure you get a book thats realy clear i brought a book it was so cunfuseing i just left it thats why i’m not to good at playing
I Have a Victorian dollhouse and i really want to decorate it for christmas. Any tips?
I really want to decorate my dollhouse for christmas. Any tips?
oops.
Stacy- i plan on getting picks Rebekah- check the dollhouse emporium christmas pages(lots of christmas stuff!)
The Victorian era is a good choice.
Victorians tended towards dark colours – reds and greens.
Paintwork was seldom white more often creams, greens, reds etc as colours need less upkeep than white.
Wallpaper was very popular in Victorian times – they loved lots of patterns on their walls and carpets/rugs (wooden floors with dark, heavy rugs were more common than carpets).
There was no heating so the dark colours were not only easier to maintain but also gave warmth to cold rooms. Open fireplaces were used and the fumes from the burning wood or coals would discolour rooms (another reason they chose colours rather than white).
Lots of family photos would be displayed – I think I saw some on the Dolls House Emporium – or you could have a go at making frames with silver or gold paper and attach a long thread to the back – Victorians had picture rails and would bang a nail into the rail and the pictures would hang showing the chain or string – you could use very thin ribbon or glittery thread. Try hanging two or three photos from one piece of ribbon, perhaps with a decorative bow. For photos you could have fun with family pics – crop them and print them tiny using sepia or black and white. If you don’t have a photo editing programme, have a look at a free one like Photobucket where you can upload photos and edit them with different effects (make sure you set your account to “private”).
Victorians had high backed chairs and beds and heavy draped curtains to keep away draughts. Metal beds were popular to deter bed bugs!
Victorians tended to have covers on tables etc and draped to cover table legs – as showing table legs was considered quite vulgar!
Kitchens would have had dressers and open shelves rather than the cupboards and fitted kitchens we have today.
Google the “Museum of Childhood” and have a look at the houses on their website (not sure which ones are on there now) and find some Victorian dolls houses.
Most of all, have fun and enjoy renovating your dolls house.
Thanks Pan for the tips
Rebekah, paper chains, stockings, presents and fariry lights. Or edibles e.g Turkey, christmas cake etc
Hi! Didi you order any Christmas items, Rebecca!? I ordered some people and a kitchen for my cafe!
Spencer
i ordered for christmas a tree, turkey, nuts. yule log, and a wreth
I ordered people and a kitchen on saturday and they have not come yet!
Very depressing! My house seems boring with nothing new to put in it. And I want my people. My house from DHE only took 4 days to come. Its been ive for just furniture……
Have not done anything to my dolls house recently due to illness
Stacy!!!!!!!!!! Post here, since they cut off our other commenting..
Stupid admin. I tried to join the forum. It didn’t work. And then we i looked under the kids section it was : What dollhouse should I buy for my kid?, time after time after time again!!!!! And I don’t have to post pics… I hope you read this, Because he didnt cut us off here!
We don’t want to stop you enjoying the hobby Spencer and Stacy but blog comments pages are not the place for ongoing conversations. Comments should be specifically related to the blog post itself, which I’m afraid your comments have not been for a while. If you would like to contact us we can take you through the process for joining the forum. Please email us on info@dollshouse.com so we can help.