Over 80 projects show how to furnish a dolls' house with custom creations. Styles include Georgian, Victorian, and Art Deco, and materials often can be found at home among collectibles and throwaway odds and ends. Making items with which to furnish a lovely dolls' house is the ideal gift for any little girl or hobbyist.
100 kid-friendly projects from the creator of C.R.A.F.T.! Get ready for some serious family fun! Filled with 100 fun crafts, Creating Really Awesome Free Things helps you develop your child's creativity, imagination, and fine motor skills--all while using common household items. Each budget-friendly project features step-by-step instructions and keeps kids entertained, engaged, and learning all day long. You and your children will love recreating one-of-a-kind crafts like: Memory Game Egg Carton Flowers Key Wind Chime Ring Toss Lion Mask Complete with photographs for every project, Creating Really Awesome Free Things promotes hours of playtime fun with the entire family!
~Over 50 easy to follow step by step projects~Includes a list of all tools and materials needed to complete all of the projects in the book~Over 900 colour photographs~There's tips and advice on working with wood~Includes a suppliers' web directory~Includes projects for the laundry room, the kitchen, the attic, the garden and more!
In this, her second book of dolls' house furniture projects, Julie Warren shows you how to build a range of contemporary base and wall units in three different styles; Cottage, Farmhouse and Modern, which can be joined together to create a fully fitted, custom-built kitchen for your 12th scale dolls' house. 15 further projects are also included to complete the look for each kitchen style.Julie offers tips and advice on working with wood, creating decorative mouldings and constructing your pieces along with instructions for planning the layout of your kitchen. A list of all the tools and materials you will need to complete the projects in the book is also included.With many beautiful illustrations providing ideas and inspiration to create your dream 12th scale kitchen, this book is a must for any dolls' house enthusiast.
Julie Warren's beautifully illustrated fourth book includes 30 easy to follow, step by step projects showing you how to create realistic furniture for your 12th scale dolls' house.Also included is a list of the tools and materials you'll need to complete each of the projects, along with tips and advice on cutting and shaping wood and the best types of craft wood to use.There are projects for the bedroom and the nursery and a selection of elegant shabby-chic French style furniture. For the busy miniaturist, there is also a selection of quick and easy projects.With lots of inspiring photographs, tips and advice, this book is a must for any dolls' house enthusiast.
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.
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
"Dollhouse furnishings ranging from architectural features...to metal working for miniature furniture and kitchen accessories to art objects. All 32 projects outline the creation of professional quality furniture and accessories with the use of basic skills."--"Doll Castle News." "Decorate your dollhouse in a unique style without spending a lot of money."--"Doll World."
With one sheet of 4 x 8 plywood, home tools, and this book, you can build a 6-room, 36 x 13 x 26 dollhouse. No great skill needed. Over 40 diagrams and photographs.