Turn A Bookcase Into A Dollhouse

Dollhouse made using a bookcase 46" tall.

       I turned a child's small bookcase into a dollhouse using recycled cardboard, wrapping paper and lino tiles. . . plus a whole lot of white school glue! 

       The top two floors of our dollhouse are constructed with heavy cardboard, the two lower floors are the original wooden bookcase. The top may be slipped on and off for storage.

       The windows of the dollhouse were constructed using two very shallow boxes and cardboard cut grids. Both have slits at the top and photos may be slipped in and out of these to change the views seen from the interior of the dollhouse rooms.

       The second floor of the dollhouse has a tiled floor made up of samples of linoleum. These were grouted to the shelf permanently. The other floors were decoupaged using a faux printed paper made to look like actual wooden floors. 

       I layered scalloped-cut cardboard to mimic roof tiles on the sides of the dollhouse only. 

       I will post the rooms as these are decorated with refinished doll furnishings and/or newly made furniture from recycled materials. Meanwhile, why not take a look at a few miniature crafts of furnishings here at our blog?

• 5 Ways to Make Dollhouse Dressers
• How to craft a paper mache toilet for a doll's house
• My Vintage Tudor Doll House
• Doll furnishings and house over 100 years old!
• The spool beds that I made for the bedroom of this dollhouse. 

Bookcase portion of the dollhouse without it's top two floors.

 

The "A" frame part of the dollhouse with two floors beneath the roof in front of the bookcase.

Close up photos of the bookcase dollhouse details showing trim work, floors, windows and walls.

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Additional Doll Homes Made by Master Miniaturists:

• The Miniaturist: Real-Life History
• The Private Life of a Doll's House: Part 1 and Part 2
• Famous dollhouse receives $200,00 renovation

Color The Doll's House

Description of Coloring Page: Decorate this doll's house: add shingles to the roof and bricks on the walls, draw doll's in the windows, color flowers on the front lawn...

Don't forget to drag the png. or jpg into a Word Document and enlarge the image as much as possible before printing it folks. If you have a question about this coloring page, just type into the comment box located directly below this post and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.

Apartment Dollhouse Modernized with Elevator

      The four-story, step-back construction of this pressed-wood or plywood dollhouse gives it more room than the average dollhouse, without taking as much floor space. One side of each room is open and only one wall of each room is provided with windows. The elevator shaft is incorporated with the chimney and has a door on each floor. A crank projecting from the basement wall operates the elevator by the braking action of a clothespin on the axle. A balustrade around the terrace and a tin awning add to the appearance.

Vintage doll apartment plans.

 

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