Make a Simple Baby House to House a Roombox Collection

Baby houses are usually dolls houses made from a collection of roomboxes in a modified piece of furniture. This Baltic Birch baby house is based on the size of a standard bookcase. If the needs of the child who receives the roombox collection changes, the baby house can be used as a bookcase.

Giving a child a dual purpose piece of furniture allows you to build a collection in stages as their interests change. You can start with a gift of a case (with doors designed like the front of a dolls house) and one or two roomboxes. The roombox collection can grow and change as the child grows, without needing to redecorate a dolls house. The instructions here are for the case, a set of regular dolls house doors and windows will be used next week to make a standard dolls house front to finish off the baby house.

Instructions are also available for making the two types of roomboxes shown in this case.
Baltic Birch Roomboxes
Simple Roomboxes from Bookboard

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