Dolls' Houses and Shops

The free plans and instructions for this traditional front opening baby house use only a single sheet of plywood and some standard wood trim.

Room boxes are small boxes designed to hold a single room scale display for miniatures and models. A roombox can be built in any scale, and they are often used to house a display until a larger collection is completed. If roomboxes are designed to standard dimensions, they can be fitted into cases called 'baby houses' which resemble a full size...

Dolls House Miniatures are available in a range of standardized scales, which vary in popularity and differ in the type and amounts of accessories and types of details. While some are popular for collectors of artisan miniatures, others are more useful for children's play, or families who share a range of hobbies.

How to make custom doors, opening windows, stairs and other dollhouse building components using simple hand tools and craft materials.

Build this custom dolls house windowbox display with a removeable shop front and roof.

Build a custom fixed shop window into an opening in a dollhouse or model building shop front.

Make a 1:24 scale woodland house for a miniature mouse, fairy or elf.

How to finish the interior of a miniature woodland house .

Things to consider in order to design more successful shop displays in dollhouse and model scales.

If you are planning on building a dollhouse for yourself or as a gift there are several plan sources available in several scales. You can find free plans on the web, or purchase a variety of traditional front or back opening dollhouse plans in scales from 1:6 (for fashion dolls) to 1:24 or G scale.

Use this checklist to work out the order of assembly for your next dollhouse project

Make miniature stencils for dollhouse wallpapers, fabrics, and rugs, using small paper punches.

Suppliers of router bits suitable for scale miniature and dolls house moldings and other wooden trims.

Front opening doors can turn a standard bookcase or a basic box into a dolls house. Learn how to make them to fit your project.

Build a simple bookcase box as a baby house to hold a collection of dolls house roomboxes. The case can be finished with standard doors or dollhouse doors if you want to turn it into a dolls' house. If your needs change it can be used as a bookcase.

Make a simple dolls house scale roombox from Baltic birch plywood. A roombox can be finished with a front glass frame, or sized to fit as a group inside a bookcase or other piece of furniture to make a baby house.

Build a series of interiors in simple roomboxes made inexpensively from book board or Davey board or illustration board and paper.

Make a miniature cabin front porch in 1:12 or dolls house scale. This beginner's project is constructed as a display shelf which can be hung on a wall. The materials used are lightweight, and the space and backdrop allow for a wide range of dolls house or miniature collections to be showcased.

How to choose a dolls house or other play buildings for children, both boys and girls. Considerations include future uses of the toy, solitary or shared play, other toy collections and scale of the toys.

List of border stamps and paper trims that can be used to mimic elaborate wallpaper borders and stucco cornices on dolls house miniatures and room boxes.

A review of the silicone scale building block molds produced by Hirst Arts Fantasy Architecture Inc.

A list of differences between front and back opening doll houses which may help you choose between the types.

How to choose between copper tape wire, round wire or hybrid systems when you are planning to wire a dolls house.

If you have a dolls house,or a collection of dolls house miniatures, you should have a record book to keep track of the wiring runs, paint finishes, interior room details and items in your collection. An up to date record book will make it easier to keep track of your decorating plans, add in wiring or lighting at a future date, and insure...

Book Review - Miniature Dolls' Houses in 1:24 Scale

A book review of "Green Dollhouse" the book written about San Mateo California's Green Dollhouse Competition.

Use a carbide tip, hand grout saw (also known as a grout rake)to make quick channels for round wiring a dolls house.

How to bend sheet plexiglass or other acrylic sheet for furniture or displays using a butane torch, embossing heat tool, or heat gun.

Instructions for making a Halloween cupcake or fairy cake from free printables for use as a 1:48 scale dolls house shop, cafe or other scene.

Printable dollhouse tile patterns created from an Art Deco French floor tile in a geranium pattern.