Build a Dollhouse or a Dolls House Style Bookcase From Baltic Birch Plywood

Free plans and instructions to build a traditional styled dual purpose dollhouse or baby house in 1:12 scale shown here with plywood and bookboard roomboxes. As designed, the dollhouse is the depth of a standard bookcase, and will accept the basic roombox sizes listed below if you want to build it as a bookcase and insert individual roomboxes on the shelves. The case can be used to store individual roomboxes until you have a full doll house collection, or it can be finished on the interior as a stand alone dollhouse with fixed floors and partitions by adding slots or mouldings to hold the walls in place on the shelves.

If the case is set up to hold roomboxes, the adjustable shelves allow it to be used as a bookcase should the owner's interests change.

Instructions and Plans for the Basic Dolls House Case

Instructions for how to plan and fit your choice of windows and doors into the front opening doors of the basic dolls house case outlined above. If you build the house according to the plan measurements, one sheet of 5ftx 5 ft Baltic birch plywood will complete the entire house of case, doors and shelves.

Make the Front Opening Doors For the Basic Dolls House Case

Instructions on how add quoin and cornice trim made from standard wood moldings to the front of a basic dollhouse for a traditional townhouse house style.

Add Quoin and Cornice Trim to The Basic Dollhouse.

These instructions show you how to make dolls house windows from strip wood or card, or from special sash moulding for 1:12 scale windows. The techniques can be used for many miniature scales, and show you how to make opening casement windows, fixed windows, and windows with muntins.

These plywood roomboxes can be connected to make a doll house, or used as single room displays. They are designed to fit in a standard bookcase, and can be given glass roofs or framed glass fronts to protect the contents from dust.

The townhouse dollhouse shown above will hold three standard roomboxes and three half size roomboxes to create a townhouse collection of entrance hall, living room, dining room, bedroom, bathroom and staircase.

Make Simple Plywood Roomboxes

Simpler and less expensive to make than the plywood roomboxes, boxes made of bookboard or Davey board will stand up to careful use for many years. These roomboxes are built the same size as the plywood roomboxes to allow them to fit on standard bookshelves.

Make Simple Cardboard or Bookboard Roomboxes

What do you need to know before you start wiring a dolls house? Will it be easier to use round or tape wire?

How to Choose an Electrical System for a Dolls House