Materials for a dollhouse roombox:
- Plywood I used 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) Baltic Birch plywood as it is lightweight, sturdy, good on both sides, and is easily cut with little splintering for the insertion of windows and doors. Available from craft stores and online suppliers in small sheets or in full 60 x 60 inch or part sheets from a good lumberyard / scroll saw supplier.
- PVA Glue White glue or carpenters (yellow) glue.
- Clamps Corner or framing clamps hold the sides at right angles, but you can use quick release type bar clamps if you make sure the joins are square.
- Dolls House Scale Windows or Doors If your project requires them
- Picture Frame if you want to finish the top or front of the roombox with a frame, choose one which has a deep enough reveal to cover the edge of the wood you use, or you may need to insert a piece of mat board to cover the room box edges. The frame, with glass inserted, should also be deep enough to allow you to friction fit it over the front of the box, then hold it on the box with a hinge or clasp.
- Iron On Veneer Edging to finish exposed plywood edges.
- Wood Mouldings If you will not be using a frame and want a sliding glass front, you need wood mouldings which will create a channel to hold a piece of glass in place. You can cut down an L shaped moulding for this purpose, or use a square molding with a narrow piece of rectangular strip or picture molding glued on it to cover the glass edges, yet allow it to slide.
Useful Tools
- Table Saw to cut wood pieces to size. If you do not have a saw, you can buy plywood in pre cut sizes or ask a lumberyard to cut it for you.
- Jig saw, jeweler's saw or coping saw to cut out areas for windows and doors if you want to install them
- Drill or rotary cutting tool, to cut starting holes for saw blade when cutting out windows.
- Flat file and sanding block to square corners
- Steel square or protractor.
