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Miniature beds for dollhouses, room boxes, and dioramas

 

 

See also pillows.and bedroom and patchwork (for quilts)

 

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Links to miniature bed projects

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Nursery
Sweet Little Dreams
Handmade Barcellona Day Bed
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  • photo albums, blog posts, web pages

Bed Dressing- by Chrisseown 

Bedded Down - Canopy bed project from Littleroomers blog

Bunk Beds - from Ana White

Farmhouse Bed - from Ana White

Murphy Bed - by Jane

 

Bedding Blogs

  • Blogs concentrating on the bed or categories/labels about it in blogs

 

Bedding Groups

  • Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to beds.

 

Bed Supplies for sale

  • Supplies needed for making bed projects.

 

Miniature beds for sale

  • Do you have a section for beds in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.

Custom dressed beds - by Ruth Ellen

Dollhouse Bedding and Drapes - by Wilson Santiago

Fingertip Fantasies - bed page

 

 

Books

  • Books about miniature bed projects (also books with chapters about it)

 

Instructions for miniature beds

 

Miniature bed printables

Quilt Printie (1:144) from Anna Carin

 

Bed Wallpapers

  • Wallpapers that go well with bed projects

 

Other bed Printies

  • Book/magazine covers related to beds

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Miniature Bed Links

  • links to sites showing how to make items related to beds

1:12 Bed and Mattress -  from Instructables

Bunk Beds - by Barbara Weber

Canopy Bed - with a little help from my friends, Casey's Minis

Coffee Stick Bed - from The Spruce

Dust Ruffle - from Nancy's Room

Faux Brass Bed - from Biby Casa de Bonecas blog, pictures are self-explanatory, but there is also a Google translate button on the right side 

Four Poster Bed - Toy Cafe

Little Girl's Room Bed - by Evelyn Martin

Mattress Construction - by Otterine

Mattress from La Stanza di Giuggiola (Italian)

Mattress Tutorial - from Creative Me

Mattress Piping - from Fabulously Flawed Miniatures

Make Miniature Air Mattresses for Dollhouse Beach, Camping or Shop Scenes- from About.com

Make a Wooden Dollhouse Bed For Miniature or Fashion Dolls - from About.com

Miniature Bed - CDHM tutorial by Debra Dinges

No Sew Bedding, Bedspread and Pillows - Real Life Dollhouse Miniatures (Video)

Pretty faux Bed - by Tracy Topps

Shabby Chic Cardstock Bed - awesome tut from 1-inch minis

Georgian Four Poster Bed (1:144) by Anna Carin

 

 

Videos

  •  YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject

Bunk Bed Using Popsicle Sticks - from Minihappy Art 

Mini Bamboo Bed - from DIY mini Furniture

Single Bed and Mattress from Julie’s Little Bits

 

Research/ Inspiration about beds

Breton Box Beds - history of domestic paraphernalia and household antiques

Bed Linen and Towel Sizes -by Wanna in El Paso

Standard Sizes for Bedding, Bath and Table Linens - from Belvivere Linens (Italy)

 

Miniature Bed Tips/Hints

  • Find a cardboard jewelry box that is about 6" long and the right width for a twin, double, queen, or king-sized bed.  Turn the bottom of the box upside down. Add turned toothpicks or extra stair spindles (shortened) for legs.  Glue the legs just inside the corners of the box.  Add a piece of foam on top. Dress the bed using scraps of fabric or one of Jim Collins' printable quilts. No sewing required. Glue the corners down, and glue your pillows shut.  
  • If you get creative, don't put legs on your bed or dress it yet.  Find four cocktail straws (the skinny ones).  Trim to about 4" or whatever looks good.  Paint them or cover them with fabric.  Glue them inside the four corners of the top part of the jewelry box.  This time, though, glue the straws to the outside corners of the bottom part of the cardboard jewelry box and about 1/4" past those corners. You have a canopy bed!  The straws end up being both the legs and the canopy posts (glued OUTSIDE the edges of the bottom part of the box that is upside down and INSIDE the corners of the top part of the box).  Dress your bed with foam, bedding, pillows, etc.  Cover the canopy in fabric that coordinates with the bedding.  Add some lace around the edges.  Put the same lace around the bottom part of the bed for a dust ruffle. 
  • Slip into the kid's or grandkid's toys.  Get a plastic car about 8" long. Cut off the top.  Cut cardboard to fit the interior.  Pad.  Make a pillow and a bedspread or quilt, and use the steering wheel and dash as a headboard decoration.  Think bunk bed for a double-decker bus.
  • For a dollhouse waterbed,  fill a balloon with sand to make an adjustable bed. Or, instead of a sand-filled balloon, you could use a Baking Soda filled balloon to give it a "softer" feel and a more flexible surface.  You could also use this tip for stuffing a "favorite old overstuffed chair" and then push it with your finger in the spots that would have taken the most wear from years of sitting!  To fill with sand or baking soda, stretch the neck of the balloon over the small end of a small funnel.  Then, hold the funnel upright while you pour in the desired amount of sand or baking soda.  When filled with the desired amount (don't over-fill) gently pull balloon off of funnel and tie a knot at the end. Put the knot on the bottom of the chair/sofa/waterbed so that it does not show.
  • For a bed with the head against a wall, use a block of Styrofoam the size of a 'double' mini bed.  Pin or glue a ruffled or pleated skirt around three sides.  Put a cover of some kind with the edges coming down about 1/4" to 1/2" to cover the top of the skirt.  Instead of a headboard put two lacy pillows leaning against the wall.
  • Fluffy but thin powder puffs can make floor rugs. Add fringe (grosgrain ribbon,  pull some of the threads off).  Check through all your scraps of material and make rugs.  Add Wonder-under or any type of press-on interfacing for stability.
  • For chair legs, or turned bedpost spindles, use cheap paint handles cut to size. Or use pre-made stair or railing spindles.

  • Get foam rubber from the upholstery area of the fabric store. It comes in various thicknesses.

     

Ideas about what is needed for these projects

  • links to inspiring pages

Dollhouse Bed Stores - RL furnishings with a dollhouse theme

Vintage Bedrooms - Pinterest board by Sheila Moss

  • ideas for shop names
  • YouTube videos on the subject

 

Facebook Links 

Quilt Idea - from Lkc Design/ Curiosity Shop

 

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