Dollhouses redone:  aka dollhouse fans making things look like dollhouses

Links to miniature projects

Photo albums, blog posts, webpages

Dollhouse Project for Prairie House Museum - from Madness in Miniatures.

Re-purposed Dollhouse - a dollhouse now used as a storage shelf from Babette's Maiden America blog

Blogs

Blogs concentrating on redone dollhouses  or categories/labels about them blogs

Flip this Mini House

Tynietown - Susan Grimshaw wrote articles for Nutshell News and other magazines. The site contains her very interesting collection of antique doll houses and miniatures, describing  in great detail how she restored them. It also includes her wonderful contemporary collection of well known artisans since the 80’s til now, informative auction reports and some show reports (notebook tab). Straightforward and experienced opinions.

Groups

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

Supplies for sale

• Supplies needed for making redone dollhouse projects.

Heritage Laserworks - wood trim

Miniatures for sale

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

Books

• Books about miniature redone dollhouse projects (also books with chapters about them)

Instructions for miniatures

Miniature printables

Wallpapers

• Wallpapers that go well with redone dollhouse projects

Other Printies

• Book/magazine covers related to redone dollhouses

Links

• links to sites showing how to make items related to redone dollhouses

Videos

•  YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject

Research/ Inspiration

Tips/Hints

• Taking off old wallpaper is very easy with Lysol all-purpose cleaner. ( or warn water and dish soap) Just spray all over wait 5 minutes. You don’t need to soak it. Just use a putty knife and scape it off. It scapes off like spreading butter. Lysol doesn’t ruin the wood either. I seems to actually clean the wood for a fresh start.
• Taking off carpet takes a little bit of work. Try to find a spot to get a putty knife under. Spray a little bit of Lysol all-purpose underneath and wait a little bit and then pull it up. Pull a little bit at a time and keep spraying when it stops pulling up.
• Taking off wood flooring is harder. This can be taken off in one solid piece but takes more work than the other two.  Find a spot to get a putty knife under the wood. Wiggle from side to side to loosen up the wood. Once the putty knife gets stuck and doesn’t move. pull the knife out. You would notice the putty knife has glue on it. Use rubbing alcohol to remove the glue from the putty knife. Add a little bit of rubbing alcohol on the putty knife and back in between the wood to loosen. Go slow and don’t rush the process. Sometimes it takes a few days to remove a floor.
• Taking of plastic/vinyl flooring or wall pieces, use the same technique to get under the flooring with a putty knife. Either Lysol or rubbing alcohol. It all depends on the glue used.

Ideas about what is needed for these projects

• links to inspiring pages
• ideas for shop names
• YouTube videos about the subject

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