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Miniature walls for dollhouses, room boxes, and dioramas

How to build & finish the walls of your dollhouses?

Links to miniature wall projects

photo albums, blog posts, web pages

Reversible Wallpaper - from St Albert Minis


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Wall Panels - from cereal boxes and household tape, by Pixie Dust Miniatures

Walls in Blogs

Blogs concentrating on walls or categories/labels about them in blogs

Wall Groups

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

Miniature Wall Supplies for sale

Supplies needed for making wall projects.

Moldings and Picture Framing - from S H Goode

Mortar Mix - Miniatures.com

Task Board - for making curves

Miniatures for sale

Do you have a section for walls in your shop? Add a direct link here.

Les Chinoiseries - fabrics and wallpapers

Stick and Go Crafts (wallpaper)

StudioKes - various wallpapers

Books

Books about miniature walls projects (also books with chapters about them)

Instructions for miniature walls

Miniature wall printables

Wall effects

Borders

Wallpapers

Wallpapers that go well with wall projects

Free Printable Wallpaper - from The Spruce

Free Printable Wallpaper - from Suni Doll

Free Wallpaper Patterns - Some years back when I was helping to decorate a dollhouse I had trouble finding miniature wallpaper, so I created some wallpaper pages and loaded them up onto 'Flickr'. Here is a link to the Flickr album. You are welcome to download and print any of these designs.

Other Printies

Book/magazine covers related to walls

Free Brick Prints for Modellers - from Paperbrick

Links for creating miniature walls

links to sites showing how to make items related to walls

Bamboo Paneling - from Jocelyn's Mountfield Dollhouse, using bamboo placemats!

Bricks - from Otterine Blog, using egg cartons

Brick Aging - from Otterine Blog, making brick foundation look realistic

Bricks from Builders Foam - from Greenleaf Forum

Brick Surround for Kitchen Range - from Bromley Creft

Brick Wall - from Duina88, using sandpaper

Brick Wall - Tulsa Tiny Stuff, using cardboard and spackling

Casting Bricks - from Jan's Dollhouses

Exterior Walls with Paperclay and Filler - from Wendie's Mini World

Faux Brick Tutorial - from Architecture of Tiny Distinction

Faux Plaster Technique - from my Miniature Menagerie

Flagstone Foundation - from Kate's Cat's Minis

How to Cut Rectangular Wall Openings - for doors and windows by Mini Mansions

How to Wallpaper a Dollhouse - from Little Shop of Miniatures

Making Dollhouse bricks - by Karin Corbin

Making a Stone Wall - from Creazione, by Emilia Couture

Shabby Panelling - from Mini Daydreams

Stone Walls from Stone - from The Spruce

Stone Wall Tutorial - from My Tiny World

Taking Sides: DIY Dollhouse siding - from Mimi’s Wardrobe

Wall Paneling - Dada's Dollhouse

Wallpapering - by Katescats

Wallpapering - Dada's Dollhouse

Wallpapering tips - from Dolls House Emporium

Wallpapering tips - from HBS

Wood Siding

Egg Carton Tutorials

Brick Cutting and Finishing - using egg cartons by Otterine

DIY Bricks - from Kevin's Miniatures

Making Realistic Natural Stone Walls - from 1;12 scale Modern Houses

Wallpaper a Tower after Building - by Linda Cullen from Greenleaf Dollhouse Forum

Wallpapering your Dollhouse Before you Build - by Deb Roberts from Greenleaf Dollhouse Forum

Videos

YouTube videos about miniature wall

Create Printable Wallpaper - by Dragonfly Miniatures

Dollhouse Miniature Exterior Finishes - from Joannes Minis

Easy Stone or Brick from Egg Cartons with Grout - by Queen City Minis

How to Make a Stone Wall Using Styrofoam

Wallpaper Downton Abbey Style

DiY Brick walls from egg carton - from Ebi Ronaldo

Brick Walls from Paperclay - from Queen City Miniatures

Miniature Brick Wall - using foam core, by JulieTwydell Miniatures

Make and Paint Realistic Bricks from Styrofoam - by Smol World Workshop

How to Make Mini Stones - by Smol World Workshop

Wall Research/ Inspiration

How to Fix Wallpaper Bubbles - for RL wallpaper, but very useful!

Miniature wall Tips/Hints

Bricks

Bricks from sandpaper - paint a brick red colour, To shade, sprinkle assorted colored artist pastels here and there in different places, and brush them around lightly. Spray with a matte sealer, and then cut up into bricks. Use a charcoal grey pastel to create soot in the fireplace, once all the bricks are glued in.
To make brick more realistic, use an embossing tool. Lay the 'brick' onto a piece of foam or another soft surface & go over the mortar lines with the ball end of the tool. This will make it have a 3D effect.
use the plastic sheets of brick mold sold by Michael's, JoAnn's, and Craft Warehouse sells. (Several sizes and types of brick molds available.) Duff Goldman mold sheets are really for cake modeling, and are about half-inch scale, but work wonderfully on Fimo or Paperclay, The Fimo mold sheet is good for one-inch scale. Before pressing into the Paperclay, dust the mold with cornstarch. For Fimo, spritz with water.
Marking out the bricks on Paperclay walls- now this means your hands are in the air and trying to get straight lines across is not easy. So stack some heavyweight books each side of the house to be slightly above the clay and place a ruler across the books a great guideline for the rows, just having to move the ruler for the next row and so on (and the ruler above the clay leaves no marks on the clay nor blue words in the ether LOL), then using the littlest screwdriver mark in the individual bricks between the rows

Stucco

Take a facial tissue, crumple it into the hand, open up and separate the layers. Paint a generous amount of selected acrylic paint on the surface. Tear pieces of the tissue and let them float gently into the wet paint. Dab carefully with the paintbrush to help the paper absorb the paint. You may want to try a thin wash to antique the stucco, or a slight sanding to smooth the high spots.
Add Plaster of Paris to paint and apply to surface. Or use Polyfilla or baking soda. Take a crumpled bit of paper or plastic bag to create texture in the wet plaster.
For wallpaper printies look for 24lb paper, 96brightness. And buy the same brand paper as your printer.

Stones

For stone walls, rub a light wash on the wall, leaving any blotches and natural shadings which occur. Score lines with a pencil to make individual stones.

Wood Siding

Cut strips of cardboard (think cereal boxes, other paper packages) Cut into strips and apply in layers starting from the bottom of the wall, overlapping each layer. For the corners, cut a larger strip, score in the middle and glue to each side. Once the cardboard is applied and glued in place, it can be painted. The house here has been completed using this technique, as well as the roof. Paper is very malleable when wet and can be mashed into shape. The shingles were scored and prodded into shape. Upholstery strips can be used as well.

Other

Builders foam can be carved to create cave walls, castle walls...see the foam core page.

Wallpaper

To remove wallpaper, paint the walls with fabric softener. DO be sure to rinse and wipe the softener residue off the walls before re-papering, though!
To deal with corners, apply wallpaper to the back wall and wrap 1/2" around to the side walls so that there is no crack between walls. Then the side wallpapers just go exactly to the corner.
Prep walls with varnish or base coat before starting to wallpaper.
Attach fabric (wallpaper) to walls - use double-sided iron-on adhesive (sold by the yard in fabric stores), inexpensive white poster board (Dollar Tree), a rigid ironing surface (ceiling tiles work well, available individually at Home Depot) and a hot iron. Cut the poster board to the wall dimensions and be sure it fits. The adhesive comes with directions; cut it to size and iron one side to the fitted poster board. Cut the fabric slightly larger, peel away the release paper, iron the fabric to the poster board, and trim. You need a rigid ironing surface so that everything stays completely flat. Or use starch - from Apartment Therapy.