-
If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.
-
You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!
|
books
This version was saved 13 years, 1 month ago
View current version Page history
Saved by johanna janhonen
on February 10, 2011 at 6:51:02 pm
Books about dollhouses, miniatures, roomboxes, dolls and dioramas
This page is for publications about the miniature hobby.
This table was originally copied from the Finnish wiki and that's why the descriptions/reviews are missing from most of the books. Please add yours. The newest books will have years included, so you can search for new books with "2010".
Miniature books for your occupants and other book related dollhouse projects can be found in the book page.
A-C
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Americana in 1/12 Scale (50 authentic projects) |
Mary Lou Santovec & Joann Ogreenc |
1-86108-248-7 |
|
|
A Beginners' Guide to the Dolls' House Hobby (1997) |
Nisbett Jean |
1 86108 037 9 |
A must for dollhouse builders, a lot of information in a small book. |
|
Building Miniature Houses and Furniture
|
Krusz, Dorie |
|
|
|
Celtic, Medieval and Tudor Wall Hangings in 1/12 Scale Needlepoint |
Whitehead, Sandra |
1-86108-181-2 |
|
|
D
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Dockskåp & tittskåp - bygg och inred (2001) |
Malmsten, Eva |
91-534-2156-6 |
|
|
Dockskåp en värld i miniatyr (1991) |
Lidbeck Lena - Nilsson Stefan |
91 502 1155 2 |
|
|
Dollhouse Furnishings for the Bedroom & Bath |
Shep Stadtman |
0-486-24590-x |
|
|
Dollhouse furniture. The collector's guide to selecting and enjoying miniature masterpieces (1993) |
Towner, Margaret |
1-56138-325-2 |
The book starts with presenting dollhouse hobby and then the dollhouse furnitures are featured mostly in 20th century. A chapter about collecting and conservation. |
|
Dollhouse Style (2002) Step-by-step illustrated guide to making 90 authentic miniatures in 15 period styles |
Dalmeny, Kath |
0 7134 8744 5 |
|
|
Dollhouses. The collector's guide (1994) |
Jackson Douet, Valerie |
0-7858-0220-7 |
History of dollhouses in Europe and USA. Pictures are great but there could be deeper information. |
|
Dolls House Do-It-Yourself: Curtains |
Sue Heaser |
0-7153-1852-7 |
|
|
Dolls House Do-It-Yourself: Finishing Touches |
Jane Harrop |
0-7153-1794-6 |
|
|
Dolls House Do-It-Yourself: Food Displays |
Sue Heaser |
0-7153-1435-1 |
|
|
Dolls House Do-It-Yourself: Toys and Games |
Jane Harrop |
0-7153-1436-x |
Versatile instructions for making toys and games, mostly historical stuff but you will get inspiration for modern things also. |
|
Doll's house dolls make and clothe your own |
Bedington, Ellen |
1 85076 467 0 |
Detailed pictures show how to make a doll from a kit or from scratch, including wigs. The costumes can be undressed. E.g. a victorian lady, gentleman, girl and maid, edwardian maid and granny, maritime boy, chef and old-fashioned pilot. You can do also separate project from the book, e.g. a parasol, a top hat, an apron and a leather-jacket... |
|
Doll's house window treatments (2001) |
Harwood Eve |
1 86108 189 8 |
|
|
Dolls and dolls' houses (1996) |
King Constance Eileen |
1 85152 953 5 |
|
|
Dolls' House Accessories, Fixtures & Fittings |
Barham, Andrea |
1 86108 103 0 |
Different methods and how to use them in a dollhouse. E.g. decorating ceilings and walls, decorative painting, miniatures from metal, wood and plastic, textiles and an electrified lamp. 150 pages |
|
Dolls' House Bathrooms/Lots of Little Loos |
King, Patricia |
1 86108 056 5 |
A nice little book about the bathrooms in dollhouses with variety of diffrent styles from royal bathrooms to more ordinary loos. |
|
Dolls' House Needlecrafts - over 250 projects in 1/12 scale (1995) |
Dodge Venus A. |
0 7153 0169 1 |
Wonderful projects |
|
Dolls' House details - over 500 craft projects in 1/12 scale (2000) |
Dalmeny Kath |
0 7153 0947 1 |
Very inspiring book! |
|
Dolls' House Fireplaces & Stoves |
Patricia King |
1-86108-105-7 |
Nice little book about the fireplaces and stoves in dollhouses made from different materials. |
|
Dolls’ House Furniture – Easy-to-make projects in 1/12 scale |
Gray,Freida |
1-86108-258-4 |
|
|
Dolls' House Inspirations |
Jean Nisbett |
978-1-86108-509-2 |
|
|
Doll's House Shops, Cafés & restaurants |
Jean Nisbett |
1-86108-455-2 |
|
|
Dolls' House Soft Furnishings in 1/12 scale |
Nick & Esther Forder |
0-7153-0979-x |
|
|
Dolls' Houses |
Pasierbska, Halina |
0-7478-0501-6 |
40 pages in a booklet that features dollhouse history from 16th centure until the end of 20th century. A lot of small pictures, no instructions. |
|
E-F
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Easy to make Dolls' House Accessories |
Barham, Andrea |
0 946819 37 8 |
|
|
Easy to make Dollhouse Quilts |
Janet Wickell |
0-486-40291-6 |
|
|
Furnish a Doll's House |
Michael Morse |
0-7134-7878-0 |
|
|
G-H
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Christian Hacker-Wooden Toy Factory in Nuremberg 1835-1927 |
Swantje Koehler |
978-3-9811524-2-5
|
Detailed book with rare sample book pictures and original catalogues and many big pictures of dollhouses, rooms, shops, kitchens from collections all over the world. |
|
Gör ditt eget dockskåp (1997) |
Nilsdotter Gunnel - Siverwall Åke |
91 534 1752 6 |
Swedish book about dollhouses |
|
Hats in miniature |
Waring, Lyn |
0-8069-4265-7 |
|
|
Hienoimmat nukkekotini (2008) |
Sirjonen Eija |
978-952-5613-81-0 |
Finnish book. Eija tells the history of dollhouses and then introduces her own projects that she has done during decades. Wonderful book! |
|
How to Paint Miniatures - step-by-step projects in watercolor, gouache and oils |
Hughes Robert and Johnson Elizabeth |
0 7858 0029 8 |
|
|
How to Make Your Dolls' House Special |
Beryl Amstrong |
1-86108-182-0 |
Versatile and detailed book about building and furnishing, clear pictures. Interesting book for someone who has been doing dollhouses for years. Fresh ideas include: fireplaces & surrounds, wallpapering&panelling, doors&hinges, flooring, stairways, windows, balconies, verandas & windows boxes, roofing, brickwork, weatherboarding, pebbledash & flint work, timbers, wall-hung tiles plastering, garden fencing, hedges, topiary & gates.138 pages |
|
I-L
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Inred tittskåp och dockskåp (1997) |
Malmsten Eva |
91 534 1835 2 |
Swedish book about roomboxes and dollhouses |
|
Le Grand Livre de la Maison Miniature |
Christine-Léa Frisoni |
978-2-215-09359-6 |
French book about dollhouses |
|
M
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Magnificent Miniatures |
Kevin Mulvany & Susie Rogers |
978-0-7134-9059-6 |
Wonderful pictures of perfect looking palaces. Makes one miss some imperfection in the projects though... |
|
Make Your Own Dolls' House Furniture |
Harper, Maurice |
0 946819 59 9 |
|
|
Make and Furnish Your Own Miniature Rooms |
O'Brien, Marian Maeve |
0-517-383357 |
The book was published already 1976. Instructions for roomboxes of different styles. A lot of pictures are black-and-white. 225 pages include projects: federal music room, 1789, antebellum parlor, art nouveau bedroom, private theater, left bank artist's studio, art deco clumroom, corner drugstore, 1930, turn-of-the-century garden party, kakuma-japanese sitting room, 4th of july picnic, 1914, game room, 1950 and a creche. Nice instrucstions for pool table, picnic table, trees, pearl curtains and a puppet show |
|
Make your own dollhouses and dollhouse miniatures |
O'Brien, Marian Maeve |
0 517 391694 |
First published already 1975. Traditional concept: tools, materials, building dh's, finishing outside/inside, electrifying, wood/furniture/metal/needle/paper/bead/accessory crafts, Christmas in a dollhouse, renovating and housekeeping. Nice details: wooden swing, gingerbread house, cut-glass chandelier, patchworks and a hammock. 274 pages |
|
Making & Dressing Dolls' house dolls in 1/12 scale (1992) |
Atkinson Sue ( Foreword by Venus A.Dodge) |
0 7153 0788 6 |
Hanna´s review |
|
Making 1/12 Scale Wicker Furniture for the Dolls' House |
Smith, Sheila |
1-86108-284-3 |
|
|
Making Dolls' House Interiors in 1/12 Scale |
Lodder, Carol & Nigel |
0-7153-0615-4 |
|
|
Making Dolls' House Furniture |
Patricia King |
0-946819-24-6 |
|
|
Making Dolls' Houses in 1/12 scale |
Nickolls, Brian |
0-7153-9848-2 |
Detailed instructions to: victorian shop, georgian house, thatched cottage, fisherman's cottage, tudor house, 192 pages |
|
Making Dolls's house Miniatures with Polymer Clay (1997) |
Heaser Sue |
0 304 35570 4 |
|
|
Making Miniature Chinese Rugs & Carpets |
Carol Phillipson |
1-86108-254-1 |
Nice book with beautiful models and clear instructions (techniques and materials). |
|
Making Miniature Dolls with Polymer Clay - how to create and dress period dolls in 1/12 scale (1999) |
Heaser Sue |
0 304 35640 9 |
|
|
Making Miniature Gardens |
Freida Gray |
1-86108-058-1 |
|
|
Making Miniature Oriental Rugs & Carpets |
Meik & Ian McNaughton |
1-86108-066-2 |
Good book about rugs. A short introduction to oriental rugs, their models and how to miniaturize them. A lot of beautiful models with clear instructions. |
|
Making Miniatures Dolls' House Projects in 1/12 scale (1989) |
Dodge Venus & Martin |
0 7153 9963 2 |
|
|
Making Miniatures in 1/12 scale |
Dodge Venus & Martin |
0-7153-9106-2 |
A variety of different mini projects, e.g. a mermaid, a fruit seller with a stall, garden, christmas, dollmaker's room and sewer's room. 180 pages |
|
Making Miniatures (projects for the 1:12 scale dolls' house) |
Christiane Berridge |
1-86108-381-5 |
|
|
Making Period Dolls' House Accessories |
Barham, Andrea |
1 86108 014 |
Clear pictures and instructions for periodical things, e.g. a parasol, Stilton cheese, hats, bread, lamps, päivänvarjo(!), stilton-juustoa, hattuja, leipää, lamppuja, screen, books, a cradle 160 pages |
|
Making Upholstered Furniture in 1/12 scale |
Janet Storey |
1-86108-301-7 |
|
|
Making Victorian Dolls' House Furniture |
King, Patricia |
0 946819 56 4 |
|
|
Making miniature food and Market Stalls (2001) |
Scarr Angie |
1 86108 215 0 |
The polymer clay guru shares detailed tips for making miniatures. |
|
Medieval &Tudor Needlecraft , Knights & Ladies in 1/12 Scale |
Whitehead Sandra |
1 86108 259 2 |
|
|
Miniature Costumier - removable clothing for dolls' house people (2004) |
Hall, Catriona |
1 86351 329 9 |
Detailed pictures, patterns and tips for manual sewing. |
|
Miniature Crochet (projects in 1/12 scale) |
Roz Walters |
1-86108-273-8 |
|
|
Miniature Crocheting and Knitting for Dollhouses |
Drysdale, Rosemary |
0-486-23964-0 |
|
|
Miniature Embroidered Patchwork (projects in 1/12 scale) |
Margaret Major |
1-86108-341-6 |
|
|
Miniature Embroidery (a foundation course) |
Margaret Major |
1-86108-416-1 |
|
|
Miniature Embroidery for the Tudor & Stuart Dolls' House |
Warner, Pamela |
1-86108-217-7 |
|
|
Miniature Food Masterclass |
Scarr, Angie |
|
To be published soon (2009) |
|
Miniature Iron-on Transfer Patterns for Dollhouses, Dolls and Small Projects |
Rita Weissa & Frank Fontana |
0-486-23741-9 |
|
|
Miniature Needlepoint Carpets (1996) |
Granger Janet |
1 86 108 023 9 |
|
|
Miniature Needlepoint Rugs for Dollhouses |
McBaine, Susan |
0-486-23388-X |
|
|
Miniature Worlds in 1/12 Scale |
Penny, Susan and Martin |
0 7153 0576X |
|
|
Miniature bobbin lace |
Snowden, Roz |
1 86108 086 7 |
|
|
Miniatures Bureaux et Bibliothèques |
Florence Labeyrie-Bejot |
978-2-215-09224-7 |
|
|
Miniatures Chambres |
Florence Labeyrie-Bejot |
978-2-215-07806-7 |
|
|
Miniatures Cuisines et Salles à Manger |
Florence Labeyrie-Bejot |
978-2-215-07805-0 |
|
|
Miniatures Nature |
Marie-Hélène Deguilhem |
2-263-02964-8 |
|
|
Miniatures Passion |
Marie-Hélène Deguilhem |
2-263-02207-4 |
|
|
Miniatures Salons |
Florence Labeyrie-Bejot |
978-2-215-09223-0 |
|
|
Muumilaakso -tarinoista museokokoelmaksi |
Kivi, Mirja |
952-9549-52-0 |
Finnish book that introduces Moomin museum but also the most famous Finnish dollhouse that is stored there: Moomin house made by Tove Jansson herself. |
|
N
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Nukkekoti -Vanhanaikainen taitettava nukkekoti 1800-luvulta |
Meggendorfer Lothar |
951 1 05244 6 |
A dollhouse shaped book |
|
Nukkekotielämää |
Raili Frank (toim.) |
951-0-30604-5 |
Finnish book made by a discussion group called Nukkekotielämä. The book contains the basic stuff of the hobby (scales, swaps, clubs, tips and trick and then there are stories from the dollhouses of the members: romances, weddings, pirates etc. Wonderful book to look at too. |
|
O-S
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
T
Taikurien talo (1983) |
Lahtinen, Mysi |
951-35-2951-7 |
Finnish book that contains a story for kids but the pictures are from Mysi's own dollhouse. |
|
Taikurien talon joulu (1994) |
Lahtinen, Mysi |
951-31-0247-5 |
Finnish book that contains a Christimas time story for kids but the pictures are from Mysi's own dollhouse. |
|
U- Z
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
0-9
Name of the book |
Author(s) |
ISBN |
Description/Review |
Link to buy |
Visitors since 16th Apr 2009:
Share
books
|
Tip: To turn text into a link, highlight the text, then click on a page or file from the list above.
|
|
|
|
|
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.