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By: Stephanie W

Materials Needed to Build a Dollhouse

If you have recently ordered a dollhouse kit you are probably anxious to get started! While you are waiting for your kit to arrive now is a great time to get all the materials you will need together. Your kit includes all the wood needed to build your dollhouse but you will need some tools to assemble and paint it decorate the interior and add any embellishments that you might want.

You will want to organize a workstation big enough to fit your dollhouse and a few tools. Below are listed all the supplies you will need or might want in order to build your dollhouse.

Supplies Needed for Assembly

Glue: Most of the dollhouse parts are secured with glue. We recommend finding wood glue that will set fairly fast is easy to sand paint or wipe off and has a good applicator tip. Try Elmers Carpenters Wood Glue.

Masking tape: You will need this to keep parts of the dollhouse together while waiting for the glue to dry. Also helpful to cover areas of the dollhouse when painting.

Pencil: for marking lines to cut and line up parts.

Hammer: Many dollhouse kits come with nails that you can choose to use to make your dollhouse more secure.

Fine tooth saw: Though most parts in the dollhouse kits are ready to be assembled a few will require some trimming or cutting.

Utility/Xacto Knife: Also for trimming and cutting. Especially important when shingling your roof.

100 grit sandpaper: For smoothing down edges that have been cut.

Rubber bands: When assembling window frames and other smaller objects rubber bands are perfect for holding parts together as they dry.

Turntable: Not a must but worth considering. The turntable makes your dollhouse much easier to work on display and play with.

Supplies Needed for Painting

High quality semigloss latex enamel paint: Painting is actually one of the biggest jobs in assembling your dollhouse. When choosing colors you will want to think about the following:

Main exterior color: to be used on all the houses siding. Your most important color. An 8 oz jar will probably be sufficient

12 exterior accent colorsfor doors window frames shutters porches balconies and other outdoor embellishments. Make sure they coordinate well with your main exterior color. 2 oz jars should be big enough but consider getting an 8 oz jar if you are using white as an accent coloryoull probably want to use it in several other places

Interior paint colorsWhen planning to decorate the interior of your house you may want to paint the walls instead of wallpaper them and you will probably want to paint the ceiling as well.

Good quality paint brushes: You will probably want a few sizes of paint brush because you will need them for covering large areas small corners and tiny details. Make sure the paint brushes are made to paint on wood and that the bristles dont frequently shed.

320 grit sandpaper: Used to sand between coats of paint to get rid of globs and unsmooth surfaces.

Light spackle: Not absolutely necessary but may come in handy. Used to fill in tiny cracks between dollhouse parts or holes made by nails.

Supplies Needed to Finish the Roof

Roofing material: Dollhouse kits come with rectangular wooden shingles. If you want to use a different shape (square fishscale diamond) or material (slate tin aluminum tile) be sure to order before you are ready to work on the roof.

Shingle dye: If you are using wooden shingles you will probably want to dye them. Dye comes in redbrown or gray.

Rubber gloves: Protects your hands from staining when dyeing shingles.

Large piece of cardboard: Needed to lay out each shingle to dry after dyeing.

2 1gallon plastic milk jugs: Used to store and transfer shingle dye.

Liquid Nails: Type of glue used to attach shingles to the roof.

Utility/Xacto Knife: Some shingles will need to be cut to fit a specific space on the roof.

Supplies Needed to Finish the Interior

Dollhouse wallpaper: Wallpaper is the fastest and usually the most attractive way to decorate the interior walls. We recommend buying prepasted sheets. Wallpaper can be bought based on individual patterns or in sets of preselected designs. Buying individual patterns gives you more variety and specificity; buying sets is more economical.

Paint and brushes: Instead of buying wallpaper you might choose to paint the rooms. As with the exterior use high quality semigloss latex enamel paint.

Flooring: There are many types of flooring available for dollhouses: tile wood and marble flooring patterns carpet and rugs. You may want to change the type of flooring for each room (for example tile in a bathroom carpeting in a bedroom).

Flooring adhesives: To adhere wood marble and tile sheets to the floor we recommend using Liquid Nails (the same glue used for the shingles). Carpets and rugs can be attached using carpet tape.

Lighting: This is definitely an optional steplighting a dollhouse is almost an art in itself. You will need tapewire some type of transformer brads and eyelets and a test probe along with whatever lamps lanterns sconces or chandeliers you plan on using. Youll probably want an electrical piercing tool as well.

Furniture and accessories: This is one of the most exciting parts about building a dollhouse! There are literally thousands of choices availablejust be sure to keep the size of your dollhouse and your budget in mind. You might even be interested in building some of your own items!

Dollhouse Embellishments

This section includes a list of replacements for items already included in most dollhouse kits and a list of additions not included in many dollhouse kits (though they may be in some). As you build your dollhouse you may find that you want to change what you already have for something a little fancierfor example replace a standard door w

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