Comments on: A bigger house

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 13 May 2019 17:20:40 +0000

In reply to Leah.

Hi Leah. Yes, I did the same thing on another one of my houses (https://www.littlevictorian.com/gutting-the-dollhouse/). What do you have for flooring? I just filled the hole in mine with a piece of plywood, glued in place. I filled the cracks with wood filler, then sanded both sides and put new flooring down on top.

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 01:43:06 +0000

That kit is the same one I’ve had as a child, and now I’m re designing it- it drives me crazy, there’s barely any room for a kitchen w/ table and chairs. I have a crib/queen size bed upstairs but everything is so crammed. The stairwell is something I’m trying to move to the left so there’s more room for couch/chairs and entertainment console in the living room. I am not sure how to go about cutting out existing upstairs floorboard and patch in flooring where the cutout already is.
Have any of you attempted that sort of thing?
Leah

By: Gutting the dollhouse

Gutting the dollhouse — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:54:24 +0000

[…] big change in plans for the dollhouse this week. As I mentioned, I purchased a new kit that I was planning to use as an addition to the old house. But for some […]

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:26:57 +0000

In reply to Kris. Thanks so much, Kris! You made my day. :D Come back and share if you get back to work on your dollhouse, we'd love to see!

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:54:01 +0000

Just discovered your blog today. I’ve been reading all day. You even inspired me to get my front porch chairs painted today! I was intrigued by your first doll house . But now you’re starting on a second one. My husband started one for me 15 years ago and it never got finished. Now I am getting some inspiration. I’m a great-grandma 4 times over and would love to have it finished before it’s too late to do anything! I don’t have a website – too busy reading other people’s blogs to get fired up and inspired. Love what you did with your live- in house also. Thanks for all the great reading!

By: onshore

onshore — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:28:19 +0000

In reply to onshore. half a room :D LOL

By: Christina O

Christina O — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:14:51 +0000

In reply to TinyFixation. That's a good point, the tabs probably will help.

I look for dollhouse stuff at Goodwill every time I go (often!) and the only two things I've ever seen there were the two houses I purchased.

By: Christina O

Christina O — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:12:10 +0000

In reply to onshore. You know me too well. :)

Yes, here (as far as I know anyway) the kitchen and bathroom are counted as rooms, so they are included. Oh, just realized I forgot to include the powder room in that. Would that be 6 1/2 rooms since it's only 3' x 6'? :)

By: TinyFixation

TinyFixation — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:49:31 +0000

Ha! By “master mini builder” you must mean “crazy hack with an unfair lucky streak”. Those instructions look a bit used, and not how they were supposed to. It appears they made a better dropcloth than valuable directions 🙂 They could be helpful though. Also, the tab and slot construction might help guide the right pieces to the right places. It’ll be easier than you think.
Goodwill is my favorite store. I always look for dollhouse stuff, but rarely see any. Nice find!

By: onshore

onshore — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:18:00 +0000

I first thought that you cannot be serious :) and you weren't. Looks like a really nice project. I'm sure you can figure it out, even when the instructions are a bit unclear.

BTW. when you say six rooms does it include kithen and bathroom? Here we say the number of bedrooms and livingrooms together, the kitchen and batroom are not counted in, those are assumed to be there anyway. So my home would be 3 rooms + kitchen + bathroom.