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Build This Inexpensive Yet Durable Dollhouse
Many of the visitors to this craft website come to find out about dollhouse
furniture.
I decided to show how to build an inexpensive, light, and portable dollhouse
that's just the size for most of the furniture and dolls described on pages of
this craft site.
Any little girl would enjoy helping build this inexpensive craft
project, and playing hours upon end with it when the construction is
complete.
As this picture shows, this beauty has a handle to make transport easy,
and is so light that I actually have picture frame hooks on the back, and
I hang my little dollhouse on the wall.
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Quaint and Deceptively Roomy For Its Size
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From the front this miniature has the charm of a small cottage. The
front doors are hinged and held closed with a small latch.
Enticing front windows (described later) decorate the front of the
dollhouse.
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Open the doors to find several rooms of easy living for dolls the size
of the Girl Doll
shown on another craft page.
You can see that this little cottage is furnished with furniture, much
of which is described in the wood craft sections of this website.
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Dollhouse Construction Layout
At left you see a parts layout for the pieces used to construct the
dollhouse cottage.
These parts are all cut from 3/16 inch thick sheets of foam board,
available at:
www.CreateForLess.com
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I've found this foam board to be the perfect material for the construction
of the little dollhouse cottage. It is very light, very strong, and easily
cut with a craft knife .
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The following table shows the dimensions of each piece:
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Back
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16 inches wide at bottom
10 inches wide at top
12 inches high to point where taper begins
16 1/2 inches high total.
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Doors
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8 inches wide at bottom
5 inches wide at top
12 inches high to point where taper begins
16 1/2 inches high total
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Sides
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11 5/8 inches tall
6 inches wide (deep)
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Top and Bottom Floors
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16 inches long
6 inches wide (deep)
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Middle Floor
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15 5/8 inches long
6 inches wide (deep)
notched at back for braces
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D1, D2 room dividers
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5 3/4 inches tall (trim to size)
6 inches wide (deep)
notched at back for braces
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Left and Right Roof
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7 1/2 inches long
6 inches wide
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Roof
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10 inches long
6 inches wide
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Additional Materials
You'll need these materials to complete the Cottage Dollhouse
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3/8 inch thick balsa wood strips
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Used for support (bracing) for the walls, top, bottom, and mid-floor
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1/16 inch thick balsa wood
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Cut to frame dollhouse window panes
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Craft paper or fabric scraps
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Used to make dollhouse window curtains
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4 small cabinet hinges
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Used to attach doors to cottage sides
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One Small Cabinet Handle
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Used if desired to make transport easy
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5 thin wood shapes
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4 similar to hinge size, used to support hinge attachment
One large enough to help support the handle
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1 small clasp
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Used to hold doors shut
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Dollhouse Shingles
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Used to decorate roof and front windows
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You can obtain all but the dollhouse shingles at
www.CreateForLess.com
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For the dollhouse shingles, and fun fabric designs you might want to
make the dollhouse curtains, a good source is
Jo-Ann.com
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Click Here
For the Cottage Dollhouse Construction Details.
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