Like I mentioned in my introductory post, I furnished the entire dollhouse with things I found around my own house. Junk, recyclables, scraps and other random pieces. Here are the details.
It’s weird, but I found the kitchen the most difficult room to furnish. Weird because all the shapes are so boxy! Should be easy, right? I had the entire rest of the house planned out before I even had an idea about the kitchen. It wasn’t until I ran across a bunch of trimmings from some 2×4’s that I realized I could cobble together a simple set of cabinets from the wood blocks.
The sink is the bottom of an Altoids tin glued to the top of a wooden block. None of the blocks are glued to the kitchen itself, though. I wanted to keep it flexible and imaginative.
The backsplash is a strip of tickets from a raffle and the French posters were cut from an old calendar. I mounted them on some thin cardboard with Mod Podge and hot glued them to the wall.
The stove is another painted wooden block with a bit of the reflective metal duct tape on the front. I glued mismatched buttons to the top to resemble burners. I was going for a collected look throughout the entire house and made sure to include small things that might have been repurposed by the imaginary inhabitants.
I crafted the refrigerator from an iPhone box. It’s technically cardboard, I guess, but it’s super sturdy and practically plasticized. The bottom of the box I left as-is, but I trimmed the sides off the top to create the door and hinged it with some metallic duct tape to resemble stainless steel. The door opens and closes!
Before photos >>
Part 1: Whole house after photos >>
Part 2: Living Room / Dining Room >>
Part 3: Kitchen >>
Part 4: Landing / Sitting Room >>
Part 5: Bedroom >>
Part 6: Bathroom >>
Hi, loved the doll houses and ideas.
I saw one being made this morn, and went looking for other ideas.. found yours.
Your bathroom… and the tap… below is the link to the one I saw on tv, and she has step by step instruction for each room…
Tap… she used a pump dispenser, like from a hand lotion bottle… painted silver.
Google Dolls house better homes and gardens Australia… then you will see this link below, date is Feb 18 2010.. She has some great ideas for furniture from household items. Enjoy
http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/better-homes-gardens/craft/articles/a/-/6821012/make-your-own-dolls-house/
Good idea about the pump dispenser for a faucet!
I was just curious about how you got the door on the fridge to swing. Is that just duct tape or something? I was playing around with it today and I was able to slip a piece of the door into the side of the fridge to make it swing but it’s not quite perfect
Yes, the fridge is covered in the shiny metal duct tape (not normal duct tape), and I just used more of the same to make it hinge. Hope that helps!
Definitely! Thanks for such a fast response! You are incredibly creative!
These are such great ideas. My daughter is starting her first pre school class and we are trying to bring things into the classroom for as inexpensive as we can . Your ideas are wonderful….Thankyou
Great, glad you found the ideas helpful!
i love all of the ideas they are rely cool …….
they helped me and my sis alot for our little doll house
Great! Glad you could use some of the ideas!
super!!!
Thanks!
I found this really useful in making my own dolls house (I got a kit for Christmas but its not pained or furnished) but I think mine is a little smaller than yours, but I still loved it!
Wonderful! Have fun designing your house!