A great way to give your dollhouse charm is by making your own fireplace mantel. It's very easy to do. And you can make it any size you want. You will need one thin wood veneer. I have 1/16 x 4 x 24" bass from Hobby Lobby. For your tools you will need a glue gun, ruler, pencil, white glue, sand paper. And a sharp utility knife. This one has a snap off blade so you always have a sharp edge. I bought it at Home Depot. The first piece to cut out is the back of the mantel. Mine is 4 1/4" tall x 3 1/2 wide. ((If you would like to put a textured paper inside your mantel this would be the time to glue it on leaving an 1/8" to glue to wood onto this back piece.)) Next the walls of the mantel. Mine are 4 1/4" x 5/8". You will need 4 of them. You need a top shelf and bottom for the mantel. I cut out 2 pieces each 1" x 3 7/8". I do sand these two pieces. I like worn rounded edges and corners. I like using a 1500 grit. And finally the piece in the front of the fireplace, the frieze. Mine is 2 3/16" x 1 1/2". Mine needs a real old cottage look so I'm opting for a nice tall one. That's all the pieces for the main structure. Glue your walls to the back of the mantel with white glue. I use Aleene's. Also glue the bottom and top. The trick here is to get everything to stay together and keep it straight. Let dry completely. I usually let it dry against a straight flat wall. If needed I add a weight to make sure it stays flush to the straight wall. Otherwise you will have problems installing it in the dollhouse. Next glue the frieze in place. This is the basic structure I use for all my fireplace mantels. Some may be bigger, narrower, or smaller. But the process remains the same. The next step is to add trims. This is where you give your piece the feel it needs. I'm doing this one for an English cottage. So cute and girly is the order of the day. I'm layering trims. The first trim you need is for the top and bottom of the mantel walls. My first trim is 3/8" wide. Notice I do my side trim first then cover the rough edge with the front trim. Your next layer of trim will have to be thinner. So I would use thin cardboard like cereal box weight or cardstock paper. This trim will be 1/8" to 1/4". You can also cut out a fun detail. Like dental moulding or swags. First I'm doing a simple second layer trim on the bottom. This one is 1/4". My top trim is scalloped. I have a pair of scalloped edge scissors to do this. And finally one more 1/8" trim on top of all of the trims. Perfect! Now we need to trim the firebox. Two sides go on first. They are 1/8" wide. Then I add a shelf at the top that is almost 1/4" wide. And top it off with the remaining 1/8" trim. Done! How about making some girly addition. I'm going to do a little 3D work on the frieze. First I draw a design freehand. Next use your glue gun to apply 3 dot and the 2 swags. You can cut those annoying glue gun webs by releasing the trigger completely and then touching the hot nozzle on the string. It will cut the string. Any remaining strings can be taken care of with a hairdryer. You may want to practice on paper first. The technique is like pulling sugar in candy making. Remember this is vintage style. So it doesn't need to be perfect! If you can't do it just use white glue. Make sure it's not runny. Paint your entire mantel with acrylic paint. It can be craft paint or house paint. Makes no different. Lay it on there thick! If your paint is too new you may have to do 2 or 3 coats. Let's add character! I use ink pads to achieve a very old look. They are all browns. Stampabilities Brown, StazOn Saddle Brown, and Color-Box Putty. It makes no difference which order you apply them. Use a hard bristle brush to get the ink in tight corners. Now if you want to go all the way with this project you can add fire. I order my fire kit from https://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/ I order the fire kit with the 1.8mm bulb and 3 volt battery with the switch. You can do the pico lights if you want undetectable bulbs. They put out a lot of light and work great too. Drill a hole at the back wall at the very bottom. You can use a drill, a screw driver, a nail to do this. Whatever you have on hand. The wood is very easy to poke a hole in. I used a little screw driver. I started the hole on the front and turned the fireplace over to continue the hole from the other side. You wouldn't want to risk ungluing the back of the mantel! I build a fire stack with real sticks from the garden to hide the bulbs. Start by building up the wood stack around the bulbs. Notice I did bend the wires 90 degrees ready to be pulled back through the hole. Continue building the stack until the bulbs are hidden. Glue inside fire box with hot glue. Now let's make it a wee bit more romantic with moss. Get the hot chocolate and S'Mores cause you are ready to snuggle up next to the fire! Thanks for joining me and following along. I hope you give this a try. I promise it's really easy. You know what I always tell you: one step at a time. hugs,

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Wonderful Mini Shelves Love, love, love shelves. They add so much character to a mini room and can fit anywhere. Place a few cherished mini items... instant charm. I love creating different styles of shelving; painted, stained, distressed, hooks, paper, the options are endless. My Etsy shop will feature a section dedicated to shelving units I create. Here's a sneak peek. More designs to come. Miniature Cottage Shelves

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This is my little "Summer House" dollhouse. It oozes Cape Cod vintage style with the ease of summertime furnishings. This dollhouse is made from scratch with a bump out section in the front for the entry. This house is 11 3/4" wide x 18 3/4" long x 15 3/4" tall. I had this design in my mind for a long time. The cozy front yard has a sand path that leads to the front door. I love the roofs on this dollhouse. That top front window is such a charmer! I decided the dormer should have the shingles. It's so traditional. I made a screen door for this dollhouse instead of a front door. I didn't want a door to take up any space inside the house. I use real screen from the hardware store between two pieces of veneer. I made this little bistro chair from Evangelione's wonderful tutorial and a wooden box. The switches are in the chimney. One is for the fireplace and the other controls all the lights. I made the entry armoire from bass wood veneer. Downstairs I made 3 chandeliers and working fire all battery operated. I also made a sink, vintage style cooking range, upholstered chair, mantel, kitchen table, stool, laundry basket, ladder steps, baking scene, rug, artwork, plate drying rack, shelves, rolling pin, clay houses, bunting, curtains. I think that's everything! I tried to make these curtains like they were blowing from the wind of the open window. Here you can see the little lights in the logs. I also put a little apron back there. Non of the furniture or accessories are glued down. If you want to make the stove here's my tutorial: http://www.cinderellamoments.com/2014/04/vintage-style-dollhouse-miniature-stove.html Upstairs, everything is handmade. The tutorial for the tray table is here: http://www.cinderellamoments.com/2015/04/dollhouse-miniature-tray-table-tutorial.html Here's the space empty. I hope you enjoyed seeing "Summer House." Jennifer is the proud new owner. ♥♥♥ hugs♥,

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Happy 2016 everyone! I hope this new year brings all of you the best things life has to offer. May you thrive and prosper, accomplish your dreams and have a few lovely surprises tucked in there too for fun. You all have been such incredible support for me in 2015. I truly do appreciate and cherish each and everyone of you! Enjoy life. Love your family. Create tons of happy minis. Go out there and wow the world in 2016. Happy New Year! And Thank You God for all the wonderful blessings in 2015. Hugs, Caroline

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The Key West Island house is a theme house that depicts all the pleasures summer, and of island living. Key West is a 3 by 5 mile island that sits at the very end of a small chain of islands off the tip of Florida. It is the southernmost city in the continental U.S. and is only 90 miles from Cuba. The house started out as a kit of the” Alison” by real good toys. It has a two story room addition, as well as a custom tower. Extra windows and doors were also modifications to the original design. The large white Heron bird is on the fence sits very stately and quietly. The white are my favorite but they also are in brown. They have a huge wing span when they take off. Riding a bike is very common, and in the basket are Longans, one of my favorite tropical fruits and a loaf of Cuban bread. You have to buy Cuban bread every day ... it doesn’t keep. There is a small scene on the table for butterfly collecting. There are just tons of them all year round. On the lounger is coco frio, a fresh coconut that they take a big machete to and chop the top off, put in a straw and you just drink the fresh milk. The Spiral Staircase Room: Many houses have towers and widows walks for watching for shipwrecks. In the spiral stair room are maps and charts and books on navigation and sailing ships. Finding treasure especially after a storm is always a possibility. There is a treasure chest by the desk.This room is the fantasy and endless possibilities of finding the great treasure. The 1st Bedroom The Beatrix Potter Bedroom The Sitting Room: The sitting room is a quiet getaway room ... a place to sit in a comfortable chair, have a drink, and maybe smoke a Cuban cigar and read a great book. All through the house are books by Hemingway, Samuel Carter and subjects pertaining to the sea. There is a bucket of shells by the lounger as well as the shell collection upstairs on display. These are actual real shells. There are very few shells on the beach except after a tropical storm or hurricane since a large coral reef sits just out from the island preventing the forming of natural sand. However this reef was the cause of the many shipwrecks that occurred making the salvage business one of the main businesses around and before the turn of the century. The 2nd Bedroom The Garden Room addition depicts the passion for raising orchids. On the tables are slices of Key Lime pie, the most popular desert on the island. The Kitchen: In the kitchen are tropical fruits and of course, fresh caught fish and shrimp. The shrimp boats sail out in the evening and you can watch them around sunset, and come back in the morning. There is fresh fried fish on the plates at the table. The living room and foyer depict the social life of Key West. Living on a 3 by 5 mile island means you have a lot of friends. There is always a party. The party here will be an after sunset party where everyone will come after watching the sunset from the pier. There will be drinks, and gourmet treats, and piano playing. The front door will be open and the evening breezes will blow through the house. You will be able to smell the aromas of Cuban food and coffee from the neighborhood wafting by. And as the evening moves on, the fragrant smell of night blooming jasmine and angel trumpet blooms permeate the air as the guests leave and walk down the quite streets home. Special special thanks go to Denise from http://handmademiniatures.yolasite.com for the exquisite hand made furniture, and Robert Dodd from http://captainsawdust.com for the magnificent nautical wood trim that he custom made for this Sea Captain’s house. I also found a new friend named Rapeepong, from whom I was able to purchase all these wonderful tropical fruits and foliages made from clay. She is in Thailand and sells both privately at [email protected] and through eBay at http://myworld.ebay.com/bestminiature. ~ Robin Carey

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Всем привет! Как-то раз случайно увидела в интернете вот такой вот настоящий домик. Мечта! Решила приблизить себе эту мечту. Началось, как обычно, всё с картона. Построила я его очень быстро, на одном дыхании. Оформление и создание интерьера заняло намного больше времени. Вот получившийся результат.

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