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- Old magical potion room with wooden shelf with books, potions, crystals... - Each book is made in great detail, the pages in the book are glued one by one to make it look as realistic as possible. - The things on the shelf are glued, but the top of the shelf is not. - On the floor of the room, only the books are glued, everything else is not. - You can see in the pictures what is not glued and will be packed separately and put in the box. - The background of the box is done in imitation of a stone wall with moss. Dimensions: Height: 23.5 cm / 9.3 inches Width: 13 cm / 5.1 inches Depth: 12 cm / 4.7 inches - Cleaning with a dry cloth or dust brush. ● Small parts are for adult collectors and are not suitable for very young children due to choking hazards. The box is One Of A Kind.
I have been explaining this room box a lot lately to followers that have e-mailed me. I forget that not everyone has been doing miniatures for as long as I have. I don't get any of the miniatures magazines so I don't know what the DIY projects are and if this has been in there. I don't get any of the magazines on purpose, I don't want to copy, even unconsciously. I hope the directions aren't too tedious with all of the measurements. I have a diagram later in the tutorial to help out. This is the finished room box, it's about 6 inches deep, 10 inches from side to side and 8 inches tall. I know 8 inches is really a 8 foot ceiling height and that would be short for real life full size, but I think it works here. You can turn the box and have a 10 foot ceiling if you need the height. Boy, this is blurry! This is a collage frame I copied from the internet. When I bought my cheapie frame these were on sale. My husband pointed that out to me, too. "Can't use that, I said I needed an 8" x 10" frame." While lying in bed that night I thought, "Darn, I could have used that." This would be good for themed room box settings, maybe something for a gift. This type of frame could also spot light some of your best miniatures. I saw this on the internet, too. This frame would also be good for a themed gift or setting. For hanging on the wall I would probably not make these two examples as deep as the box I am making in the tutorial. Keep your pencil sharp and put a new blade in your craft knife. I have a piece of 20" x 30" foam core. This is the most common size available. I also have the $5.00 frame. Take the back out and if you can get it out take the glass out. I couldn't get mine out so I just left the glass alone. Measure inside the rabbet, I didn't misspell, that step down on the back of the frame is called a rabbet, it's for things to fit into, like glass. Measure both directions, it's probably about 8 1/16" x 10 1/16". I want you to find the center of the foam core. To do this for the 20" side measure in from each side and mark at 10". In the picture I've marked from one side and just marked the from the other side. See the space I have between the marks? That's how much short of 20" the board is. By eye or ruler mark the center of this space. Do this for the other end of the board. For the long side that is 30" measure from the side to 15" and mark as you did above. Measure from the other side and mark. If you have a little space between the marks divide it half as you did above. Turn the board around and measure and mark the other side just as you did before. Draw lines from center marks to center marks. I don't have a "T" square long enough for this task so I measure and mark. More lines to measure for. Measuring on the long side: have the long side facing you and measure from the middle line out to the side 4 13/16", mark; measure from the middle line out to the other side 4 13/16", mark. Do this for the other long side and draw lines connecting the marks. Turn the board around and measure the short side. Measure from the middle line out to the side 3 13/16"and mark; measure from the middle line out to the other side 3 13/16", mark. Turn the board around and measure just as you did above. Draw lines connecting the marks. I've got the short side of the board facing me. I have measured 3/16" away from the first line on the left and drawn a new line. Do you see that the new line is closer to the side, not the middle? I've measured 3/16" away from the other side's line and drew a new line. "X" out the old line, you won't cut on the old line. I've also made a squiggly line in the corner, this is waste and will be cut out. The new lines have all been drawn. Take care where they are. I've got the short side facing me, again. A long side is on my right. I am measuring from the first line to the edge. This should be around 6 3/16". I've now turned the board so that the long side is facing me. Got your measurement from above? Measure from the first line to the edge that measurement, I'm using 6 3/16", mark. I've drawn a line connecting the marks I made. There is a very light squiggly line on the right of the new line, that part is waste and will be cut off. Do this for the other side. Cut off those ends. My pencil lines are light and hard to see in the pictures. I recommend printing this out on a sheet of paper to guide you. This is what you should have, now. Cut the corners out. Do you see that I did not cut on the "X"ed lines? Cut on the dotted lines, don't cut through. Do you see how the sides will cover the top and bottom edges? As soon as I got the box folded, not glued yet, Digger, my cat got in. Now, that he's out let's put some glue on the edges. I've got glue on the edges. If I can keep Digger's tail out of the glue that will be good! I've got the box glued together. Showing the side and back of the box. I've got the frame on. Showing the side. Make some legs from stacked and glued foam core to match the height of the side of the frame. If I were hanging this on a wall I probably would not make it as deep as this. When I have finished decorating I will glue the glass to the frame and the box to the glass. I will use tacky glue. You can cover the box with scrap booking paper or wall paper, I have even covered the box with brown paper. Use something that coordinates with the inside decorating. The box I covered with brown paper is "Carl's Room", I think that's in the "Things to do, Things to see" list under Room Boxes. The box has an Asian theme. I found some stickers of post marksand post cards from Japan, origami, etc. in the scrap booking isle. I put them on the brown paper and used some Asian stampers for more decoration. I usually cut a piece of foam core for a faux wall for the corner. I will put a window in that wall. This is a picture of a very, very early room box I made for my youngest daughter, Sam. I have the window in the corner with flowers. I fixed a battery operated light in the window and the battery also operates the teddy bear lamp I made. This hangs on the wall and with a click of a switch it will light up. If I can find the materials would you like me to show you how I did the battery lighting? I hope you didn't have too hard of time following all of the measuring. If you have any questions please remember you can e-mail me at: [email protected] Don't forget to send me your pictures of finished tutorials for the FOLLOWER'S GALLERY, those pictures are sent to: [email protected] I hope you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Have fun, Expand on it, Make it Better, JUST KEEP MAKING MINIS!! See 'ya next year, Kris
First I wanna thank you all for the supporting emails, comments and phonecalles after my surgery. It is so wonderful that people that have the same hobby are so kind! Everything is going well, my eyes are less blue/purple and it is only the pantience of recover that makes it difficult. Because the making of minis at the moment not possible is for me, I shall make some blogs about things that I made in the past. First the presents that I made for Christel, Rosanna, Roberta , Synnove and Madelva. After we made the appointment for diner in Paris, I had the idea of making a little corner in a restaurant. I made the chairs and bought some little boxes. The only things that I didn't made myself where the fork and knife, glas and eifeltoren. It was fun to make it and a nice souvenir of the SIMP 2010.
Have You Ever Wondered How To Build A Dollhouse Room Box? Find Out Now With The Help Of My Latest Blog Post!
Miniature Scenes In Boxes Can Be Crafted For special occasions, like a wedding, a birthday, or why not: the opening of a real-life store!
Thank you for supporting small businesses! Room Box DIY 1:12 scale (3 Walls) If you're interested in creating and decorating a miniature room without the hassle of making a base then this may be the item for you. Whether you are new to the miniature world or not and don't want to commit to a large dollhouse yet, the room box is a perfect choice. With this kit, you can make a great gift and can also use the room box as a photo booth for your miniatures. Choose between having 1 or 2 windows, the window style, and the floor design. The walls are made of 3mm MDF and they are very easy to paint and it's very smooth for wallpaper. We can do custom requests if you are interested in the walls/windows being wood instead of MDF, message us! The floors are made of 6mm wood with an engraving. They are easy to paint although we recommend using a wood stain because it gives it a more natural and realistic look. We also recommend for an easy assemble wood glue. ♥If you're interested in different sizing/scale, private message us for a custom order. ♥ ITEM DETAILS: Unfinished: not glued and not painted Floors are sanded and ready to be painted Type of Flooring: Square on square Brick Bond Floor Size: 10x10inches Number of walls: 3 Wall Size: 10x8.5 inches Types of windows are: Arch Centre Bar Georgian Number of Windows 0 or 1 or 2 Window(s) Size: 3x5inch (Each window comes with two window frames, one to glue interior and one exterior, and another piece that is the window glass(Acetate sheet 1mm thick) to put in-between the frames. The interior and exterior piece give it a more 3D look.) Not a toy. Not intended for small children. For decorative purposes only. ♥ Before purchasing please make sure that the scale/measurement is correct for your needs. If you have any questions or concerns please message us. Check out our other shops! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ScaledRealm?ref=shop_sugg Follow us on Instagram and Facebook at Scaled_Realm and Scaled_Realm_Minis Made in the USA
Miniature Scenes In Boxes Can Be Crafted For special occasions, like a wedding, a birthday, or why not: the opening of a real-life store!
Miniature Scenes In Boxes Can Be Crafted For special occasions, like a wedding, a birthday, or why not: the opening of a real-life store!
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Here it is. Months and months later.....I finally get the chance to write about my room box! It is the Houseworks Double Room Box from The Little Dollhouse Company that you have scene in numerous mini scenes, just never as a finished whole in photos. Walls and Doors There were a few challenges. The walls are really, really thin plywood. So, I had to smear a thing layer of wood filler all over them and sand them smooth. Then prime and paint. I believe this is the wall colour of my bedroom! The thin walls meant the door frames just seemed to jut out way too far into the opposite room. I corrected this with thin wood trim that sat sandwiched between the wall and the door frames. This made the thickness of the frame relatively equal on both sides of the wall. I had similar issues on the front door too, but I had more framing and bits to play with so, I could hide it better. Then, there was the floor and the bottom of the door frames. Notice the right side of the room box is higher then the left? That's because I lay a thin plywood subfloor on the right side. Again, the door frame base seemed SO high above the the wood floor. And these are Houseworks doors I might add! The whole bag of weirdness left me thinking, what the heck is wrong with this?? It's the same manufacturer! Whatever. That's what morning runs to Michael's with my 50% off one item coupon is for. Wood and more wood and glue. Left Room Right Room Floors The floors are stir sticks. There a bit more narrow then regular popsicle sticks. And I wasn't in the mood for veneer. They were stained in Minwax Classic Grey and finished with a satin polyurethane. FUN TIP! Have a bench vice? You can clamp reasonably 6 popsicle sticks in them....just catch the rounded ends in the vice...tighten very snug....then pull each stick forward one by one to get a clean break that nips off the end! Repeat on the other end of the stick. You can knock out tons of sticks in a short time. It does work for snapping any length you might subsequently like, rather then hand cut, but beware if you tighten it too snug, the vice might leave an imprint on the wood. Photo: Lowes.com http://www.lowes.com/pd_552524-281-4935507_1z11pbc__?productId=50168501&pl=1 The Exterior You make recall a past post about egg carton stone, well, there is the finished product! The cinder blocks are coarse sandpaper. In fact, the cinder block area is really the wood base I mounted the room box on. It was a smart move. It makes the structure very secure and sound given the thinness of the plywood. The Front Door I grabbed a cute battery operated light for the front door. And as soon as I turned it on, the on/off tab broke. Usable, but I now need the tip of the craft knife to move the switch. It was perfect for 30 seconds...and then I had to go and touch it. Ha. The house numbers are kind of fun. I keep my tiny minis in small divided tray containers. The dividers are movable....but I have so many I used on as the slightly frosted plastic back for my house numbers! It's suspended off the wall using jewelry findings (the long metal sticks with the flat ends for earrings). The numbers are jewelry charms from ebay....I just nipped the loop off the top, sanded and painted a flat silver. And...... One last shot of the air conditioner on the roof. I might add that I realize I never added vents or light switches in the room box as I wrote this post. Gah!!! I hope you enjoyed this drawn out and painful saga!
Miniature Scenes In Boxes Can Be Crafted For special occasions, like a wedding, a birthday, or why not: the opening of a real-life store!
I was born in Athens, Greece in 1974. I have a degree in graphic design and I love art. I started as a scale modeler 20 years ago and for the last 8 years, I have been working as a diorama and miniature artist. My dream is one day to see this artwork in museums introducing the art of miniatures all over the world. Maybe in this way, the world will seem more beautiful…
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To take a much-needed break (and to shop!) I went to the Small World Miniatures Club show and sale this morning. I took a wad of money and bought things from Autumn Leaf Studio, Wee Mini Makers, th…
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Miniature Scenes In Boxes Can Be Crafted For special occasions, like a wedding, a birthday, or why not: the opening of a real-life store!
I had to come up with an easy way to access the interior of box so I used some mini piano hinges instead of the usual slide in Plexiglas sheet, the battery operated chandelier has a tiny on/off switch on the canopy, if you don't turn it off it will run for about a week on one set of batteries.
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Miniatureit Tamar Cohen
My friend Amy and I like to go to exhibitions… it’s kind of our thing. So when a friend of hers suggested the Small is Beautiful exhibition in South Kensington, of course we had to chec…
Miniatureit Tamar Cohen
