Dollhouses and Miniatures by Deb Roberts. Featuring galleries of dollhouses in 1:12, 1:24, and 1:48 scale, dressed furniture and beds, window treatments and curtains, fairy gardens, and steampunk miniatures as well as an archive of the Greenleaf Gazette newsletter with tons of tutorials.

I filled the flower box with miniature silk flowers, but you can also use small life-scale silk flowers. Inside, I upholstered the little window seats with fabric in reds, golds, and greens. The fringe I chose was easy to install and worked well for the windows. I added tassels to the edges to prevent fraying. I couldn't find the right color beaded fringe for the staircase opening, so I left it as is for now. For the window treatments, I used a mix of tacky glue and hot melt glue; hot glue…

Early in the morning, I began assembling the dollhouse, and initially, the process was challenging. The walls were particularly tricky to position, as each wall I placed would cause another to topple over. The complex design of the dollhouse made clamping difficult. To solve this, I used hot glue to temporarily hold the walls in place, allowing the wood glue time to dry properly. Surprisingly, the winding staircase, which initially seemed intimidating, was remarkably straightforward to…

The Exterior This time, I made a slight change to the dollhouse's color scheme. I painted the half-timber trim dark brown instead of leaving it stained, which adds more contrast. I was able to change the trim color after installation because its straight lines made it accessible, although it's generally easier to do this before assembly. For the chimney, I used brick paper and created my own terra cotta color for the top by mixing equal parts of light brown and yellow paint with a touch of…

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I'm not nearly as religious about blogging when working on my own wee house it seems, I suppose it doesn't help that the majority of us seem...