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A Beginners' Guide to The Dolls' House Hobby

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I am building a dollhouse for my daughter and this book was invaluable. I wasn't sure about a few things, like painting the house. She told the reader what is best to do at what time. She also gave some great ideas to make cheap furniture, etc. It is definitely worth it to buy this book because it gives you a good overview of this fascinating hobby!

This book is wonderful to look at and very helpful. Especially if you want a period look or a very english look to your dollhouse, which is just what I was looking for. Great value for the money. I find myself looking through it all the time.

I purchased the original edition of Jean Nisbett's book years ago and absolutely loved it! There are lots of beautiful color photos throughout and useful tables in the book. She provides a handy metric conversion table, a fine description of the different periods of which most dollhouses are designed and decorated, and offers many projects for dollhouse components and accessories. I haven't yet looked through her revised edition, but I'm sure it can only hold more wonderful pieces of information, guidelines and ideas. Inspiring and useful!

I noticed there are mixed reviews for this book. I love this book. I borrowed it from the library and referred to it so much in just reading it that I finally purchased my own copy from Amazon. Though, not a thick book, all the pages are in color, my favorite kind of book. There are tips for about everything you can imagine doing for your dollhouse/diorama with photos and instructions to carry them out into your dollhouse or diorama. The photographs are clear and detailed. The book does a thorough job in planning and practical matters for your dollhouse. I have bookmarks in it now to use for reference, follow up later on.
I've read it over a dozen times already and still refer to it while decorating my dollhouse or just to enjoy a good read for further ideas. I admit I'm no expert in the world of dollhouses. Though, I've owned a dollhouse, a mansion since 1986, I really didn't start working on it until this past winter. This is one of the books that I turned to for reference.
I don't like to copy other's ideas. I like to create my own works, though I do find other's suggestions and ideas useful for inspiration. Such as with this book, the author remarked how wonderful a hallway is in a dollhouse, though a rarity. I thought so too. I have a large living room in my dollhouse mansion and realized that I could place a hallway, which I did. I wouldn't have given it much thought had I not read about it in this book.
I highly recommend this book as part of your book collection for dollhouses and dioramas.

This is a truly wonderful resource for a beginner such as myself. Having recently been gifted with a hand-crafted dollhouse (made in high-school shop class by a local teenager) I had no idea where to begin. This book gave me so many wonderful ideas and so much very helpful how-to advice that I wish I could do a dozen houses.

This is a great book for anyone who is restoring a dolls' house and would like some history, architectural information and handy patterns for creating small 1:12 scale furniture and items. There are great pieces throughout regarding wallpaper, design elements, equipment needed, walls, framing, fire places, roofing, house finishes and much more. If you're busy restoring a dolls' house or are just interested in the hobby this book is fun to flip through as well as a great reference piece.

This book is a fine representative in the "ultimate" series. It is entertaining, informative, and has wonderful illustrations of historical dollhouses. It will interest several audiences: the historian, the collector of antiques, and the hobbyist, who will find good ideas for building and furnishing his or her own dollhouse.

I bought this book about a year ago. I have 8-10 doll house books now, and this is not one I look through very often. It is good for checking up details like which colour the wall papers usually had during the Victorian era, and some of the descriptions of how to make for example a fire look realistic are good, but many of the pictures are really boring and they dont make you wanna copy the design. There are lots of other books that are more inspirational.

This book turned out better than I had thought - will be my bible on my upcoming construction!

Terrific book with the right information... Just so when you have two little girl grand children... Poppy will be very popular