Making Dolls' House Interiors: Decor and Furnishings in 1/12 Scale [Hardcover]

Carol Lodder (Author), Nigel Lodder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1994

Offering ideas for decorating schemes, furniture and accessories for dolls' houses, this book presents a range of projects for houses of different periods. They include wooden and upholstered furniture, pottery and needlework, and incorporate modelling and decorative painting techniques. The room settings replicate period styles such as Tudor and Georgian, and also include modern styles. Instructions, full-size patterns and illustrations are provided for each project, and there is specific advice on customizing kits, using architectural mouldings and choosing commercial items.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

A charming English style--and attitude--infuses this book on furnishing dollhouses. A Dorset-based father-and-daughter team selects eight rooms and decorates them according to eight different design periods, from a medieval scullery to a very modern (and pricey) kitchen. It may take a bit of interpretation to decipher their instructions for the projects because of the often very British language. Nonetheless, their methods for, say, painting a country pine dresser or building an Edwardian chiffonier are both novel and fairly easy to accomplish. Directions, though explicit, are not in the usual how-to format; the list of necessary materials is omitted and instructions are not illustrated in the step-by-step process seemingly necessary for this craft. Barbara Jacobs

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles UK (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071530089X
• ISBN-13: 978-0715300893
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,263,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)