Caroles Dollhouse

Welcome to Carole's First Doll's House
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The Exterior


This is my first dolls house (but it won't be my last) just how it looked originally. I actually paid too much for what turned out to be a cheaply made kit. I have tried to make the best of it and I hope you like the finished result.	Here is a house I bought cheaply from eBay because I love the front. It was in a very poor condition so I scrapped the rest, except for the staircases which I sold on eBay recouping half the cost of the whole thing.	This is how it looks with the two married together and the roof raised. It now needs furniture and stained glass for the front door and some interesting items on the porch. Doesn't it look better now?
RAISING THE ROOF It was really difficult to furnish the top floor of this doll's house because of the sloping ceilings(see picture above left). Then along came my husband Colin and he raised the roof...literally. First he removed the entire roof section, not difficult as I hadn't glued it, then he added a wall at the back of the attic. The gable walls had to be completely re made to accomodate the new shape. A strip of the back roof was removed as the new angle made it overhang a lot (this strip came in handy to match the tiles on the porch roof later) The front roof piece stayed exactly as it was and then the whole thing was replaced. That's when we realised I would also need a new dividing wall inside too, again because of the new shape. Good job Colin is a handyman. The rooms work really well now. (see above right)
		This shows how the rooms are laid out. Because the floors have a ledge all around them. I was able to use real carpet without it looking too thick, but the kitchen and bathroom floors are computer printoff's on photo paper.
contact Carole		The entire front wall opens to reveal the dollhouse interior. The photograph at the left shows how I decorated the inside of the front wall.
Next are pictures of the main floor Kitchen and Lounge

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Links to Dollhouse Tutorials Instructions by Jennifer
How to make sofas and chairs from cardboard and fabric		How to make dollhouse curtains from paper	How to build a trestle table and benches	Complete printable cutting plan and step by step instuctions for building your own dollhouse
Links to DollhouseTutorials Instructions by Carole
How to make a stained glass window from stickers and markers	How to make a hanging plate rack from a Michael's hutch	How to make a realistic Ascot boiler
Links to Free Dollhouse Printables
Printable Dollhouse Wallpaper	Dollhouse Grocery Printables	Printable Dollhouse Gift Bags and Boxes	Printable Dollhouse Magazines	Printable Dollhouse Toys and Games
Links to the Doll Houses and Miniature Handsculpted Dolls shown on this website
This link will take you to Jennifer's dollhouse.	See my hand-sculpted miniature dolls	Carole's first doll's house	Carole's second doll's house	Kerry's Dollhouse
Let's Build a Dollhouse Home Page	Jennifer's Printables Home Page	Meet Tim and Simon. They let me share the house with them	Links to other doll house related websites	Check out this website if you are thinking about visiting Niagara Falls It will save you some money