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Finishing the Interior of the Dollhouse

Of course I use the Printable Wallpaper from my
Jennifers Printables.com web site
I have found that glueing carefully around they edges of the wallpaper with a few little dabs of glue added in the centre of the paper is all that is required. I use an all-purpose white glue which dries clear. I usually lay the wallpaper face down on something clean, I keep a wet face cloth handy, I smear glue sparingly around the edges of the paper using my finger, I keep a wet face cloth handy because it's a messy little job. Then a few more finger smears of glue in the centre.

You need to put some glue around the edge of the window openings.

You can see now why it is advisable to make the middle floor removable. It is much easier to apply the wallpaper when it is out of the way.

Wallpapering

First draw the outline of a door on each wall, then paint the 'door' inside the outline. Think carefully about how the walls go into the doll house. The doors have to be seen on the bedroom walls, the other side of the door is hidden by the back bathroom room wall.
The bathroom wall needs a door too.

Next, wallpaper the walls. This is quite easy to do. You can paper right over the window openings, then after the paper is dry, simply cut out the window. Cut the wallpaper around where you have painted a door.

I take the second floor out to make wallpapering easier. After you have wallpapered, take some narrow strips of balsa glue a frame around the door. Finally glue a piece of gold paper and a gold bead to resemble the door knob.

The bathroom is only 6 inches wide.

The back bathroom wall sits along the edge of the stairs opening. Behind the wall is an imaginary second floor landing, which will not be seen.

Be sure to put the bathroom door on the correct side of the wall.

Don't do what I did on my original dollhouse.
see here

I put the door on the wrong side, so when the imaginary dollhouse people walk out of the bathroom they face a drop to the first floor

Do the Windows Last

I use a few dots of crazy glue to secure the the clear plastic to the dollhouse.
THINK SQUARE
Take your time with this job, crooked windows will drive you nuts. The same rule applies when glueing on the window frames.

GRAVITY IS YOUR FRIEND
especially when you are gluing on window frames.

I wrote that in big letters so that you won't repeat a mistake I made on a former dollhouse. I glued on the window frames while the house was upright. They looked great, but, when I went back later, some of the horizontal frames had shifted a tiny from the force of gravity. I had crooked window frames. Yuk!
Now I glue only on a flat surface. It means turning the dollhouse on it's end a couple of times. To ensure a tight bond,you may need to place something heavy over the windows when you glue on the frames on. I use heavy books.
I don't put the roof on the dollhouse until the last, when the rest of the house is finished. It just makes it easier to turn the dollhouse, when decorating and doing the windows.

THINK SQUARE

Take your time with this job, crooked windows will drive you nuts

I don't put the roof on the dollhouse until the last, when the rest of the house is finished. It just makes it easier to turn the dollhouse, when decorating and doing the windows.

To save the Printable Cutting Plan to your computer.

Hold your mouse over the plan, right click> select>save image as.

PLEASE MEASURE YOUR OWN DOLLHOUSE
Make sure the height measurement for your dollhouse walls is the same mine. Adjust measurements if need be.