Showing posts with label dollhouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dollhouse. Show all posts
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Abbys Dollhouse
This is the newest project coming out of my wood shop. It is a dollhouse for my granddaughter Abby. I did not get any early-on photos. These pictures are after the final sanding, and just before painting.
Here is the front of the house. It measures 24" wide x 16" high x 12" deep. I installed 4 pillars on the front to make it more colonial looking. I used 1/2" birch for the body, and poplar for the trimwork.
Side views...
I hinged the front door so it opens. I used my scroll saw to make a rough shape of a heart, and then finished carving it by hand. I installed it as a door handle. Here you can also see the shutters...
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Here is the front of the house. It measures 24" wide x 16" high x 12" deep. I installed 4 pillars on the front to make it more colonial looking. I used 1/2" birch for the body, and poplar for the trimwork.
Side views...
With my router lettering template, I routed her name into the front of the house before I assembled the front panel...
I hinged the front door so it opens. I used my scroll saw to make a rough shape of a heart, and then finished carving it by hand. I installed it as a door handle. Here you can also see the shutters...
At the top of each pillar, I installed some scrolly type trim, just to dress it up...
Here is a picture of the backside. It is a 2 story house, complete with windows and staircase. I trimmed out all of the unfinished ends in poplar.
I cut the stair stringers with the scroll saw. The stringers are correct in the aspect that they are built the same as in a normal house, with the proper rise and run for the height given. I then cut each stair tread to fit, and trimmed the opening at the top.
Its now time to paint the house. Abby has requested pink, purple, and white (although I am debating over the purple). Ill take some finished photos before I give it to her. Im sure itll become a chick sorority house soon...
I cut the stair stringers with the scroll saw. The stringers are correct in the aspect that they are built the same as in a normal house, with the proper rise and run for the height given. I then cut each stair tread to fit, and trimmed the opening at the top.
Its now time to paint the house. Abby has requested pink, purple, and white (although I am debating over the purple). Ill take some finished photos before I give it to her. Im sure itll become a chick sorority house soon...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Dollhouse for Peaches Day 4
I took some time on this day to put in the final wall next to the stairs, do some work on the underside of the stairway, do some much needed sanding, and to start on the top...
Here I am starting on the top. I am making it as one peice, then cutting it when I am ready, so that it will fold open to reveal the storage area. I am putting a 3/4" solid maple edge banding all the way around. Im fastening it with both glue and brads, because this will be a moving part and will be a point of alot of handling. Itll take at least a day to dry before I can work on it again...
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Here I am starting on the top. I am making it as one peice, then cutting it when I am ready, so that it will fold open to reveal the storage area. I am putting a 3/4" solid maple edge banding all the way around. Im fastening it with both glue and brads, because this will be a moving part and will be a point of alot of handling. Itll take at least a day to dry before I can work on it again...
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