Want a Tudor dolls' house that looks historically accurate down to the canopy bed? Or one from the 1930s, complete with bathroom fittings? If the magic of miniatures has captured you, you'll find this treasure-trove of glorious photographs and dolls' house information irresistible. Here's just one beautiful example -- a picture-perfect Regency room, based on a real home. It has a chaise longue, elaborate plasterwork on the ceiling, Gothic windows, and bookcases. Build or restore authentic recreations of Tudor, Georgian, Regency, and Victorian homes; designer houses; country cottages; shops filled with wares; gardens with pavilions; and more. First, look at the homes' facades, and then take a room-by-room tour to see how to decorate -- from just the right rug to lay down or hang up, to the food to place on the kitchen table. With all this practical crafts and historical information, you'll get every detail right!

The Complete Dolls' House Book

Nisbett, Jean

Arts & Photography

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

Shares the techniques, how-tos, and tools used by thirty British miniatures artists

The Secrets of the Dolls' House Makers

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

“The perfect guide to select your first project. Includes instructions for a dolls’ house, the interiors, furnishings, fixtures and even miniature gardens.”—DOLLMAKING.

A Beginners' Guide to The Dolls' House Hobby

Guild of Master Craftsman Pubns ltd

All in color! No wonder hobbyists who love to decorate and furnish dolls' houses are enthusiastically moving to 1/24 scale--the smaller objects have a fascination and charm all their own. Find out how to create your own fully furnished and decorated 1/24 scale house: * what materials are available and where to find them * decorating techniques, from inexpensive to lavish * choosing your house and deciding on a style * details of decoration, lighting, furnishings, and dolls * a tour through a fully decorated 1/24-scale house, complete with small buildings and a series of room box settings and gardens * decorating a Tudor house, English cottage, Georgian house, Georgian town house, Victorian- and Edwardian-style houses and shops, and garden and seaside styles. Trim size: 7 1/4 x 9 3/4.

The Dolls' House 1/24 Scale: A Complete Introduction

“Nisbett provides a pictorial guide to miniature English period furnishings and instructions for installing fireplaces and other features into an existing room. The ideas in her book can also be used to create new rooms from scratch. Will be welcome in public libraries.”—Library Journal.

Dolls' House Makeovers

Renowned miniaturist Jean Nisbett offers a wealth of inspirational ideas for constructing extraordinary modern settings in 1/12 or 1/24 scale. All these decorative styles come from the 1900s through the present, and mesmerizing photographs showcase spectacular miniature houses and interiors. Among the delightful and unique choices for sheltering a doll: an elegant Art Deco beach house, an iconic midcentury Philip Johnson house, and an ultramodern 21st-century house, complete with soaring windows and state-of-the-art furnishings. Checklists of key period features and creative ways of using readily available objects to make furniture and accessories on a budget will help you design the dolls’ house of your dreams.

The Modern Dolls' House

Bestselling author Jean Nesbitt has assembled an encyclopedic array of stunning and realistic period-style shops, cafes, and restaurantsillustrated with 270 color photographsfor hobbyists ready to move beyond domestic dollhouses. From a nostalgic Georgian sweet shop and an exotic Indian restaurant to a swinging 1930’s nightclub, here are endless projects with techniques for getting started with plans and kits, as well as Room Boxes for beginners. Tackle innovative, economical design and decorating ideas, from a faux marble fireplace and shop signs to display foods and an escalator.

Dolls' House Shops, Cafés & Restaurants

GMC Publications

Veteran dolls’ house maker, expert on all things miniature, and prolific author Jean Nisbett presents a comprehensive volume that brings all the elements of her previous work together. The result: a complete guide to the making and furnishing of all kinds of dolls’ houses, large and small, from the leading writer in the field. Incorporating practical advice, expert tips, and inspiring profiles of top artisans, it covers both the standard 1/12th scale and the increasingly popular 1/24th. And there’s an incredible range of styles, from fabulous palaces and elegant mansions to country cottages and Shaker homes. Breathtaking photos display imaginative decorations, period rooms and room boxes, holiday settings, outdoor scenes, and charming collections of diminutive china and other trinkets.

The Big Book of the Dolls' House

Jean Nisbett’s classic volume gets a welcome update and expansionmaking it a practical, accessible introduction to all the basics, with lavish images and easy-to-follow hints that help beginners save time and avoid costly mistakes. Nisbett explains how to choose and build a house from a kit; handle a period building; furnish the interior; create charming shops; and plan a dolls’ house that will enchant a childand actually stand up to play. Equipment and materials, finishes, decoration, decorative detail, gardens and renovation all receive in-depth coverage, while checklists set out a logical order for work.

A Beginners' Guide to the Dolls' House Hobby: Revised and Expanded Edition

Modern miniaturists are ready to tackle a wider and more challenging range of projects than ever before. Whether you are a collector who wants a fully furnished doll’s house, a miniaturist who wants a ready-made house to decorate, or a hobbyist who wants to make a house from a kit, you’ll find a huge variety of exciting projects and ideas herefrom Tudor designs, to a Georgian mansion; from a French farmhouse, to a 17th century Dutch home. Outdoors enthusiasts are not forgotten either, with whole sections on gardens, and garden buildings, such as an orangery and a summerhouse. Illustrated throughout with lavish color photography, this beautifully realized source of inspiration is sure to provide many hours of pleasure.

Dolls' House Inspirations

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