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In this instructable, I will show you how to build a fantastic doll house for your American Girl dolls. For those out there who do not know, American Girl dolls are 18" tall dolls that are based upon fictional girl characters in America. They really are nice dolls with beautiful clothes and accessories. Here is the American Girl website: http://www.americangirl.com/. My daughter has several of these dolls and loves them all. But of course, this doll house will work for any doll!
I built this dollhouse during spring break one several years ago. It takes about a day or so to build and another couple of days to paint.
Find a corner of a room suitable for this dollhouse. In my case, I used a corner in my daughter's bedroom. You will need about 4 feet of space in both directions from the corner. You may also want to think about how your child will play with the dollhouse. Is there enough room for her to set up her dolls and play?
In this instructable, I will show you how to build a fantastic doll house for your American Girl dolls. For those out there who do not know, American Girl dolls are 18" tall dolls that are based upon fictional girl characters in America. They really are nice dolls with beautiful clothes and accessories. Here is the American Girl website: http://www.americangirl.com/. My daughter has several of these dolls and loves them all. But of course, this doll house will work for any doll!
I built this dollhouse during spring break one several years ago. It takes about a day or so to build and another couple of days to paint.
Find a corner of a room suitable for this dollhouse. In my case, I used a corner in my daughter's bedroom. You will need about 4 feet of space in both directions from the corner. You may also want to think about how your child will play with the dollhouse. Is there enough room for her to set up her dolls and play?
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1 4X8' sheet of plywood. I used the best grade birch plywood I could find. I had the guy at Home Depot use the panel saw to cut it into thirds so I ended up with 3 pieces of plywood 48" X 32" in size. You will use two of these sheets and have one left over for another project. Alternatively, you can buy two 2X4 foot sheets of plywood that are precut at Home Depot. I went with the bigger plywood because the proportions looked better.
2 stair spindles - these are used to hold up the corner of the house. I bought oak ones.
8 corner 'gingerbread' decorations - these are wooden gingerbread decorations. I found these nice brackets in the wood section of Home Depot near the trim wood. See the picture below.
2 or 3 8 foot sections of 1" x 1/2" wood. You will mount these to the walls to set the floor and roof sections on. You may use some other scraps of wood to build the roof, etc.
Some Luanne Plywood or 1/4" plywood to build the roof with. Home depot sells half and quarter sheets that are easier to deal with. Even though I used Luanne Plywood, that may not be the best choice because it splinters easily. I used it because I already had some around.
2 hinges to for the hinged roof panel. Check the hardware isle and be creative!
A bundle of Wooden Shakes. I had some shakes around from another house project. My friend built an identical dollhouse and used cedar shims that he cut to the right size. Again, be creative. The roof could be made any way you want. You could even cover the roof with 'shingles' made of wallpaper.
A box of 1" drywall screws. You can use drywall screws to hold just about anything together. They are fast and easy with a power drill/screwdriver. I use drywall screws anytime I need to fasten wood and it is not load bearing.
Liquid nails. I used liquid nails to glue the roof shingles to the plywood roof structure.
Paint - of course. I used Porter oil based enamel. Same paint as my house trim.
1 4X8' sheet of plywood. I used the best grade birch plywood I could find. I had the guy at Home Depot use the panel saw to cut it into thirds so I ended up with 3 pieces of plywood 48" X 32" in size. You will use two of these sheets and have one left over for another project. Alternatively, you can buy two 2X4 foot sheets of plywood that are precut at Home Depot. I went with the bigger plywood because the proportions looked better.
2 stair spindles - these are used to hold up the corner of the house. I bought oak ones.
8 corner 'gingerbread' decorations - these are wooden gingerbread decorations. I found these nice brackets in the wood section of Home Depot near the trim wood. See the picture below.
2 or 3 8 foot sections of 1" x 1/2" wood. You will mount these to the walls to set the floor and roof sections on. You may use some other scraps of wood to build the roof, etc.
Some Luanne Plywood or 1/4" plywood to build the roof with. Home depot sells half and quarter sheets that are easier to deal with. Even though I used Luanne Plywood, that may not be the best choice because it splinters easily. I used it because I already had some around.
2 hinges to for the hinged roof panel. Check the hardware isle and be creative!
A bundle of Wooden Shakes. I had some shakes around from another house project. My friend built an identical dollhouse and used cedar shims that he cut to the right size. Again, be creative. The roof could be made any way you want. You could even cover the roof with 'shingles' made of wallpaper.
A box of 1" drywall screws. You can use drywall screws to hold just about anything together. They are fast and easy with a power drill/screwdriver. I use drywall screws anytime I need to fasten wood and it is not load bearing.
Liquid nails. I used liquid nails to glue the roof shingles to the plywood roof structure.
Paint - of course. I used Porter oil based enamel. Same paint as my house trim.
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