I finished the first of the several floors I'm doing with coffee stirrers, and after sanding it, I applied a cherry stain. It looks really pretty, and the inevitable gaps have nearly disappeared... the reddish brown stain matches the background paint I used, so the gaps are much less noticible now...

Dear All We have a new product called dry rub off decals which are completly new to the UK market, They are like water-slip decals but you don't need water to use them. You can decorate any surface and are great if you use your computer to reproduce graphics or decorations for...

I have some 3.5v lights that I want to put in a dolls house. I want to use a battery and not a transformer as a power source as it will be played with by some small children. The answer to this question might be obvious but I am not sure what voltage of battery should I use - is it 3.5 volts...

The first coffee stirrer floor is done. Stained, polyurethaned, etc. Looks great. Only problem...it's fairly warped in places, despite being flattened by books at various points, and the pushpins that held it flat while being polyurethaned. I thought about just weighing it down for a week or so,...

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In the dollhouse, I plan to glue the floors down that have no electrical under them, and use something like double-stick tape under the ones that do have electrical. What glue would I use for this? The flooring is a polyurethaned coffee stirrer floor with a posterboard backing. So what's the...

I hung wallpaper in one of the rooms... looks great. I ended up wallpapering to acid-free cardstock first, but a relatively thin cardstock. I let it dry overnight, then wallpapered that to the walls. The cardstock disguised my wiring sins beautifully, and added a bit of stiffness to the paper so...

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I officially decided to leave out the stairs in the cottage. I bought newell posts, stair rail, and spindles to put a railing around 3 sides of the stairwell opening, only to discover that because of the slanted roof, the newell posts are too tall! The top of one of the newell post rests against...

Ok...the cottage has a web page with work in progress photos. http://www.weeksfamily.net/dollhouse/ Cathy Weeks

Well, I got the plug for the stairwell cut down to size, and glued it place. It was nearly flush with the bottom of the hole so I thought it was good enough, but when I put the white paper up on the ceiling to disguise it, it shows. Now what? How do I get it down without ruining the wallpaper on...

Ok, I emailed the place where I bought the tiles and they recommended their own adhesive ("Mosaic Mercantile") but if I can't find it (they recently began selling to Michaels, so I might actually be able to find it easily), but if I can't get that, then Liquid Nails or Weldbond would work. They...

Hello All, I was wondering if someone out here could tell me what scale (Generally) are 1" dollhouse accessories in.......1/25 1/26 1/144 ??? Thanks Craig

Hi, Who can and will help me? I know that there is one liquid clay for minis (molds) that doesn't require a kiln, I can't remember the name! Marianne

I bought a third-hand (at least!) dollhouse a couple years ago to fix up and have become curious to find out more about it and how old it might be. It seems to have been made from plans, rather than a kit. In the book "Inside the World of Miniatures and Dollhouses" by Rosner and Beckerman (1980...

Hi all, My mini-mosaic (3/8" square) tiles arrived by UPS this morning, and now I can start on the bathroom floor. They are beautiful. So, what glue do I use to stick the tiles to a posterboard backing? Elmer's Glue all or Tacky Glue? Cathy Weeks

Is anyone out there building models from the book "The Dolls' House Shopkeeper" by Lionel & Ann Barnard? Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 31/03/04

http://www.weeksfamily.net/dollhouse/mosaic.html So...do you think I should grout the floor or leave it alone? I think it's pretty as it is, but grouting would be more realistic, and would give it a more finished look. I can't decide. Cathy Weeks

Ok, I've got the coach lights installed, and about half the time, they turn on when I plug the house in, and half the time, they don't. So, I got out my tester, and starting checking each splice. Where it comes out from under the house - that's fine. Where it attaches to the wall, that's fine. I...

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