Is there any money to be made by building dollhouses for sale? From the looks of things from eBay, no. But I could be wrong? Cathy Weeks

Ok, I thought I'd give you a bit of background now that many of you have answered my zillions of questions. :-) My mother went to dental school when I was 9 years old, and the summer I was 10 (1979) she had to spend that summer in school. It was our first summer that she wasn't going to be...

Ok, I just got the electrical starter kit (now if only the rest of the supplies would arrive, then I can get started!). I know I have to plan for all outlets and light fixtures now, and that's no problem. But, the kit doesn't come with the larger brads for the outlets, nor does it come with...

Just wanted to share. I primed and painted the body of the house tonight. Kind of a pain to do with my wrist in a cast, but definitely doable. The house walls are "Hazy Green" and the gable I mixed my own color by adding white to it, to make a pale green. I have a very dark green, but I didn't...

Right now the plan is to do my flooring on cardstock or something like that, and to run the tape for the first floor ceiling fixtures on the second floor, then cover it with the flooring which will be fixed down in a semi-permanant method. I got to thinking...instead of running the wiring on the...

One thing I don't like, is when you look into the rooms of the dollhouse, at the edges of the room dividers and floors is seeing the layers, of paint, wallpaper, flooring etc. On some pictures I've seen, it's painted white, which looks nice. But I was wondering if anyone ever put moulding along...

Shingling is going well. I was worried that I'd find it tedious (especially after the experience of staining them), but it's rather zen-like, and I enjoy it, and seeing the progress. Shingles in the junction of gable and roof are also going fine... My question is more hypothetical...what's to keep...

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...

http://weeksfamily.net/dollhouse/stairwell.html Here are pictures of the process of getting rid of a stairwell. It's not perfect, but it does look pretty good, and I'm not unhappy with the results. Cathy Weeks

How do you simulate whitewash? Watered down white paint? Cathy Weeks

I'm getting ready to place an order for building components for the small "practice" dollhouse I'm building. I want to use moulding along the floor and ceiling, and vertically in the corners. But where the corner molding joins the baseboard and crown moulding, I think it will look funny. How do...

Hi all, What's the difference between the paint sold in dollhouse craft stores, and the stuff sold at your average hardware store? Quantity? Viscosity? I don't have a convenient dollhouse store nearby and trying to look at paint colors over the computer is giving me a headache. I'd rather go in...

As soon as it arrives, I'm building the RGT Victorian Jr. Out of curiosity, how would such a small cottage have been heated? Fireplace? Wood stove? Etc? How were the bigger victorians heated? My dollhouse was destroyed in a fire last fall (it was assembled and finished, but not furnished)...

Has anyone ever built a dollhouse for a boy? Are the cabins more for boys? How were they decorated? Cathy Weeks

Hi, I think I'm going to get the Thornhill manor with the insurance settlement (well, the settlement is going to pay for a portion of the Thornhill) on the dollhouse I built that was destroyed in my parent's fire. I have a few questions: 1. It looks like it has a smooth exterior (unlike the other...

One of the projects I'm playing with is recreating my parent's antique dining-room table. It had rose-backed chairs that went with it, and the seat bottom was cane-bottomed. How do you do that in miniature? Cathy Weeks

Hi all, I'm looking for some book recommendations. 1. What are the best books for building minis? I'm interested in recreating certain pieces of my parents antiques, so I'm interested in more overall how-tos rather than plans and specific projects. Are the "Cabinet Maker" guides good? Is there...

I plan to replace the windows on the front of the Thornhill with working mullioned windows. But the only ones I've found are from Lawbre - at a cost of $20 a pop. Are there any that are cheaper? I've found working windows (non mullioned) and I've found mullioned windows (non working). But...

A housepainter used a spray primer when we hired him to paint the trim on our (full-sized) house. It was quick and easy (don't remember the brand). Has anyone used it on a dollhouse? And what were their results? Cathy Weeks

Ok, I ordered this tiny mail slot for the front door, and it's got two parts - a "rim" designed to go around a hole/slot in the door, and a piece that shaped exactly the same, but solid (ie, it covers a slot in the door). It's obviously supposed to simulate a little door that covers a mail...