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Angel Homes: Create a Special Place for an Angel; Vanessa-Ann
The ABC's of Dollhouse Finishing: From Kit to Masterpiece; Barbara Warner - The complete guide to dollhouse building, this book will take you from beginning to end and all in between. Include over 150 photographs, many in full color, and diagrams.
American Dollhouses and Furniture from the 20th Century: With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors); Dian Zillner - The definitive book on dollhouses and doll house furniture, complete with color photographs and detailed text.
Architecture for Dolls' Houses; Joyce Percival
Art Nouveau Decorative Papers for Dollhouses and Craftwork; Muncie Hendler
A Beginner's Guide to the Dolls' House Hobby; Jean Nisbett - One of the more prolific British writers on the subject of dollhouses, outside and in, Nisbett encapsulates her considerable knowledge into a small book designed for rank beginners. Part 1 surveys the choices available, from working within a budget to selecting houses, shops, and garden settings; charts guide hobbyists to the appropriate materials for authentic period interiors and exteriors. Part 2 delves into the details; more project oriented, it includes practical how-to information, such as fashioning fireplaces and Aga cookers. All instructions are accompanied by at least one color photograph; the list of materials may occasionally need some translation, since the author tends to use British brand names and generic terms. A good aid for those considering a new hobby.
Build A Doll's House; Michael Morse - Build a six-room Georgian, Victorian, or Colonial Saltbox home from these tips, plans, and step-by-step sketches.
Building with Bob: Reprinted from Nutshell News; B. Porter - Finishing techniques for dollhouses from roofing to wallpapering.
Castle; David MacAulay - "What David Macaulay can draw--churches, cities, pyramids--he does better than any pen-and-ink illustrator in the world. Castle once again goes through a brick-by-brick assembly, employing cross-hatches and thin black lines to evoke a medieval place and period."--Time. A Caldecott Honor Book. Card catalog description: Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.
Collecting Dolls' Houses and Miniatures; Pam Hebbs and Nora Earnshaw
A Collector's Guide to Doll Houses; Courage Books
Collecting Miniature Cottages (Pincushion Press Collectibles Series); Sam Seabrook, Maggie Seabrook
The Complete Guide to Remodeling and Expanding Your Dollhouse; Nola Theiss - This how-to covers beginning-to-end tips for renovation, including repairing, expanding, painting, wallpapering, and electrifying a dollhouse - all in full color and with easy-to-follow diagrams.
Creative Dollhouses from Kits: Easy Techniques and Tips For Finishing and Customizing Dollhouses; Robert Schleicher - Color photographs and detailed illustrations enhance a range of creative ideas on building from kits, successful kit-bashing, exteriors, electricity, decorating, and interior phases - and doing it on a shoestring.
The Decorated Doll's House: How to Design and Create Miniature Interiors; Jessica Ridley
Dollhouse Decorating: A Guide to Interior Design in Miniature, in Twelve Distinctive Styles; Nick Forder - Over 300 color photos and illus. 8 1/2 x 11.
The Dollhouse Book; Stephanie Finnegan
Doll House Lighting: Electrification in Miniatures; Barbara Warner
The Doll House: Little Tiny Visions; Sheridan Sansegundo
Dolls Houses; Architectural Design
Doll Kitchens, 1800-1980; Eva Stille
The Dollhouse Book: An Illustrated Guide to Miniature Mansions, Little Living Rooms, Cozy Castles, Diminuitive Dwellings, Small Shops, and the Dolls and Furnishings That Inhabit Them; Stephanie Finnegan - Covering the gamut of historical periods and international designs, each two-page spread explores a select architectural style from a medieval castle to a space-age apartment. Examples of miniature businesses and stores from bakeries to butcher shops to corporate offices offer something for every type of doll house enthusiast, young and old. Photographs showcase both the exteriors, interiors and the dolls themselves. The book focuses on the life-like details that delight dollhouse devotees--from running faucets to cut marks on an inch-tall chopping block to leather-bound books with pages of flawlessly miniscule text. Descriptions of every house and all its hidden secrets accompany each spread.
Dollhouse Crafting Tips From Nutshell News; Kathleen Zimmer Raymond
The Dollhouse Sourcebook; Caroline Clifton-Mogg, Nick Nicholson - Spectacular examples of models made with the precision of great ship models. Clifton-Mogg describes the houses, the times, the dollhouse makers and their craft. The arresting feature of the book is Nick Nicholson's photos, which effectively contrive to represent full-size subjects. From the 18th c. to early 20th, the book covers the exterior, then, in turn, the rooms.
Dollhouses, Miniature Kitchens, and Shops From The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center and Susan Hight Rountree - Many color photographs feature details of textiles, wood, metals, ceramic, and more, as well as complete dollhouses.
The Dolls' House Do-It-Yourself Book; Venus A. Dodge/Martin Dodge - Includes plans and instructions for making three dollhouses, plus furniture and accessories including stairs, kitchen equipment, dolls, and fireplaces.
Dolls' House Bathrooms; Patricia King
Doll's Houses: Woodworking Projects; Jeffrey West
Dolls Houses for Everyone; Pat Cutforth
Family Dollhouse: An Introduction to Crafts; Sara Stein
Finishing Touches; Jack Robinson - Tips, directions, photographs, illustrations, and detailed diagrams on finishing your dollhouse, including constructing bricks, concrete blocks, wooden floors, and trim.
Furnish a Dolls' House; Michal Morse - Make your dollhouse a home with these easy-to-follow instructins on creating soft furnishing, clothing, furniture, kitchenware, food, pets, dolls, books, and flowers.
Georgian House Style: An Architectural and Interior Design Book; Ingrid Cranfield
Grandmother's Adobe Dollhouse; Anne Blackstone - A young boy describes his grandmother's adobe dollhouse, giving information about the architecture, art, food, and culture of New Mexico.
Houses of Bark: Tipi, Wigwam, and Longhouse; Bonnie Shemie - Describes the materials, construction, and uses of different kinds of shelters made by various Woodland Indians tribes in northeastern Canada and the United States.
How to Build a Dollhouse and Furniture (Kid's Guide to Crafts); Tim Bramlett - Reading level ages 9-12.
The Indian Tipi: It's History, Construction, and Use; Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, Stanley Vestal - Paper reprint of the 1977 second edition. The definitive work. Treats materials and construction to ceremonies, uses, transportation.
Interior Design in Miniature: Brooke Tucker's Originals; Anne Day Smith
Isobella Matilda II; Linda Ledger
Kit Renderings: From Nutshell News; Ron Benson
Lively Little Logs: Making Log Cabin Miniatures; Donna Fite McConnell
Making Character Dolls' Houses in 1/12 Scale; Brian Nickolls - Complete plans, techniques, and methods for building a Victorian shop, Georgian house, thatched cottage, fishserman's cottage, and Tudor dollhouse.
Making Dollhouses and Dioramas: An Easy Approach Using Kits and Ready-made Parts; Robert Schleicher
Making Dolls' House Interiors in 1/12 Scale; Carol Lodder, Nigel Lodder, Venus A. Dodge
Making Georgian Dolls' Houses; D. Rowbottom
Making Miniature Country Houses; S. Pierce and H. Surman - 15 miniature house projects, illustrated with color photographs, complete patterns, and easy-to-follow instructions.
Making Period Dolls' Houses; D. Rowbottom
Making Tudor Doll's Houses; D. Rowbottom
Making a Victorian Doll's House; Jean Greenhow
Miniature Dolls' Houses in 1/24 Scale; Derek Rowbottom
Miniature Iron-On Transfer Patterns for Dollhouses, Dolls, and Small Projects; Rita Weiss
Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago; Katheleen Aguilar, Michael Anderson - This is the single most amazing book on miniature rooms and interiors that I have ever seen. If I could only own one book for inspiration and achieved perfection, this would be it!
The New Dolls' House Do-It-Yourself Book: In 1/12 and 1/16 Scale; Venus Dodge, Martin Dodge - Contains instructions and techniques for making a varity of dollhouses, dolls, landscaping, lighting, and more.
Open House Book: A Lift-The-Flap Book; Steven Noion; - Open House is an exploration of history and architecture as you take a tour of seven charming buildings set in different time periods. Each illustration features multiple foldout flaps that allow the reader to explore rooms, open doors, look in hallways, peek into bedrooms and closets, view gardens, and meet the inhabitants. Full color.
Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Amelia Peck (Editor)
The Period Rooms of Ruth McChesney; Anne Day Smith - Detailed photographs highlight the world-famous Ruth McChesney rooms, some of the best miniature rooms being constructed today, as well as providing tips and techniques on creating museum-quality miniature rooms and furnishings.
Plum Tree Cottage: A Doll's House Story; Elaine Mills
Queen Mary's Dollhouse; Mary-Stewart Wilson, David Cripp (Photographer) - A lavishly illustrated introduction to a British national treasure examines the highly detailed articles of Queen Mary's dolls' house, providing blueprint diagrams of every floor, content lists for each wing, and more. Although the publisher is currently out of stock, this book may become available. Be sure to click on this link from time to time as it will be updated when this book is available. The video, "Queen Mary's Dollhouse" is new, linked on my "Videos" page, and can now be ordered!
Ready-To-Use Dollhouse Wallpaper: Six Full-Color Patterns to Decorate Six Rooms; Warren Katzenbach
The "Remember When" Dollhouse; Phyllis Gift Jellison
Secrets from the Dollhouse; Ann Warner Turner - Emma and her family are wooden dolls living a secret life inside their dollhouse. Tired of her small world, Emma wishes to go outside, where there is something called a tree and millions of tiny lamps
light up the sky. More than this, though, she longs for an adventure, even though she doesn't really know what an adventure is.
The Secrets of Dolls' House Makers; Jean Nisbett
Tasha Tudor's Dollhouse: A Lifetime in Miniature; Harry Davis, Tasha Tudor, Jay Paul - This one-quarter-human-scale version of Tasha's early-nineteenth-century-style Vermont home, Corgi Cottage, contains astonishing works of miniaturists' art, from kitchen implements and musical instruments to tiny printed books, and cakes and cookies that look good enough to eat. Captain Thaddeus Crane and his wife, Emma Birdwhistle, Tasha's handmade dolls, guide us through their house, which features antique museum-quality furniture, a gilded birdcage, and even a working stove. Their tour culminates in a joyous Christmas celebration in candlelit rooms and with a beautifully decorated tree. This enchanting, fully realized world will captivate the child in anyone.
Thatch and Thatching (Shire Album Series: No. 16); Jacqueline Fearn
Tipis and Yurts: Authentic Designs for Circular Shelters; Blue Evening Star
The Ultimate Dolls' House Book; Faith Eaton and Flora Gill Jacobs - 35 miniature homes and the crafts that made them - furniture making, woodworking, needlecrafts, ceramics, and more are featured through color photographs and detailed text.
A Victorian Dollhouse; Margaret Bateson et al - Open all four sections, tie back the two blue ribbons, and a fully constructed eight-room dollhouse emerges from between the covers. An affordable taste of the Victorian era, A Victorian Dollhouse is perfect for anyone who cherishes Victorian ephemera.
The Victorian Dollhouse Book; Nick Forder - This is in no way a do-it-yourself manual for the miniaturist. It is, however, an invaluable resource for anyone furnishing a Victorian dollhouse. Along with lots of historical data, there are pictures of complete rooms as well as individual items. The entire book is in full-color and the photography is outstanding. Each pictured item is captioned with its function.
The Victorian Home: The Grandeur and Comforts of the Victorian Era, In Households Past and Present; Ellen M. Plante - The rooms photographed in The Victorian Home reflect the wonderful versatility of this era. Some rooms merely capture the essence of the period in the style of the fireplace or the choice of wallpaper. Other rooms duplicate the era in every minute detail, right down to the arrangement of dishes and cutlery on a dinner table. Throughout this elegant book are useful sidebars providing tips and techniques for Victorian decorating, and a comprehensive index of expressions and terms. Viva Victoria!
Vivien Greene's Doll's Houses: The Complete Rotunda Collection; Vivien Greene, Margaret Trower - This book contains over 40 of Ms. Greene's English dollhouses and furnishings of the 18th and 19th centuries, complete with color photographs.
The White House in Miniature: Based on the White House Replica by John Zweifel, Jan Zweifel, et al; Gail Buckland, Kathleen Culbert-Aguilar (Photographer), Rex W. Scouten - John Zweifel's White House Miniature is a faithful re-creation of the White House in 1/12th scale, built based on 30 years' worth of research and at a cost of $1 million. Now comes a lavish gift book capturing the miniature White House in 200 color photographs.
Within the Fairy Castle: Colleen Moore's Doll House at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago; Museum of Science and Industry - Seeing is believing - even the cover is great!
Workshop Wisdom: Dollhouse Crafting Tips from Nutshell News; Kathleen Zimmer Raymond
World of Doll Houses; Flora Gill Jacobs
