FRONT VIEW ..... after the remake.

At first, it doesn't look so bad, I admit. But looking closer, you will see what I mean when I talk about a bad quality.

The furniture you see in this picture of the kitchen is not entirely from Del Prado. I added a few others things, like the chairs and the table (from a Mini Mundus Kit) and of course the little details you see all around. I would say that the quality of the wood used for the house and for the furniture isn't the best, but you can still try and do your best.

All the furniture in this room came with the weekly issues of the magazine. As you can see for yourself, once they were put together, glued, painted and set in a room, they do look nice after all. And by adding a few nice details and personal touches, you can always make a room look good.

I added this picture especially to draw your attention to one mistake I made : look at the ceiling !!!!! The card board I used was far too heavy and probably I also used the wrong glue and one day the whole thing just fell of.

But a dollhouse is not different than a real house : from time to time, it needs a little makeover !

This room was supposed to look more "chinese", unfortunately I had a lot of trouble finding the appropriate furniture and/or accessories. When I started with the room, I painted it. But in the end, I didn't like the color and just used colored card paper in this red/orange color, glued it to the walls, added the chinese paintings on black cardboard, made the frames around and glued them to the walls. As I said, the furniture is not chinese, but I guess, one day I will probably change the whole room into something else or, if I'm lucky, find some chinese stuff to fill it with.

If any of you have an idea where I could find chinese miniatures in 1/12 scale, please drop me a few lines.

In this picture of the bedroom, you can see a mirror made with just a piece of cheap wood, a little mirror, a few tiny sea shells and a little white paint. Take a more detailed look at it in the Tips and Tricks/DIY section.

As for the double bed set, I tried to make it on my own with some fabric, but I must admit I really am no good at all when it comes to sewing.

The tub and toilet are made of plastic, but the sink is from Bodo Hennig and it's porcelaine. (It's the same one Stuart Little had in the movie). The flooring is made out of a sheet of marbled tiles. Those sheets look like real tiles, they are affordable and easy to handle, because you don't need to cut them or glue them one by one, but yo can just use the entire sheet for one room.

Speaking about details : the upper floors have a little hall, like all the other floors in this house, but there is just very little space available, but still, you can make it look like if someone's is really living in this house, just by adding a few details.

What you need to do is try to imagine what you would do with the available space if it were a real house. From there on, the only limit is your imagination.

This shelf came with the weekly magazine, but all the furniture from those Del Prado Kits wasn't a very good quality. The wood was too thin and broke easily, I had to sand it a lot, especially after gluying the pieces together. The different pieces did not really fit very well, but still, the result is not too bad once you give it a little imagination, color and fabric. I had a little blue/white fabric left over from a previous project and I used it here on this shelf, added a couple of nice handles to the drawers and suddenly, the whole thing looked much better. To make a cheap piece of furniture look good, it mostly just takes a little imagination.

Even though this open dresser is not a rare and expensive pice of furniture, once I added my little pieces from my porcelaine collection, I was quite satisfied with the result.

The final touch by adding as much details as possible always makes your miniatures look "real", from a little piece of furniture to an entire house. The more attention you pay to detail, the more "real" your final project will look.

This is the kid's room. Most of the furniture came from Del Prado, but againn, by adding a few personal things always makes the room look nicer.