Dollhouse Furniture

[Zombie Protestor]

We're making a dollhouse for our daughter, and we've decided to take on the project of making all of the furniture. The first piece I've completed is this chair, which took me roughly 5 hours. The table was supposed to be first, but I'm going to have to borrow a bandsaw to cut it out. I hand-drew all of the parts on paper and cut out the templates before cutting them out of 1/4 inch basswood sheets, so I was not working from any sort of professional blueprints. The chair's seat is 3.5" high and the top of the back is at 7.5" or so. I will post more pics as we knock out some more pieces.





Oh, if you're wondering about the baby sheet in the background, our old crib sheets exactly fit our ottoman, and we put them on it to protect it from feet and cat hair and such since it is a pain in the neck to clean the thing, even with an upholstery cleaner.

[slydon]

That is a great start!

[Skimba]

Absolutely! I'm a good 120% positive that I would not have the patience for that, even though handmade makes it all that more special.

[chrismachine]

My wife and I are thoroughly impressed, my good sir! Keep it up!

[Low-Tech]

That's awesome

Brings back memories of my Dad and I building those old paper and balsa wood airplanes as a kid too

[fanelian]

Zombie, that is awesome. It reminds me of three things from my childhood:

1) My dad never built that doll house he promised so many times, but I turned one dresser into my doll's house - It was a palace.

2) My mom made food items for my Barbie dolls: she made tiny fruit (She used "migajon" which is a kind of paste based off white bread and glue, I think. Can't find a translation), boxes of cereal, etc.

3) I made my own furniture using glue, some fabric left overs and some pieces of wood that were lying around. I can't recall what was my age, but I know they were a couple of horrible sofas and a coffee table.

I wouldn't replace any of that with factory made things; when I remember those things, I remember how much my mom loves me, and what a special childhood I had.

[EvilJekyll]

That chair is fantastic.

[badplantmommy]

I love dollhouses, and dolls and toys. That's a really nice chair.

My dad didn't build me a dollhouse, but I had one of those metal ones. I don't still have it, but I found one similar to it at a flea market and bought it a few years ago.

My best friend's dad did woodworking as a hobby, and he made all kinds of cool things--a playhouse for my friend, and he made dollhouses for my friend's neices, but by the time her daughters came along, Grandpa had Alzheimer's and couldn't make things anymore.

[Skimba]

Way to bring it down.

[Binkatron5000]

That is a fancy chair indeed! Very nice! How's the progress ZP?

[badplantmommy]

Way to bring it down.

I'm sorry. Sometimes I just get caught up in my memories, and thinking about what has changed--not usually for the better. Can I blame it on menopause? I think I would cheer up quite a bit if I could just sit and play with dolls or color with crayons for awhile...anyone want to join me?

[Skimba]

I'd be happy to join you!

[PonderThis]

... I think I would cheer up quite a bit if I could just sit and play with dolls or color with crayons for awhile...anyone want to join me?

Why do you think I draw silly cartoons?

[EvilJekyll]

Ponder...may or may not have menopause. Definitely has nostalgia.

[Binkatron5000]

Ponder...may or may not have menopause. Definitely has nostalgia.

Hahaha this is making me laugh more than it probably should

[badplantmommy]

Is nostalgia a medical condition? I don't think I want the treatment...unless it consists of drawing silly pictures.

[James]

Waitwaitwaitwait wait wait wait...

Does this mean ZP is like Freamon?

[alenfaxo]

Hi... The small chair is really very nice. Just use some paintings on the chair which looks much more beautiful.

[Nyperold]

2) My mom made food items for my Barbie dolls: she made tiny fruit (She used "migajon" which is a kind of paste based off white bread and glue, I think. Can't find a translation), boxes of cereal, etc.

My dictionary doesn't have "migajon", but it has "migaja", and says it means "crumb", so I can see the relation.