50 Makes for Modern Miniatures: Decorate and furnish your DIY Doll House
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Step into the tiny world of modern miniatures with this collection of tutorials for 50 modern dollhouse furnishing makes.
Create your fantasy interior on a tiny scale with these step-by-step instructions for contemporary dollhouse projects including the most exciting contemporary designs for furniture and soft furnishings. With this practical guide to miniatures you can let your imagination run wild and create your dream home without the constraints of location or budget!
There are techniques for 50 projects to create beautiful, modern rooms at the miniature scale of 1:12, which is suitable for dollhouses and room boxes. The projects can be mix and matched to create endless interior variations.
Designer and author, Chelsea Andersson, has designed an aspirational collection of furniture for the contemporary home for you to create in miniature. Learn how to make iconic pieces like the kidney shaped coffee table, a mid-century inspired lamp and a classic accent chair to create your own tiny interiors world.
The projects are made using a variety of inexpensive and easily accessible materials including wood, fabric and paper. Author and miniaturist, Chelsea, walks you through the steps for each one so you can see how they are constructed and finished.
There are detailed step-by-step instructions, photographs and artworks for all of the projects. As well as explaining how to construct the items there is advice for how to get a really polished finish on the projects in order to create the illusion of an actual interior.
The projects include different kinds of seating, tables, bed shelving, flooring and wall decoration, as well as soft furnishings such as wall hangings, rugs and baskets, throws and cushions to bring the space to life.
The projects are divided up into chapters based on different rooms: living room; bedroom; dining room; kitchen; bathroom and patio. All of the projects can be mixed and matched to create your own unique interiors.
From the Publisher
Design classics
Recreate design classics like the kidney shaped coffee table in the living room to give your interior a contemporary feel.
Accessible materials
Make contemporary modern furniture and fittings using accessible materials including wood, paper and textiles.
Miniature makes
Create classic furniture and wall art on a tiny scale with step-by-step instructions and photography.
Soft furnishings
Learn how to make soft furnishings like this macramé wall hanging, as well as rugs, throws and bed linen.
Exterior design
Includes instructions for miniature makes for gardens and patios including a lounger, deck chair and lot of plants.
Publisher : David & Charles
Publication date : October 3, 2023
Language : English
Print length : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 1446309940
ISBN-13 : 978-1446309940
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book’s instructions easy to understand and appreciate that the projects use readily available materials. Moreover, the book features amazing visuals and sweet designs. Additionally, customers like the ideas presented in the book.
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L Gripkey –
Great book to learn to make miniature doll house furniture.
This is a great book on how to make miniature doll house Furniture and other items.Templates included.
Erin O. Smith –
Looks like fun
Clear and concise explanations for a variety of neat miniatures. I read the entire book the minute it arrived!
SandyW. –
These Look Easy to Make
I like that all of these pieces look easy to assemble using materials readily available and that the directions for assembly are clear and come with measurements. Bottom line, if I can do it, you can do it.
Karen Dawn –
Basic Designs are Great Starting Points
The designs are very basic which makes it simple for someone new to the craft. But I’m finding they are easy to modify to enhance the design. Would be nice if they included a page for each project showing more possibilities. I see a lot of other craft books that do this.
Sandra Gaddis –
Fun book
I love to make miniatures this is a really great book for easy modern projects
JovialMomLifeDesigns –
Amazing visual book to help with creating my own DIY furnishings for dollhouses.
I was looking for a book to help in creating DIY furnishings for Doll Houses. I host a class for kids to paint and create their own doll house and needed help in deciding what I could use to help them furnish their houses. This book gave me so many ideas, and a beautiful visual and direction way to create them. Highly recommend for anyone who loves all things miniatures!
Amazon Customer –
I absolutely love this!
This is absolutely one of my favorite books so far when it comes to illustration and directions. To use and you create cute looking doll house furniture. Some of the things out there are just too old-fashioned for me and I like this modern look. I’ll have to post pictures once I get a few things created, but the potted plants turned out so cute.
amnesiamoose –
Not for toys or play
I wasn’t looking for any paper/cardboard/foamboard furniture, so a large portion of the items in the book weren’t useful for my project house. The bed easily fell apart. This is good if you’re looking for display miniatures only – not play minis.
caz –
Good diagrams on how to make the furniture, but to make the furniture is quite fiddly and would not be ideal for children who are on the young side
luisa enriquez –
Me encanta el libro! Ya he empezado a hacer muebles. Muy buena relación calidad-precio
Rachel –
The author is very creative and this book has quite a few awesome miniatures to make. The instructions are easy to follow too. I highly recommend this book.
Bastelmaus –
Die Idee ein Puppenhaus mit selbstgebauten Möbeln nach Art von IKEA einzurichten find ich witzig. Mal was für die jüngere Generation von Bewohnern. Ich habe allerdings kein IKEA- Puppenhaus, sondern bin gerade dabei mir ein älteres Modell zu bauen. Ein Punktabzug gibt es für die “Schnittmuster” am Ende des Buches, bei denen man erstmal ausrechnen muß wieviel Holz man insgesamt benötigt. Als Übersicht bei dem jeweiligen Modell wäre eine Gesamtmenge schön gewesen. Zumindest was Leisten und Dübel angeht. Ansonsten ein gutes Buch mit schönen moderneren Ideen.
nicole hoehn –
i absolutely love this book!!!!! i’m so glad i bought it!!! the photos are absolutely stunning and the how tos are easy to follow and it gave me so many ideas of things to make!! i especially love the outline shapes of the material to cut at the back! so smart ! if you make miniatures or just love miniatures in general then you need to buy this book !!!!