Make Your Own Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures by Marian

Make Your Own Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures by Marian Maeve O'Brien (1975-05-03)

From the front flap of this 274 page book: "The most satisfying achievement for a microphile, a friend of devotee of small things, is to create a dollhouse and the miniatures within. Marian Maeve O'Brien has captivated miniaturists all over the world with her charming, original projects, inexhaustible imagination, and a style that combines warm encouragement with a practical approach. With the devotion of a true lover of Lilliputia, she now has produced the most comprehensive book on building dollhouses and making miniature furnishings inside and out. Scaled house plans are provided for a wide diversity of designs: Tudor, Victorian, cigar box, a multi-room palace, a turn-about house of two periods, 1870 and 1929, and even a dollhouse for a dollhouse. Mrs. O'Brien makes finishing the exteriors an exciting challenge and guides the reader step-by-step in painting, laying clapboard, shingling and thatching roofs, building doors and windows, laying stone paths and patios, and creating garde

Make Your Own Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures by Marian Maeve O'Brien (1975-05-03)