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Building Plan Checklist

Dollhouse Building Plan Outline

Go to Printable Building Plan Checklist here.

Decide what to do first, second, third, etc...

Start by listing the large jobs. Work down room-by-room to the smaller jobs.

• Research the dollhouses you like
• Verify your chosen dollhouse scale -- remember to be consistent throughout 
• Design your dollhouse -- decide whether to go it alone making your own dollhouse building plan, or purchase and work with an available plan online, or buy a ready-made dollhouse kit
• Cut out dollhouse or put together kit
• Choose appropriate overall dollhouse theme
• Work on each room as a separate unit until finished with each
• Make detailed lists of needed items per room

Take action and begin.

• Start gathering tools and construction materials.
• Your Tools -- A beginners list of tools used in constructing your dollhouse can be found here. As always this is not an exhaustive list and if you find something that works well for you continue with what you know.
• Materials:
  • Plywood in various widths
  • Specialty wood for detailed areas
  • Special items such as miniature hinges, fasteners and such
  • Nails
  • Glue
  • Windows
  • Doors
  • Anything else you think you need prior to starting.

List good books and websites to aid in helping along the way.

Decide on colors just like for a real house.

Obtaining an artists color wheel may aid in visualizing what colors go well together. It may also keep you focused on choosing colors for your particular dollhouse theme.

Choose a furniture design or designer for your dollhouse building plan.

This is where your own tastes and preferences come into play. Remember your choices make your dollhouse individual and unique to you. So never throw away your own creative bend. This is your dollhouse after all.

• What will each room contain? Depending of course on the room.
  • For the living room
    • couch
    • television
    • chairs in whatever style
    • coffee table
    • entertainment system
    • lamps
    • display stands
  • For the kitchen
    • kitchen table
    • chairs
    • cabinets
    • center island
    • stove
    • refrigerator
    • dish washer
  • For the Dining Room
    • dining room table
    • chairs
    • buffet for good dishes
  • For the Bedrooms
    • beds
    • dressers
    • cosmetic table
    • trunks
    • bed table
    • closets
  • For the Bathrooms
    • toilet
    • bathtub or shower or both
    • sink
  • For the Laundry Room
    • washer
    • dryer
    • cupboards
    • sink
  • For the Study
    • desk
    • chair
    • bookcase
    • filing cabinet
  • For the Recreation Room
    • couch
    • armoire
    • television
    • exercise treadmill
       
• Choose how much detail to include (e.g. will there be paintings on the walls? etc.)
  • hangers in closets
  • towels
  • food
  • videos
  • linens
  • dishes
  • lamps
  • paintings
  • handcrafted items
  • baskets
  • ornaments
  • books
  • magazines
  • stuffed animals
  • etc...

Draw up a budget for big and small projects.

Assign yourself a budget for your dollhouse and plan on staying within it. The dollhouse hobby can be as inexpensive or expensive as you make it. So stay within your comfort zone for spending and you will come out a winner for sure.

If need be, do every room separately. If you are one who is desiring to do it all, it helps to see smaller pieces than enormous ones. Setting up your pricing format by room will help take your mind off the over all total.

Then plan on doing each room over a period of time. In this way your efforts will not seem so, all consuming and even be, ever-changing and always entertaining. This will enable you to be always working in different areas. Never bored with your dollhouse projects.

Decide on who to assign projects to.

Is there a special child or grandchild around who would love to help you? Let them if possible. It will be fun for you and them. Make them a gofer or other job helper. Make their position important to you.

Above all think of this as your own tiny mansion. You're going to love the process as you advance in your dollhouse building plan. Enjoyment is the best benefit of dollhouse creation. So never start without your share of it onboard. It will make the outcome that much sweeter.

Go to Printable Building Plan Checklist here.

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