How To Put Siding On A Dollhouse

To minimize warping paint them on both sides and then lay them on wax or parchment paper to dry.

How to put siding on a dollhouse.

Here s my old victorian. Please follow my facebook page for more miniature madn. You can then continue as the instructions show or you can work from the gable or dormer to the outer edge of the roof. Cut the poster board or shirt cardboard to the length and width of each wall.

Make templates for each wall of your dollhouse from sheets of shirt cardboard or thick poster board. Once i decided to make my dollhouse victorian siding became an important factor. Old houses have that beautiful narrow lap siding. That said i bet this how to sand dollhouse clapboard siding could apply to the kind of clapboard siding that you buy as a sheet and attach to a shell that doesn t have it.

It s a lot more time consuming to install whether your house is full sized or dollhouse sized but it adds so much authenticity if it s done right. Still holding the piece in place draw a pencil mark around the window and door openings covered by the piece of siding. I recommend that you cut the shingles to the appropriate angle then install them up the entire height of the roof valley gable or dormer on both sides before proceeding to the rest of each row. The right hand side is original.

Step 2 sketch the positions and correct dimensions of any doors or windows onto the templates. Holding the siding in place draw a pencil line on the back of the siding where it will be cut. Remove the sheet and cut along the pencil lines with your knife. Hold the first piece of siding along the bottom edge of the first wall flush with the corner of the house.

You will have to paint each and every one of them individually. That said i m going to bet this how to doesn t apply to clapboard siding you make on your own as in one board at a time. Hold or temporarily tape your siding sheet in place then using a pencil mark any doors and windows from inside the dollhouse to indicate your cutting lines.