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Essentials for Building a Dollhouse
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items I recently built and designed a dollhouse and I'm sharing everything I used for it! If you love home design and are looking for a fun project, this list is for you.
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Building Supplies
Painting Supplies
Building Supplies
These are the items most used when building my dollhouse!
This is the kit I used which included the wood and a guidebook to building! The rest is sold separately.
Victoria's Farmhouse Dollhouse Kit
No nails keeping this house together. Just this glue! Trust me you'll be happy you bought the 3 pack. There's a lot to put together!
Aleene's 3 Pack 8 oz Tacky Glue Original
You'll want to paint the wood before assembling the pieces together, and you'll want to do one coat of paint, sand the pieces with this, then do another coat. I mainly used the softer sandpaper in this bundle as to not scratch the wood.
POLIWELL 3.5"x1" Mini Sander Kit 50PCS
This was perfect for cutting the trim wood that came in a bundle in the dollhouse kit! You'll want to buy a small miter box with it which I also linked.
X-ACTO Precision Razor Saw Set
This made it easy to cut the trim in the trim bundle that came in the dollhouse kit! This paired with the Xacto saw made it super easy.
Hanpex Metal Aluminum Miter Box 5.3 Inch
Painting Supplies
I tried many different things when it came to painting the dollhouse and here is what worked the best! All of these items were bought at either Lowe's or Amazon.
I tried a few different paint brushes, and these worked the best for the big panels of wood. I also linked the perfect small paint brushes for the smaller areas you'll paint.
Bates Foam Paint Brushes 1'-3', 26 Pack
These were perfect for detail painting! Soft grip and soft bristles. Found at Lowe's!
Project Source Multiple Sizes Reusable Polyester Round Art brush 5 -Pack
These were great for pouring the paint in; didn't need anything bigger than this.
Project Source 6.5-in x 6.5-in Disposable Paint Tray
At first I thought I had to buy full size paints, but these half-pint sample sizes were perfect! Found at Lowe's, which sells lots of Sherwin Williams paints. I really like Benjamin Moore colors too but was already at Lowe's so kept it convenient! Th...
Valspar Base A Tintable Paint sample base ( Half-pint )