How to Design Your Own Barbie House
There are many styles and sizes to choose from when you design your own Barbie dollhouse. Will it be a Victorian mansion, a brick colonial or a replica of your own home? You will find components to build a dollhouse on the Internet, auction sites like eBay and in the larger craft stores. It will be a rewarding project to design and build your own Barbie dollhouse project for yourself, your child or grandchild as you can be sure it will be a one-of-a-kind treasure.
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Instructions
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Look at photos of dollhouses and real homes. Study to see what your favorite styles and shapes are. Look at the materials dollhouses are made from. What do you like? Keep notes as you look.
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Start a folder and write down or insert clippings of shingles, siding, colors and styles you would like for the exterior of the Barbie dollhouse.
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Draw sketches of the shapes and sizes you want to choose from. Will it be one, two or three stories high? What overall size will be reasonable for you to have for a project?
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Do several sketches on graph paper. This will help you to decide the sizes of the floor plan and rooms for your Barbie dollhouse. Check measurements on components you plan to use in your own Barbie dollhouse. For example, many prebuilt dollhouse staircases are built to fit a 10-inch ceiling in a room.
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Make an accurate design drawing using graph paper with measurements. Mark door and window placements. This will be a blueprint for your Barbie dollhouse design.
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Tips & Warnings
Carry a small measuring tape and notepad with you to craft stores. You can measure dollhouses and components that are on display.
Accurate measurements are crucial when you design your own Barbie dollhouse.
