Things You'll Need:
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Step 1
Decide how large you want your house to be. How many rooms and floors do you need?
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Step 2
Buy a plastic bookcase that has as many floors as you need. You can take a shelf off and set it beside your house to create an adjoining floor.
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Step 3
Assemble the bookcase according to its directions.
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Step 4
Purchase thin indoor/outdoor carpeting. You won't need more than a yard. Cut the carpet to fit your floors and glue it down.
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Step 5
Cut cardboard or thin wood to create back and side walls for your house.
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Step 6
Make interior walls from cardboard or thin wood.
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Step 7
Wallpaper both sides of the interior walls and one side of the back and side walls. Use leftover wallpaper scraps you have or that you find at a wall cover store. You can also purchase rolls of wallpaper.
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Step 8
Cover the outside of the back and side walls with shelf paper or paint them.
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Step 9
Cut out window and door holes.
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Step 10
Attach cardboard walls to the bookcase using glue. Attach wood walls to the bookcase using wood screws. Wedge in the cardboard or wood for the interior walls.








Comments
jenstewart said
on 7/4/2009 Great information! if you want more information check out www.crazyforbarbie.com or www.crazyforbarbieblog.com
lots of good information on building barbie dollhouses
Anonymous said
on 12/8/2005 My father used the "bookcase" technique to build a Barbie house for me many years ago. Now I'm renovating it for my daughter! In his original plan he made a closet in the bedroom, using paneling for the sliding doors and trim on either side to keep them on track. He cut a length of wire (it looks to be from a wire hanger) for the rod.