Did you ever look at ads for dollhouses and think: ” Couldn’t I do a dollhouse makeover all by myself, and thus craft something that is complete to my own taste”?
The answer to that question is pretty simple: yes you can!
Let’s talk a little bit more about this topic today.
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The Immens Researchon how to renovate a dollhouse?
I’m not going to lie about this: researching how to do a dollhouse makeover and renovation can get quite lengthy and maybe even a bit annoying.
But overall, you have a choice. You can either make it easy on yourself and buy everything you need ( yes, including wallpaper, floors, furniture, etc ), but you can fix a lot of things for free or for a very low price.
Start by cleaning up the dollhouse and deciding if the wood needs to be abraded or not. You can do this by hand or use a powertool.
Then, if you would just like to paint your walls, I would strongly advise priming them first with multiple layers (2-3) of white primer.
Or, of course, you can just use dollhouse wallpaper. I have quite a collection of FREE wallpaper printables on my blog.
You can also craft fantastic dollhouse floors yourself. Yes, you can, and they can be super duper fun to do!
Oh yes, I should have mentioned the dollhouse electricity and miniature lights, BEFORE talking about dollhouse floors and wallpapering, because if you need to hide electricity wires, it is best that you fix that before you do anything else!
Time For More Dollhouse Inspirationand makeover results!
Of course, you would like to see some results now, right?! 🙂
Ok, let’s hop over to Youtube!
Dollhouse Makeover 1: Lambecy.
This girl did a fantastic job on customizing her childhood dollhouse, the 1993 Fisher-Price Loving Family Dream Dollhouse, and turned it into a cute cottage in the forest.
Dollhouse Makeover 2: TheWimsical Wife.
Look at this, how “The Whimsical Wife”, transformed an old and colorful dollhouse, into a more modern one. I love it! She also has a complete walkthrough of the process on her cute website.
Dollhouse makeover 3: Bethany Fontaine
Bethany Fontaine found a $50,00 thrifted dollhouse and made it into something more modern, making it look more like a real house! It is a 15-minute-long video, where she shows you step-by-step how she did it!
And she found another extremely cheap dollhouse, furniture included, and turned it into an amazing dollhouse for her daughter!
Dollhouse makeover 4: FairyGoblinsGrin
This artist has a blog called Minismidgeon and an Etsy shop. This one is amazing in terms of how she created something gorgeous from a very old dollhouse. It was originally a “Hobbies of Dereham Special Georgian No. 244 Dollhouse”, from the 1950s.
I don’t think that I have ever seen a dollhouse in such a bad shape, transferred into a breathtaking house for her daughter!
My Final Conclusion
I do hope that you enjoyed this blog post on how to do a dollhouse makeover, and I do wish that you find a cheap dollhouse on Marketplace or second-hand and that you can turn it into something beautiful!
I wish you happy crafting and if you have any questions, please feel free to comment below or join me on my social media or on my Facebook group.
6 thoughts on “Dollhouse Makeover Ideas And Inspiration – Do It DIY!”
Hey there Lizzy,
Wow! this so cool. It is really amazing what can be done with a little paint and an imagination. Those before and after pictures are amazing. Such simple and cost effective ideas can really transform and old boring doll house into such amazing pieces of art. I really like The Whimsical Wife doll house, that looks so cool. It makes want to now pull out daughters old doll house and transform it. This could be a great hobby and pass time. Thank you for this great post.
Wow, there are dollhouse “flippers”! Who knew! This was certainly interesting to discover, and a great overview you have here. I don’t have experience with dollhouses, nor do I collect them, but model making and miniatures has intrigued me for quite some time. I had the chance to do some work in scenic design, and one of my favorite aspects of that was the scale models that were used to represent set pieces.
Thank you for your comment and the scenic design really seems interesting as well. I have been to a museum in France, where there is a permanent exposition on a combination of both: movie scenes and scale models. Quite cool to see!
I have a newer (mostly plastic, sadly) Lundby house that I desperately want to makeover-I like the style but the colors of the wallpaper and flooring is not my style at all! I have painted and papered wooden and mdf houses but I’m worried about this process. Nevertheless, this post gave me some hope so I’m still going to try to get this project started!
Hey there Lizzy,
Wow! this so cool. It is really amazing what can be done with a little paint and an imagination. Those before and after pictures are amazing. Such simple and cost effective ideas can really transform and old boring doll house into such amazing pieces of art. I really like The Whimsical Wife doll house, that looks so cool. It makes want to now pull out daughters old doll house and transform it. This could be a great hobby and pass time. Thank you for this great post.
Regards
Lawrence
Hi Lawrence!
I know right, just try and you will see: you will love it and so will your daughter;-)
Happy crafting!
Kind regards,
Lizzy
Wow, there are dollhouse “flippers”! Who knew! This was certainly interesting to discover, and a great overview you have here. I don’t have experience with dollhouses, nor do I collect them, but model making and miniatures has intrigued me for quite some time. I had the chance to do some work in scenic design, and one of my favorite aspects of that was the scale models that were used to represent set pieces.
Hi there!
Thank you for your comment and the scenic design really seems interesting as well. I have been to a museum in France, where there is a permanent exposition on a combination of both: movie scenes and scale models. Quite cool to see!
kind regards,
Lizzy
I have a newer (mostly plastic, sadly) Lundby house that I desperately want to makeover-I like the style but the colors of the wallpaper and flooring is not my style at all! I have painted and papered wooden and mdf houses but I’m worried about this process. Nevertheless, this post gave me some hope so I’m still going to try to get this project started!
I hope that you will get the process started and do a wonderful makeover on your Lundby dollhouse 😉
And most of all, have fun!
kind regards,
Lizzy