Product Description

Making, decorating, and furnishing dollhouses has become an international passion over the last twenty-five years. A perennial area of interest is how to achieve authentic period character in dollhouse exteriors and interiors. In this book, leading dollhouse specialist Michal Morse presents more than forty interiors decorated in wide-ranging styles-from fifteenth-century Tudor to twentieth-century suburban.

Here you will find inspiration to create your own authentic period dollhouse in one-twelfth scale-the scale used for serious collectors of all ages. Learn to recognize the characteristics of each period and place your dollhouse in historical context. Discover how to customize your dollhouse with bay windows, porches, a brick finish, or even roof detail, all with meticulous step-by-step instruction. Plus, discover the essential feature of every dollhouse.

With this comprehensive guide, miniature hobbyists won't need special skills or a sophisticated workshop; Morse clearly illustrates every stage of construction, from planning the foundation to hanging miniature glass chandeliers.

Based on eight houses designed and furnished in exacting detail by the author herself, Decorate A Doll's House offers a rich and fascinating social history in miniature-an essential guide for collectors of all ages that is sure to appeal to craftspeople of every nature and ability.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1309029 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 116 pages

From Library Journal
Each of these books approaches dolls' houses somewhat differently from the usual books on constructing houses and making furnishings. Morse concentrates mainly on furnishings and interior components for English period houses from Stuart (1630s) to modern (1990s). Instructions are for adding interior elements to already constructed houses, and furniture is pictured in photos without directions for construction. Rowbottom's houses in 1/24th scale are half as large as the usual 1/12th scale used for most miniatures. His instructions and diagrams are for building period houses with furniture pictured but not described in the text. Miniaturists will find both books useful for specialized types of houses. Recommended for public libraries needing more of this type of material.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover
Use this rich source book to decorate your doll's house in authentic period detail. Internationally known doll's house specialist Michal Morse has created more than forty miniature interiors - in styles from the seventeenth century through the twentieth century - to show how colors, furnishings, and objects work together to evoke period atmosphere. (8 1/2 X 11, 116 pages, color photos, diagrams)

About the Author
Michal Morse is internationally recognized as an expert on making and furnishing dollhouses, and has sold thousands of dollhouses and dollhouse furnishings to clients all over the world.

Customer Reviews

Interesting book
The book has alot of period houses and interiors to look at. The picture detailing is great but the book lacks alot of instruction. What instruction it has is informative but is inconsistant. I only recommend this if you are very artistic and creative already and can figure out how to create these lovely houses.