Putting Siding On A Dollhouse

Wooden coffee stirrers craft sticks and tongue depressors all make good clapboard once you trim the round ends and decide whether or not to stain weather or paint them.

Putting siding on a dollhouse.

Put a light coat of stain on them or leave them natural for that real wood effect or paint them your favorite color. The job goes by fast and you are less tired because there is less work in installing it. Holding the siding in place draw a pencil line on the back of the siding where it will be cut. The right hand side is original.

It is usually easier to first cut along the vertical lines then across the horizontal lines. To apply your siding before the components you have to assemble the basic shell of the dollhouse first including all bays. Remove the sheet and cut along the pencil lines with your knife. Remember you want the space between shingles in each row to line up with the center of a shingle in the previous row.

Hold the first piece of siding along the bottom edge of the first wall flush with the corner of the house. Do not install the windows doors gingerbread trim mouldings trims or porches yet. Hold or temporarily tape your siding sheet in place then using a pencil mark any doors and windows from inside the dollhouse to indicate your cutting lines. Just getting simple installing siding can make the job go really fast.

You will transform your dollhouse with our wood siding and add an instant touch of appeal to the exterior. Pointers tips and tricks on how to install the siding on your dollhouse. It s also a good idea to leave the roof off as well especially if it s gabled. There is siding that simply clips into place which eliminates the stressful need to nail in every single piece.

Once i decided to make my dollhouse victorian siding became an important factor. Here s my old victorian. Still holding the piece in place draw a pencil mark around the window and door openings covered by the piece of siding. Old houses have that beautiful narrow lap siding.

Use an adjustment shingle one cut to the necessary width that will align the appropriate alternating overlap pattern of the row.