The doll's house decorator - Vivienne Boulton

This DIY book for the traditional or modern doll's house provides a complete inventory of household items to make, from furniture to food - even a complete family of dolls and their pets. The book has pattern templates with detailed step-by-step instructions to furnish and accessorize a doll's house from basement to attic, true to period and to scale. A materials section shows how to work with simple, readily available materials such as wood off-cuts, small pieces of fabric, modelling clay, paint and cardboard. Every item is hand-crafted and photographed especially for the book.;The book's contents includes: introduction to techniques and using materials; room-by-room guide to period styles - Victorian, Country/Colonial, Modern; kitchens - worktable, pots and pans, fruit, vegetables and preserves; bedrooms - four-poster, dressing table, hat boxes, coat hangers, jewellery; children's rooms - bed, wardrobe, toys, doll's house, Noah's ark, skipping rope, telescope, board games, chest; bathrooms - washstand and jug, bowl and soap dish, shower; living rooms - sofa, wingback chair, lamps, plants and ornaments; dining rooms - chairs, rug, cutlery and china, candles; doll family and clothing; pattern templates.