Making Wooden Furniture for American Girl® and Other 18-Inch Dolls, 3rd Edition
Every little girl likes to tuck her beloved dolls into bed, and with this third edition of Making Furniture & Dollhouses for American Girl and Other 18-inch Dolls, you can build a charming doll home and furnishings that she'll cherish for a lifetime. With easy-to-follow instructions from Dennis Simmons, a woodworker with 30 years of experience, these dollhouse and furniture projects allow you to make designs perfectly scaled for popular 18-inch size dolls. Inside you'll find everything you need to get started, from carefully drawn patterns and full color photos of finished pieces, to step-by-step assembly tips, materials lists, and finishing techniques. Plans for building a modular dollhouse allow you to make a design as tall or as small as you wish, with options for adding charming details like tiny shingles, windows, siding, gingerbread trim, and more. A section on modifying a standard dollhouse as a historical house includes instructions for 9 different houses, from a modern Colonial Revival to a fantastic Second Empire Victorian.  Furniture projects include rocking chairs, tables, beautiful bedroom pieces like a canopy bed, armoire, grandfather clock and much more, in styles from historical times to the present day. Like the dolls she loves so much, fuel her imagination with hand-crafted keepsakes she will treasure forever. These patterns are ideal for 18-inch dolls from these popular brands: " A life of Faith " American Girl " Creative Friends Collection " Girls on the Go " Gotz " Laura Ashley " Liberty Landing " My Twinn " Our Generation " Springfield Collection "Any child or seasoned doll collector would be proud to display a cherished doll in these furniture items."