Doll Furniture?

AG furniture tends to be a little small, it's more MSD sized. But that doesn't stop me! Hobby Lobby also has some in scale wooden chairs on sale in their new stock too. Ross tends to have some also, but there's a big area of the country-my area of the country >:/ -that doesn't have Ross. Ebay also is a good plethora of stuff.

 

The Ross "dress for less" stores carry a variety of doll couches

here are some that i have picked up there-












lol, i know i have a furniture problem!! I have a couple more chairs and a couch that i dont have pictures of yet!!!!!

 

Damn I wish we had a store like that here ::siiighs::

 

Yeah i saw one there yesterday for $9.99....man I shoulda bought one now that i think about it...

pmed ya a ?

:smile:

 

Definately Ross ^^ I love that place for it's chairs!

 

Try the Dollmarket

 

yea, they come in all the time at the ross's around here. one of my friends works there and she lets me know when the couches come in, i told her to stop because my closet cant take anymore, lol. They are all very reasonable too, around 10-20$ each. I'm still searching for a red velvet lounge there though.

 

I've been thinking about this too. poor Taro has spent all his time sitting around in his box!! not that he really minds, but it would be nice to get him a little couch or something. =) I'll probably end up making one though...I have these slats that were from an old wooden door that I could just glue together or something. of course it'll be a very simple bed, butbetter than nothing!

I saw a perfect in scale dog bed at a variety store (looked like a proper wrought iron bed for people) but it was 100 bucks (australian) ._. that's still a tad out of my price range XD

 

All of the furnitrue Ross carries is made by an old doll manufacturer called KINGSTATE, they make cheaper porcelain dolls. On Ebay look under kingstate for deals, not dollfie. Also do a net search, there are still many doll shops that carry this line on the net and in person. Also do an ebay search for doll couch, chair etc. You'll find great furniture for antiques etc. at low prices. You can narrow your search by saying, victorian couch or wooden chair and so on.

 

A store that carries things like home decor novelties has a bunch of doll and teddy bear furnature.

Just takes digging, litterally. Everything is buried under layers and layers of more things. : 3

I'd try teddy bear stores or doll stores. Google Local can be your friend.

 

^^ Yup... Here's the site:

http://www.rossstores.com/

 

I checked the Ross website, and ... the nearest store is three states away. ops: Any other suggestions?

 

Do you know anyone who lives in a state where they have a Ross? o.o Or I could get a chair for you if I see any good ones.

^^ I usually check out a Ross with my mom and sister once or twice a month. My mom's a shopaholic ^^"

 

'Wish our Ross in Bellevue had things like that...

I've been in there a couple of times and they had very little in the way of doll furniture... Jewelry boxes or otherwise.

 

Well the next time I got to one I could take some pictures of a few of the chairs they have ^^

 

Great info Grael- thanks so much! (love your wigs#**!!*)

 

Hi. I found an Our Generation futon at Target about a month ago. It was the last one and I haven't been able to find anymore anywhere. My MSD Soul Dolls fit perfectly on it together.

 

i found this site, it has a couple of furnitures that could fit dollfies. http://barbspencerdolls.com/dollhouse_and_other_doll_furniture__pg_3.htm and its not too expensive...

 

I've seen some places where you can order it, for a large sum, but have you ever actually thought about making your own?

I have for the Bobobie's Sprite Doll I'll get to order when I have enough money saved up. I even drew up a plan for a bed that I could make with plywood.


The bed with measurments


Cleaned up version.

And I was also going to make a tiny mattress, just so she wont be sleeping on hard wood. Not to mention she'll get a pillow and blanket.

Maybe I'll post pictures of the finished product, when I get around to making it.

 

Huh I never put much thought into Doll Furniture to be very honest..It's so high priced and I'm not at all handy with wood. Though I like your blue print for a bed ^^ I'm sure your doll will love it too.

 

that'd be really cool to see definatly post pictures of the final version please!

 

@ FlamelessNight: I'm not that handy eather, but I love building things, and I suppouse if I have some help from my dad, I can get away keeping all of my fingers. nwn

@ Fullmetal Hobbyist: I will, when I get the money for the wood. Hopefully after I order my doll, I don't think she'll mind bunking with me and my dog for a month untill I finish her bed. But yeah, I'll post pictures.

 

Your bed should be very nice. I like the little drawers. I'm not comfortable working with wood that small so I buy all my doll furniture, have gotten some great buys on Ebay, The Doll Market & at places like Big Lots & Marshall's. If you keep your eyes open there are bargains to be had.

 

Oh. Like a day bed with a built-in dresser. Very nice!

I don't think I'm cut out for any kind of delicate construction that would be done on doll scale, myself.

 

I would kill to get one of those XD I suck at wood working.

Oh yeah, I just ordered my Bobobie Sprite girl on Friday XD

 

That is why my dad would be doing most of the work. He doesn't like me touching power tools, especially since I have a history of clumsiness.

 

My fiance loves to do woodworking in his spare time, and he just recently ordered this like $2,000 machine (called a CNC Router) to make cuts and carvings right from the computer model drawings (AutoCAD). He says in a month or so, after he gets the hang of it, he'll try using it to make me some cool stuffs for my dollies. I'll be sure to post how he did it, and how they came out when he does it.

 

I heard of something like that. Sounds neat-o!

 

I love your idea. Way cool.

 

Thank you.

 

I was thinking of making a bed also for my doll. Plywood is cheap and easy to work with also it comes in different thickness too. I can't wait to see your finished bed, I'm sure it will look great

 

it quite easy to make furniture for dolls, the sizeing of things doesn't really bother me personaly as i'm used to making miniature items anyway, i will advise you to use tiny nails and possibly a mixture of glue with it (depending on how much preasure you are going to put on it and how often you are going to move it) for the mattress you can just find a cheap old pillow/ cushion and take the filling out and make the mattress to size with that, it will be soft and its cheap.
If you are going to make the drawers at the bottom of the bed useable, you will need to raise the mattress area up a bit, so that there is space for it to fit in etc. if not then they will look very good as decoration

 

I took 8 years of wood shop in highschool, and I work in a metal shop, let be the first to tell you, you are going to want to make those drawers for looks only, (non-functional) or not at all. drawers are hard in a larger scale I can't even begin to think of how much of a headache they'd be at this scale.

Now on a happier note I like the design, it's very cute. what color would the bedding be? and I hope your doll gets to you soon.

cnc mill, O.O me wants bad.

 

Walmart and Pet Smart have the cutest doggie and kitty sofas.I think they would be the right size. Some pet stores carry chairs.I know this because my Toy Poodles are SPOILED.

 

it's easier to do doll sized draws, as you don't have to make dove-tail joints in them kuraiangels, it's just a simple half joint. If that is what you call them again, been to long since I used the terms.

 

I wasn't just talking about the dovetail, you have the guide/slide bars to either on the bottom or the top. Without those it stiff to pull in and out, I have a dresser that's made without dovetails and no guide bars for my dolls clothes. It's about useless since the drawers stick.

 

I've got some furniture for my doll house that don't use any bars, you just got to make the sides of the drawer a few mm smaller than the space you are putting them in.

 

I made a bed for my DM Kid girl out of 3 sheets of craft wood from Wal-mart (in the craft section, you can find it at any craft store too) and brush-on superglue.
I made a headboard later from dowel and very thin craft wood-thin enough to cut with scissors. The thin wood is just woven into between the dowels, and the mattress holds it onto the bed.

Here's a non-scale diagram to help you get the picture. XD'


The two bars on the inside are to hold the mattress, which was cut from some spare upholstery form.
A note: An electric breadcutter (ours is a Black&Decker, about $10 at Wal-mart) is the BEST THING for cutting thick foam.
The foam was wrapped in light blue fabric and has duct tape on the bottom to keep it on. XD

The whole bed was made in under a day, no sewing needle or hammers necessary. XD

I'm not particularly handy, but I LOVE small furniture, so... ^^
She also has a bench which is actually a small shelf bought from Jo-annes upside-down on top of 2 candlesticks.

Your bed looks awesome- please post pictures when you're done!

 

I've found a wealth of information for people who want to create clothing, do faceups, and, to a lesser degree, jewelry. What I'm interested in, though, is BJD sized furniture.

I'm versed in woodworking, but I can't find any resource to tell me where to start in my practice- which doll sizing to use, what pieces to try making first, and, for the future when I'm good enough to be confident selling my work, what kind of designs would be more in demand?

I've gotten a few basic things from a local crafts store and I'm going to hopefully try a high-backed chair and a small table in the next few days, and I'm looking for any tips or resources I may have missed while paging through the search results for "furniture"...

edit: after some more research, i'm interested to hear opinions on wood vs foamcore as building materials.

 

I would try taking measurments from real furniture and then scaling them down. 1/3 for SD, 1/4 for MSD and so on. I think you can be more liberal with your measurments on furniture then on clothing. Try one out of foamcore(cheeper) and see how the size works, then if it is good make it out of real wood. I think the wood would be better on some things like chairs as it would weight it down and make it less able to flip over with a doll in it.

 

1/12th scale miniature furniture books. The ones for 1"=1' scale. There are some truly awesome ones out there. Scale the patterns up to 3"=1', do your prototypes in a cheaper material and you can be off to the races.

Let me know what type or period of furniture you're looking for exactly & I'll go through my bookshelves for some titles for you if you'd like.

Morgan

 

I would also love to see this when you're finished! If i do say so myself it is very inspiring. Im thinking of designing my oen.
Also. @ Glace Leau. How well does the wal-mart craft wood bed hold up? I'm thinking about making a full size bed for Melody and Skye so they won't be in a box. They are 43 and 44 cm bobobies.
@ everyone. Do you think I should use plywood or craft wood?

 

Ah, this thread is pretty old... sorry I deleted the diagram. XD'''

Well, considering it's been over a year and a half and the bed is still fine, I'd say it's held up pretty well! Nothing has snapped, bent or come apart. If you're making a bigger bed, though, you probably want more support than I have in the middle, like bigger or more bars on the inside.
I wouldn't put too much pressure on it, but it's held my Kid Dollmore (42cm), Soul-sweet (28 cm) and Puki together just fine. Bobobies are supposedly very light as well. n_n

 

Thanks! That helps. I'll go check it out.

 

Looks like a good design; can't wait to see it!

Doll drawers are easier to make because you don't have a doll-sized person opening them. All of my old doll house drawers were built like drathblue's. They'd probably be quite stiff (except for the exceptionally varnished ones), except that a giant with a giant's strength is opening them. ^^

EDIT: sorry; I didn't see the second page ^^;

 

I, having been annoyed with the lack of furniture for dolls, decided to make my own and my idea blossomed from there.
Why not make it and sell it to others with the same problem, which leads me here.
I have some questions for everyone;

what sort of things would you like to see, furniture wise?

would the option of assembly be a good thing to you?

What size of furniture would you most like to see?

more questions to come as I think them up

 

I hope this is in the right place

 

I can definitely relate. I'm sitting in front of the fabric store right now waiting for it to open so I can get some more foam for the vintage sofa I've been making since 7 pm last night (I don't sleep well , so I make things when I can't sleep). I prefer modern design above fancy traditional furniture, and I can't even really find even traditional furniture in sd17, which is the size of the only doll I own right now. I personally probably wouldn't have need to buy any furniture from DoA, mostly because shipping would be outrageous, but also because I've gotten so used to just making what I need on my own. A good starting point would probably be asking the critique subforum what they think of the furniture you're most comfortable producing, then gauge interest and move on from there. There are several good commissionable furniture services in the commissionable services subforum. Best of luck. ^^

 

I like to see like themed sofas or chairs. I would like to see some SD sized junk. I have some MSD sized stuff, but it would be nice to have stuff thats-er- Knox sized. xD

 

Definitely furniture with storage! I love when things are functional for my doll to sit on (or what ever) and I can store stuff inside it and no one knows! I also love Victorian furniture.
I think for some things assembly would be good, like if it's a simple chair or table, but if it's something covered in fabric I'd rather buy it already made.
About sizes though, I would assume that every doll size would want something, but I would like to see SD sized stuff.

 

I'd love the idea of assembly. It would save on shipping costs and make people more likely to buy. I'd like to see SD or larger stuff.

 

would assembly really make a difference in shipping? In the end, it would still weigh the same. Or Maybe the just ship the more technically difficult parts to make and it comes with instructions on how to finish...ie. make cushions/coverings yourself to fit the furniture frame?

 

Well I know in canada shipping sky rockets the thicker the package is. Even if two items the same weight and size package are shipped, the one packed flatter and neater is cheapest. The chunky one can triple in cost. Once I slipped a lolipop in a package, the other package weighed more, but the one with the lolipop was chunkier and the cost for a 4 by 6 inch envelope jumped up $6.

 

assembly will be optional but it will be noted the more intricate it is the harder it will be to assemble
when it gets like SD size, you'll need to use a screwdriver and screws cause any peg system I invent would fail horribly
assembly would be very easy for tiny furniture
a lot of people like the assembly idea

(I did post a thread in the critique forum, it got 2 replies then was ignored...this one is much more successful)

 

Im buying a chair and it is pink patterned fabric. I was just wandering would I be able to keep my doll siting on the chair. Or would it stain the same way clothing and wigs dye dolls. ?

 

It depends on the fabric. I suggest setting something that can get stained on top of it for a while to test to make sure.
Usually little chairs with fabric don't stain (or at least haven't for me) but you're smart to be concerned in the first place

 

I'm like you, well versed on woodworking and reupholstering. Other materials not so much. If you're in the US, I suggest going to Michael's. they have an immense wealth of resources for wood crafting. They even have pegs and boards cut to size and also, a lot of miscellaneous items that you can buy by the pack and all you'd have to do it put them together after you come up with he design you want. They have perfectly good spindle pieces that you can use for legs on a chair or table. I tell you, I wish I'd gone there before I went to home depot to buy my materials. Is a very good place to start! Good Luck!