DIY Dollhouse Living Room Set

Over the next several weeks i'll walk you through how I made doll house furniture from an old set of blocks.  It was so easy and SO, SUPER fun!

I hope this blog post will inspire you to see ordinary household "junk" in a whole new way.

This set started off as a set of blocks that I found in a clearance bin at Walmart.

Inspiration

When I bought them these blocks were in an unlabled package.  I discovered later that they are called "Kids Kraft Blocks".

  To make the living room chair I used 2 blocks.

blocks for the chair

For this project you'll need wood glue, wire nails and a hammer.

Using a cordless screwdriver and the smallest drill bit I could find, I drilled 3 holes.

cordless screwdriver drill bit

drill pilot holes for the nails

add wood glue

nail pieces together

all done

ready for paint!

To make the sofa I sawed one of the longer blocks in half for sofa arms.

This block will be the arms of the sofa

Be sure to sand newly cut edges.

Sand cut edges