How do I create a brick look on a vintage dollhouse?




I am on a very tight budget, and I need to restore a vintage Lundby of Sweden dollhouse. My daughter in-law and my Mom rescued it at a yard sale for $2.00 and brought it to me. I love miniatures. It is electric. The bad news is some child had apparently painted it all kinds of colors in the past on top of the paper that resembled the siding. When trying to get the paint off, it took the paper also. I thought I could maybe make it look like brick or stone or some type of siding but I need ideas that can be done on a budget. The dollhouse is 1:18 scale if that helps. I look forward to hearing from everyone with their ideas. Have a blessed day.
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here is info for you
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/126030489559447269/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK-hqTYIQQg
here is another idea from Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Dollhouse-Wallpaper-Weathered-Brick-White/dp/B01MXXHARB
I would use sheetrock mud and a homemade stencil with brick cutouts. The mud will provide the texture that you can then paint and its very inexpensive. Cut the stencil out of thick cardboard with a pair of scissors then lay it on the side of the house and spread the spackle into the cut outs. Let it dry and paint.
If you care to try a hand painted brick finish several colors might be suggested. Start with your base coating brick color perhaps sponge some darker color over and then do the grouting. Several shades for the gray grouting might be considered to. Inexpensive 50 Cent acrylic paints could accomplish this if you’re up for the painting challenge. Like a fun and fabulous project with your restoration.
You might be able to find some brick design at a craft store that offers scrapbooking papers. They offer many, many designs and I believe I've seen brick designs in variious background colors. You could glue or ModPodge onto the area and then seal with a clear coat.
How to make doll house brick wall with foam board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrjWKx2ML3w
Would this work? It's actually a tablecloth but has the brick look to it. Could you cut a piece from this cloth to make that work for the dollhouse?
https://amzn.to/3GxJn8k
Here is another option using styrofoam, you can get this at your local dollar store.
https://dollarstorecrafts.com/2012/07/make-a-faux-brick-wall/
This may help: https://www.littlevintagecottage.com/2019/05/how-to-make-fireplace-for-your-dollhouse.html
do you have much area to cover? If it’s not too much you could make tiny flat bricks out of clay like Fimo and glue them on. :)
There are several different styles and sizes of Lundby of Sweden dollhouses.
'Vintage' is too broad of a description for us to know exactly which one you have.
What is the size of siding, in sq inches, that you would like to restore?
Please post a picture of your dollhouse so we can see what you are starting with.
Get a sponge or makeup sponge cut it into a brick carve it out with a razor then use that like a stamp dunk in paint
I would go to the craft store and buy scrap book paper with a tiny brick print. Use it as wallpaper in your dollhouse. That sounds amazing!
Glue small pebbles on it for a stone veneer look.
You could likely paper right over the other paper with a brick look. You could also paint over it as well. If you wanted a siding look, paint the whole thing then use a Sharpie to draw the siding lines.
There are lots of brick design available at craft store. Or you can also have some brick wall with foam board.
Use scraps of wood and make it look like cedar shake shingle. Use flat tiny river rock to make it look like stone. Use clay to make bricks and paint them brick color.
I would look for scrapbook paper with a brick motif.
What a great find by your relatives and a real compliment to you that they feel you can redo it! There Amazon has print fabric available in a brick print; however, it may not be the correct size to use for your project. Depending on what color and type brick you want, you might be able to take a picture of a brick wall you like, then print out the picture by enlarging or reducing the size so the bricks are the correct proportion on several card stock sheets which could then be pasted onto the house. e. I hope you will post a picture of your project when you've conquered the project. compiment that they want you to redo it.