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How To Light Up Your Dollhouse

Lighting up your dollhouse with miniature lights can take a dollhouse from drab to fab!

  1. Planning is essential to lighting up your dollhouse. Determine where you are going to apply your fixtures so you can to outline where you will need to run the electricity for wall outlets. Also select all of your miniature lighting ahead of time so you can plan the grid for all miniature lamps, hanging light fixtures and wall fixtures.
  2. Purchasing a dollhouse wiring kit is the cheapest and easiest way to get started as the lit should include everything you need, including detailed instructions, to complete your dollhouse wiring project. Using the fixture placements you already identified, install the grid according to the kits more detailed instructions. Superior Dollhouse Miniatures also supplies many books and resources to help you with your project.
  3. Using eyelets serves as your dollhouse outlets. Wherever you need electricity, install an eyelet by pushing the eyelet into the wall through the wiring grid.
  4. Installing your lighting requires you to connect the fixture to the eyelets. You can also purchase push in globes hat have a variety of decorative coverings that connect directly into the grid. Install all of your fixtures to the wiring grid.
  5. Plug it in! Your dollhouse wiring kit should come with a transformer that plug directly into an outlet in your real house. Once you have your dollhouse plugged into an electricity source you can go through and turn on all of your miniature lights. If one isnt working, unplug your dollhouse and be sure that the light is securely fastened to the wiring grid.

ENJOY! Now that you have your dollhouse newly wired and lit up dim your real house lights, take a spectacular photo, and submit your masterpiece here to share with other mini-enthusiasts!

Last updated 342 days ago by SuperiorMinis