All About DIY / IKEA Hack Dollhouses

Ikea hack dollhouses:  How-to | examples | DIY dollhouse

With just a little bit of effort you can make a fabulous Ikea hack dollhouse! 

Reasons why you might want to go this route include:

• COST: $80-$250 for a factory produced dollhouse with generic illustrations and bright colors seems like a lot
• SPACE: a full size dollhouse will take a lot of precious play space
• VERSATILITY: you want your child's room to grow with them
• YOU'RE A BIG KID: you collect dolls such as Blythe, Pullip, or ball jointed dolls and you want a fun, beautiful and affordable way to display your collection
• YOU LOVE DESIGN: you love interior design and want a truly special look for your dollhouse

I have rounded up some examples of dollhouses custom-hacked from Ikea products. You can see more on my Pinterest board, here.

A little bit of creativity / ingenuity goes a long way.  Get some pretty paper from the craft store, cut out some window panes from construction paper, put it up with removable 3M tape...BAM!

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Ikea products that are popular as dollhouse hacks include Kallax and Expedit. There are also a gazillion me-too cubby storage copy brands.  You can find a comparison of the many, many existing cubby storage brands, their sizes and costs, here (coming soon!).

When my daughter was a tween, she was still playing with her dolls, mostly Monster High and Liv.  I looked into somehow updating her very toddler-like dollhouse...and a seed of an idea began to take root.

First I thought about using decals to transform the interiors of our Ikea Kallax 4x4 cubby storage into a cool dollhouse...tried it: way too annoying to install.  The decals were just about impossible to line up to the straight edges. Argh.

Take two: I have a friend who is a printer of real estate signs, banners, and large format items.  I found some interesting substrates (the sheets you print on) at his workplace and he let me experiment. 

BINGO! myDoll.house was born! 

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