Dolls House & Miniature Scene

Throughout our Dolls House & Miniature Scene content we bring you step-by-step projects created by a team of highly talented contributors demonstrating a vast array of techniques to bring you a wide range of projects to develop your skills and make every miniature creation the best it can be. We also bring you regular interviews with key artisans, all the top news and gossip and new product launches. Not forgetting great techniques, ‘how to’s’, top trends and fantastic competitions for you to expand your miniature collection!

Welcome to the August edition! • This issue is all about summer and style!

Caught on camera • Here at DHMS, the team have been amazed and inspired by these mini makes as seen on Instagram this month…

Discover more! • Introducing LTW Miniatures…

Summer fruit salad • The fruits of your labour needn’t be difficult this summer! Create this realistic fruit salad with just a few ingredients.

Brioche bread • Use your loaf to grab a slice of the action with this realistic quick make.

Sitting pretty • Sit down with Marloes of Mini Couch as we explore the fabric of small scale.

Sitting pretty

Instagram identities: @MAKEMINEMINI • New Zealand born Norma Bennett has a lifetime passion for miniatures. Although aut quam she nullat was arumenis introduced is inuscit, to minis as a child, it was as an adult before she rediscovered the joy of dolls houses…

Instagram identities: @MAKEMINEMINI

At Home with THE BROADWOODS ONE KIT, TWO WAYS! • This month, professional miniaturist Bea Broadwood once again focuses on the smallest of the popular dolls house scales. With the help of her very latest 1/144th scale dolls house kit, she shows how one design can be transformed into two completely contrasting display pieces.

Make super simple tiny topiary! • 1/144th tiny topiary is so easy to make and is the perfect finishing touch for any formal miniature garden…

Mini homes • A dolls house for a dolls house fits in almost anywhere, so we can easily indulge our mini dreams. I’ve long admired the elegant, old brick townhouses that line a tree-shaded street in my home town. Yet, another intriguing and very different style is the hooded gable Alpine chalet, with its ancient house-over-barn design, all sheltered by an ample overhanging roof. There’s an old saying, “When in doubt, do both”, so I did! These diminutive renditions, though only half as deep as their real-life counterparts, will delight the children in my Edwardian day nursery.

Special staycations Part 2 • Not going abroad this year or are you venturing to the UK? We have plenty ideas to keep you entertained! Following last month’s part 1, Moi started with Scotland and headed through the north of England. This month, she heads further south venturing around the rest of England and also Wales.

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A good read • Moi Ali finds some summer reading that won’t bust your baggage allowance!

Making changes • Explore a world of Scandinavian contemporary style as we discover how miniature art kept the sun shining for artisan, Josie Rosell.

Repurposed and refinished rustic charm • New contributor Kim Finch continues her tour of her miniature home, Tiny House, this issue discussing how she came to repurpose unused furniture…

TAKE A PICTURE, IT WILL LAST LONGER!

Tropical sunset • This painted artwork is easier to achieve than it looks, plus it doesn’t require much in the way of materials!

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