Tips On Wiring A Doll's House

Lighting warms a doll?s house and adds atmosphere. It's not hard to do but requires some planning. Here are a few tips to help you on your way.

There are different ways you can wire a dolls house. I opted for the standard round wire system as it seemed the easiest and cheapest.

You need a socket strip with at least 12 sockets, a fuse and an on off switch and a transformer. Each individual light is then plugged into the strip either directly or via an extension cable.

Assemble the shell of house then think about where your lights and wiring are going to go...it's NOT something you can do at the end. For a ceiling light paint or paper the roof of the room then drill a small hole in the centre and feed the wire through to the room above. My floors /ceilings are MDF so it was quite easy to then make a groove with a wood chisel from the hole to the back of the house...the wire runs along the groove and when covered with carpet can't be seen. Finally make a small hole, near the floor, in the back wall for the wire to go through and plug into socket strip.

You need to plan the lighting and cut your grooves before decorating.

Wall lights are most easily fitted to rear walls. Decorate the wall then drill a hole for the wire to pass through.

It?s really not difficult and brings the house to life.

Joolz has recently built a doll's house from kit form. If you found this article helpful you can pick up more tips on lighting and decor at http://www.mydollshouse.info