Meet the Urban Town Dollhouse! A brand new 1/12 scale kit designed by me for miniatures.com. It's a contemporary dwelling meant to fit on a narrow city lot (or in an already full miniaturist's studio!). I can't tell you how excited I am to share this year long secret with you! The Urban Town is now available for pre-order with estimated in stock date mid-October.
This dollhouse measures 14.875 in deep x 24 in wide x 32 in high. It has two balconies with glass railings, contemporary stairs and rails, 3 brand new custom door styles, and modern windows. Even with a narrow footprint there are 5 main rooms and one back hallway that is accessible via a balcony door, an interior door (bathroom) and a hallway (office). So much room to get creative!
While designing the Brentwood dollhouse kit in 2022 was a dream come true, the Urban Town dollhouse fulfills a long held wish of mine. When I first started blogging I so badly wanted a contemporary dollhouse but there were so few options at the time. I didn't have access to a laser cutter or 3D printer. So bringing this kit to life and making it accessible to everyone has been incredible. Me back in 2010 wouldn't have believed it!This is part one in my Urban Town dollhouse series. Stay tuned for the kit design process, the exterior finishes, interior finishes, lighting the dollhouse, and all my sources. Also included will be printable templates to make the panels on the exterior. I can't wait to show you everything! Please let me know if you want to know anything specific and I'll do my best to address it in a future post.
I'm so excited for you! I can't wait to save up my money for this one. It's absolutely gorgeous. My husband was like 'that's a dollhouse?' It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sheila!! That means so much! My husband was like this kit has to be small lol. I'm really proud of how it all came out though.
DeleteThis is amazing! Any idea of what the retail price will be?
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's available on miniaturescom. It's pre-order now, $349 I think usd, but the price won't change when it's in stock. Hope that helps!
DeleteThank you so much!
DeleteI can't wait for mine to arrive. Will you be posting templates for the siding and lighting tutorials?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm so excited you got one!! I will get the exterior finishes post up this weekend. (We have a holiday weekend here so I've been waiting for that extra day off to finish putting together those posts). And I'll work on getting the sources one finished up and ready to post the following week.
DeleteRe-read your comment. I don't have a template for the siding, but I took lots of photos which I think will be enough. For the panels I do have printable templates. And for the lighting there will be a tutorial :)
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