Issue 52 February 2026

The lady of the house will be Dulcie. For those of you in New Zealand who have met Dulcie, a miniaturist, she made it to her hundredth birthday, celebrated it in style, and then made a quiet exit on December 6th 2025. She was a miniaturist for almost 30 years. Her last club meeting was when she was 98 years old! Some of her miniature treasures will be used to furnish this Regency house. Hopefully a little figure of Dulcie will sit in the middle window looking out of Acornwood House. As the kit was incomplete and many windows did not have their frames and sashes, a design was created and printed out on a 3D printer. This worked very well, with exact sizes obtained and sash windows that move up and down. The key word here is ‘exact’. With free design workplaces where you can design your 3D pieces, you have the ability to input exact dimensions, an invaluable function when designing doll house windows or doors. (Even for replacing lost knobs on full size appliances). These frames fit standard 12th scale window openings. There are two side stiles grooved to accept the windows. There is a top and bottom piece that slots into the groove when placed between the stiles. The window frames come in two pieces per frames. One inside is stepped so when they are glued together a piece of acetate can be slotted into this groove that runs around all sides. When fitting into place it is best to glue in one stile and the bottom. Insert the window frames into the grooves of the remaining stile, the top one in the front slot and the bottom one in the back slot. Put glue on the side and holding them in place, slide the assembly into the window space. Glue in the remaining piece at the top, between the stiles. Now glue the outside frame onto the outside. The inside finishing framework is not included in this design as it often depends on the thickness of the wall as to whether it would sit over the edge of the stiles or to the side. See Market place on page 35 for further details. Making 3D sash windows Dulcie, pretty in pink, at a Greytown Miniature Makers Christmas lunch with Kayleen Thompson (at back hiding behind her glass) and Anne Harman. A bit more research as come up with some more designs from The Little Dollhouse Company but they only have some elements of my gift house kit. It remains a mystery. There is a name for the house now, inspired by these designs. It will be called Acornwood House. A similar Little Doll House design. Miniature Time Traveller 19 3D printer in action.