Any girl dreams of a house for her dolls. Now there are a huge number of them on store shelves. But such pleasure is not cheap, and the assortment is of the same type.

We offer to please the child with a handmade gift. This will allow you not only to save money, but also to make the house one of a kind.

In addition, it will be a great pastime for the whole family during leisure time.

There are many special tutorials for making dollhouses with your own hands. You can use a wide variety of building materials: boards, plywood, chipboard, laminate, cardboard, etc.

As a rule, the front wall on dollhouses is not made, or they make it removable or openable so that your child can put dolls there, change the situation in the rooms, and tidy up.

Choose the material - and we will teach you how to make a dollhouse with your own hands!

Doll houses made of plywood and laminate

These are the most popular items. Distinctive feature from "brothers" - stability and longevity. It is easy to decorate both outside and inside. But the manufacture of such a house requires male power.

If you try, then such a house will not be distinguished from the store version.

Diagrams and drawings can be found on the Internet, but if there are technical inclinations, you can try to draw it yourself. There are also photos of finished dollhouses on the Internet.

To make a house, we need:

  • thicker plywood (from 7 mm.);
  • electric jigsaw;
  • glue;
  • self-adhesive for the floor;
  • pieces of wallpaper;
  • tape measure or ruler;
  • pen;
  • scheme;
  • a little imagination and patience.

Let's get to work, before that, having decided on the size of the dollhouse (they will depend on the dimensions of the "residents"):

  • we cut out the walls of the future house from plywood or laminate;
  • we cut windows and doors into them;
  • we glue the walls together, it is also fashionable to use building nails or staples;
  • we make a roof, it can be both flat and sloping. To give a real look, you can use corrugated cardboard and then color it;
  • we fasten the resulting structure with the foundation - a sheet larger than the house itself. On an unused site, you can make flower beds, sidewalks, a platform, parking;
  • glue wallpaper and lay floors;
  • we furnish the house with furniture;
  • you can also add curtains made from pieces of fabric, bedspreads, rugs, etc.

Plasterboard dollhouses

Many housekeeping parents after repairs leave the remaining building materials to gather dust on the balcony in the hope that they will someday come in handy. Their time has come! Drywall can make an excellent dollhouse.

A good house made of this material is that it turns out to be very light and easy to assemble. But, at the same time, it will need to be handled more carefully - it will be quite fragile.

The scheme of such a house is no different from a plywood or laminate product. But it is much easier to assemble such a house, and there are much more layout options - with the help of partitions, you can divide the premises among themselves.

Styrofoam houses

To assemble such a house, we need:

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  • sheet foam;
  • glue;
  • canape sticks;
  • rulers;
  • bamboo sticks;
  • cardboard;
  • pieces of wallpaper and fabric;
  • dye;
  • sponge for washing dishes;

Pieces of plinth for the ceiling

Let's get to work:

  • make a diagram;
  • cut out foam walls;
  • we make doors and windows in them;
  • we connect the walls with toothpicks, then we glue the walls together;
  • for the strength of the roof, we first install bamboo sticks on top of the walls, and only then we glue the roof to the walls;
  • from wooden rulers or the same foam we make a ladder;
  • you can also use toothpicks for the railing;
  • in addition, if desired, a balcony, massandra or even a terrace can also be made from polystyrene;
  • we paint the house;
  • inside we decorate the house as in the previous description.

Houses from bookshelves and cabinets

House of old furniture it will not be difficult to do - because the walls are already ready.

It remains only to cut windows and doors into them, and think about what to make a roof from, if necessary.

It can also be made from the materials described above. We arrange the furniture, let the cat in - happy housewarming!

Cardboard houses

For this design we need:

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  • cardboard;
  • house detail templates;
  • scissors and stationery knife;
  • gouache or watercolors.

Building a house:

  • if you have a large piece of cardboard, then we do not cut it, but bend it in places according to the diagram, and then glue its components together.
  • install interior partitions made of cardboard, they will serve not only to delimit the space, but also to fasten the frame structure.
  • Let's get started on renovations!

House of boxes

The easiest and fastest option. It is enough to choose the right number of boxes (depending on the number of rooms), fasten them together with a stapler, after placing them on their side so that the top of the box serves as an exit.

This will allow you to open the front wall at the right time to rearrange, clean up, etc.

Cut out windows and doors. Let's start building the frame.

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Paper folder house

It needs four folders. We glue them from the inside with wallpaper or printed sheets with decor items and household appliances in the plane.

We cut out windows in the folders, set the folders vertically, fasten them with the help of clips that are available for each folder. Your house is ready.

fabric house

This option is good because it practically does not take up space, it can be completely folded.

Using a dense piece of fabric, we make the back wall - it will serve as the foundation. We sew a rectangular base for the house. We make pockets, to which cardboard for the floors will then be attached. We attach ribbons to both corners of the pockets.

It remains only to sew pockets with a rectangular base from one edge so that the ribbons are on the reverse side. Floors with ribbons and sew the ribbons with the back wall. Set up a house and start playing!

You can make houses from other materials - the main thing is to show your imagination! It will also be a wonderful gift for a boy - after all, you can build a garage, parking, etc.

DIY dollhouse photo

The ability to retain heat and create coziness in the house, wood retains even in small fragments pressed into slabs. Different kinds Chipboard and fiberboard have found application in leveling walls using dry plaster technology, creating partitions. Outside, they are used for insulation, cladding and decoration of the facade, they create platbands for windows and doors. In the furniture industry, the front of the furniture and the back walls of their pressed sawdust are made from laminated sheets. The material is easy to work with.

Building materials from production waste are much cheaper

In the woodworking industry, including all its types, less than half of the volume of wood is used. Even after removing the branches and removing the bark, the uniform pattern of the boards is spoiled by knots and sapwood. Now panels and plates are made from:

  • chips;
  • sawdust;
  • shavings;
  • scraps, loosened into fibers.


The material has characteristics close to natural wood. The strength and ability to resist water without warping is higher. The cost of such finishing is much lower. You can insulate and budget repair with your own hands.


To give decorative look, the surface of the plate is treated in various ways.

Apply:

  • grinding;
  • lamination;
  • lining;
  • staining.

Inside buildings, chipboard and fiber boards are used to make partitions and doors with good thermal insulation and noise dampening. Thin sheets are used for wall decoration, creating niches, shelves and other interior elements. Trimmings made from pressed sawdust decorate windows and doors inside and outside houses. Knowing simple rules material processing, you can make repairs with your own hands.

Characteristics of wood fiber materials

Wood fiber is located in the slabs longitudinally or perpendicularly. The outer layers are dense and there is a looser layer between them. This division can be seen from the end of the plate.

The main types of fiberboard:

  • hardboard - lined with fiberboard;
  • biostable;
  • with the addition of bitumen;
  • slow-burning.


Wood fiber boards have different hardness and dimensions. They are used for finishing and insulating facades, creating sound-absorbing partitions. Fiber cloth is an excellent material from which you can make soundproof doors and architraves for interior spaces with your own hands and buy ready-made. For the interior, it is better to use bioresistant boards with a minimum release of harmful substances.

Wood fiber materials are better glued to the wall than fastened with self-tapping screws to the frame. The screws do not hold well in loose material and fall out over time. For decoration, hanging shelves and decor, you can use dowels, hammering them into the solid wall masonry material.

Pressed particle boards in interior design

Chipboards are made from chips by pressing with a binder composition of synthetic resins. The loose middle layer is obtained from larger fragments. External dense and polished. Three main types are distinguished by density and hardness. They are presented in the table.


After grinding on a part of the product is produced decorative trim chipboard surface. Applicable:

  • lamination;
  • laminating.

The first method is a paper coating with wax and resins, under high pressure. The decorative surface becomes part of the slab.

Laminating does not require special equipment. You can stick the film to the surface with your own hands. Lack of weak grip at corners and edges.

For interior decoration chipboard with the E-1 marking, which contains the least amount of formaldehyde, is better suited. This type of chipboard is allowed to create children's furniture. Craftsmen can make it with their own hands and use sheets for residential premises, make and install trim on interior doors.

A large selection of chipboard finishes imitates the veneer of various tree species. This allows you to give the panels and walls of the interior of the house the appearance of sheathing with natural boards or clapboard. Make lamination - glue the film, you can complete the installation of particle boards or after cutting for finishing with your own hands. Platbands are constantly exposed to friction and shock, so it is better to buy them laminated ready-made.

Internal architectural elements made of chipboard

When building a house with your own hands, solid chipboard can replace natural wood when creating many elements of interior architecture:

  • steps of stairs;
  • partitions,
  • base for flooring;
  • ceiling lining;
  • wall alignment;
  • platbands;
  • arch design;
  • niches and built-in cabinets hiding pipes and counters.


For wall decoration, especially in summer cottages and in wooden houses, Chipboard is one of the best budget options. The multidirectional arrangement of chips eliminates warping when water enters and temperature changes. In buildings with seasonal residence, moisture-resistant options for interior decoration can be used. They have a greenish tint from impregnation with antipyrine.

Manufacturers began to produce tongue-and-groove chipboard, including moisture resistant ones. decorative film on them can be easily glued with your own hands after finishing the finish. During the construction of a house, they are used as formwork, wall and floor cladding.

Facade decor from fiberboard and chipboard

Lamination makes the chipboard surface resistant to moisture on the surface of the walls. When working with such panels, it is important not to forget to carefully isolate the ends and cut points with a self-adhesive film or primer. When finishing the facade, moisture-resistant sheets are also used, followed by puttying and painting.


Hard material does not lend itself well to fine workmanship. By creating carved architraves on windows, you have to use special cutters. Then the surface is polished and after deep impregnation with a primer it is painted.

Ready-made platbands of a simple configuration are sold in stores with a laminated moisture-resistant coating for various types of wood.

Chipboard of high hardness is used to create the walls of summer cottages, followed by varnishing. Sawdust materials are great for warming wooden houses. At the same time, decorative elements of the facades are created and attached to the walls with glue and self-tapping screws. Be sure to need a lining that protects against direct contact with water, UV rays. Can do wet facade and ventilated.

In the furniture industry, fiber and particle boards are widely used.

Chipboard is widely used in the furniture industry. Laminated sheets go to the front and sides. For the manufacture of the rear wall, unlined materials from small chips or sawdust are used. It is much cheaper than natural solid wood products.


When making cabinet furniture with your own hands, you must remember that the base must be made of wooden beams or metal profile. Holes are drilled for screws. Elements are additionally planted on a special glue. For fixing accessories for self-tapping screws, it is advisable to use adhesive putty. It will keep the material from destruction and the screw will hold on for a long time.

In the construction industry, there is always a need for quality and inexpensive material for covering large areas: walls, internal interior partitions, floors that require the preparation of a hard and durable surface. For these purposes, OSB is increasingly being used. Due to its versatility, it is used not only in the repair of residential and office premises, but also for. OSB houses are built quickly, and they cost the owner inexpensively.

Project two-story house from OSB panels

For the production of OSB, 3–4 layers of compressed wood chips are used, which make up about 90–95% of the material. The rest is an adhesive composition made of waterproof resins with a minimum content of toxins, which today manufacturers are trying to replace with environmentally friendly components. In fact, waste from the woodworking industry is used for the manufacture of particle boards. This explains their cheapness.

A wide range of sizes of OSB panels allows you to choose them for any application. Standard sheet dimensions are 2500 x 1250. At the same time, the consumer chooses this material, guided by:


Kinds

According to water resistance and strength, 4 types of this building material are distinguished:


Finished project houses with an attic from OSB panels
  • OSB-1 with low resistance to moisture and stress, used in the manufacture of furniture;
  • Slightly stronger than OSB-2 for use in places without getting wet and heavy loads. Suitable material for partitions or decorative ceilings, which are not structural elements building;
  • They are building from OSB-3 bearing structures operated in conditions of high humidity;
  • OSB-4 is a specialized heavy-duty building material that can withstand high humidity for a long period without additional protection.

More often than others, OSB-3 is used in housing construction. These slabs are used in the construction of office or residential houses for the construction and decoration of walls. For internal works ECO-labeled material should be selected. When used outdoors, the boards need special treatment, impregnation, and painting.

Where to start

A building constructed from OSB boards is called a frame building. The Internet is offered free of charge from this material. Home master you can choose any as a basis and start building.

If all parts of the building are ordered and received ready-made, then urgent additional purchases will not be needed, hard-to-sell residues will not be formed, and all work will last no more than 3 weeks.

When a decision is made to build a house from OSB, it should be decided: it will be an apartment for the permanent residence of the family or a temporary, seasonal shelter. This need is dictated by the fact that it is very light and in itself does not store heat as we would like. For year-round use, additional insulation will be required depending on the climate conditions.


It looks like a house made of OSB panels in a section

The fastening base of the house is wooden or metal carcass. Frame houses using metal parts are much more expensive. Therefore, in most cases, softwood timber with a section of 150x150 is used for installation. It is ideal for mounting a structure of two horizontal straps connected by vertical posts between them.

Sequence of work

After choosing a project, building a house from oriented strand boards, like any other, begins with the construction of a foundation support.

Foundation

For the construction of houses from OSB panels, two types of foundation are most often used:

A home craftsman is able to make both supports with his own hands, without the help of specialists. good option is a columnar foundation.


House from OSB panels on a strip foundation

Pillars must be placed at the corners of the building, as well as at the junction of partitions with bearing walls, and the rest are installed at a distance of about 1.5 m from each other. They dig them in to a depth below the level of soil freezing and fix concrete base, otherwise, when the ground freezes, the foundation will be pushed up.

Pillars should rise above the ground by at least half a meter. This is necessary so that the foundation of the house avoids the formation of constant dampness, from which the wooden elements begin to rot. But it is possible in climatic zones of mild frosts. Otherwise, the house will be difficult to heat.
IN middle lane and northern regions, it is recommended to lay a strip foundation. OSB houses are light, therefore, when the soil freezes less than 80 cm, they are poured.


Project small house from OSB on a columnar foundation

It is needed not only for walls around the perimeter, but also for internal partitions. Its laying is possible without the involvement of special equipment and additional labor.

frame

Its installation is also done by hand. The lower trim of the beams is laid on the finished foundation and attached to it with anchor bolts. Between the tree and, the role of which will be successfully performed by two layers of roofing material.
Be sure to achieve a strictly horizontal surface. It is necessary to eliminate distortions, ensure the stability of the entire structure. After installing the frame supports, they put the top trim on them and install vertical support boards to which the panels will be attached.


The process of building a house from OSB panels

Their length should provide the planned height of the ceiling of the residential building.

Walls

If the assembly will be carried out with OSB-3 or OSB-4 shields, then you will need a heater that is not required for: they already have it. Waterproofing is also not needed, because this building material has a high degree of moisture resistance.

Wall installation starts from the corner. As corner connections a thorn-groove system is used, and wooden dowels should be used as fasteners.

In order to avoid distortions of the structure when exposed to loads, braces are required, which are installed after laying the insulation. They must be of the same material that the frame racks are made of. Metal fasteners should be avoided, because glued wood panels, in contact with metal, will be subject to severe decay.


Ready-made project of a two-story house with an attic and a garage made of OSB panels

At this stage, interior partitions are installed, for which OSB-2 panels are suitable.

floors

In a frame house, as in any other, the floors are laid in two stages. The first one includes the preparation of the base, attached to the foundation, and made of raw boards with the laying of waterproofing, logs, and insulation between them. Everything is mounted so that the location of the internal partitions is indicated. After that, a second layer of coating is laid from OSB boards, laid perpendicular to the details of the base.


An example of flooring in a house from OSB panels

If the floor will be covered with linoleum, parquet or ceramic tiles, then it is recommended to use chipboards no thicker than 10 mm and lay them in a double layer: the upper sheets are perpendicular to the lower ones. To exclude horizontal displacements, they are fixed with self-tapping screws, parquet glue.

Roof

They will complete work on the frame, which can also be done by hand. The crate is made solid, from OSB sheets and they are laid so that the joints are above the rafter joists. Then the waterproofing layer is covered with tiles, ondulin or corrugated board. On the underside, before interior finishing, insulation and a vapor barrier layer are laid.

Interior and exterior decoration

The internal surfaces of the OSB house are painted or varnished. If a decision is made to paint, then the top layer of wax or paraffin is removed with an emery cloth and a primer is made with a plaster or acrylic composition. For this purpose, water-containing solutions should not be used, which can cause undesirable deformation. After this treatment, the paint, if it is designed specifically for wood, will lie down in a beautiful even layer and without spots.

Chipboard walls are not recommended for plastering. And their covering with clapboard made of natural wood favorably affects the microclimate of the room.


An example of the interior decoration of a house from OSB panels

You can use wallpaper, but again, you should first remove a layer of paraffin or wax with an emery cloth, and putty the surface and apply a primer in two layers. For strength, PVA is added to the wallpaper glue. If the base of the floor is made of chip material, then it is possible to cover it with linoleum, carpet, parquet, ceramic tiles.

You can do without them if OSB-3 plates are used for the coating. The surface is pre-cleaned, degreased, sanded, primed, and then varnish is applied in several layers. Houses from OSB are finished outside with traditional materials: PVC panels, clinker tiles, siding. Since there must be expansion gaps between the sheets when assembling the walls, they should be filled with acrylic sealant before finishing. Sometimes the walls are not covered with anything, but simply varnished.


An example of the exterior finish of a one-story house with an attic of OSB panels

At the same time, over several years, their strength will practically not change, only under the influence of ultraviolet rays they will darken somewhat. Both internal and external wall decoration is produced by almost the same finishing materials, as for ordinary wooden planks or another array of wood. But in oriented strand boards, the surface is smoother, it has greater strength and is less susceptible to external negative factors.

Have own house is the dream of many Russians. But not everyone decides to implement it, because it is so expensive to buy or build it. At first sight. But you can do everything with your own hands and enough affordable price. This is what modern Finnish technology gaining popularity in our country. It's about frame house from OSB boards. Such wooden houses environmentally friendly, their construction and decoration or sheathing are as simple as possible. They are ideal for the northern climate, despite the fact that the thickness of their walls is not at all impressive.

Advantages and disadvantages of OSB boards

The peculiarity of OSB panels is that they are produced by pressing coniferous chips under very high pressure. Needles are one of the best woody building materials, and a frame house made of OSB panels acquires many of its positive qualities.

A special role in the production technology is played by the cross arrangement of chips, thanks to which the boards are especially flexible and durable. After all, the chips are flattened and penetrate each other. If we compare OSB with plywood boards, then although their smaller thickness is striking, the technology gives them an advantage over the latter in resistance to mechanical stress.



Domestic and external device OSB boards

When it comes to the choice of material for building a house, especially when the project is going to be built by hand, obviously great importance has a clear understanding of all the advantages and disadvantages of each of them.

OSB boards, despite their smaller thickness, have greater mechanical stability than plywood boards.

OSB wooden boards have the following advantages:


But, of course, ideal materials do not exist in nature, and even panels for frame construction have a number of disadvantages. But still, there are not so many of them as advantages:


Having found out all the pros and cons of the material, you can proceed to the features of construction with its use. In particular, the construction features of the most important element of any house - the foundation.

In houses made of OSB boards, it is very difficult to arrange really high-quality sound insulation.

OSB house foundation

Frame houses in which such slabs are used are so light that they do not require a complex foundation. This means that the task of designing and building them with your own hands becomes much easier.

Both forces and time for creating the foundation for the structure are significantly saved. If you choose which foundation to use, then regardless of what kind of soil, you need to build using bored piles.

You need to build it like this:

  1. Drill wells in the ground;
  2. Install the reinforcement, after filling the bottom with small gravel;
  3. Pour everything with concrete;
  4. Combine with a monolithic reinforced concrete grillage.


    The ventilation gap must be present in the wall slab

This technology is preferable for a reason - thanks to it, the tree is protected from the negative effects of soil moisture, and indeed, the negative effects of the earth. In fact, today it is the most common technology due to its versatility, safety and low cost.

It is worth noting that before building the foundation, it is necessary to analyze the physical characteristics of the soil. This will allow you to choose the right type of foundation for the house more accurately. You can order such an analysis in special laboratories.



Kroli device diagram frame house

House building technology

When the construction of the foundation is completed, it is time to build the main volume of the building. As noted earlier, it will not be very difficult to do this with your own hands due to the fact that hoisting machines and other mechanisms are not needed, which are indispensable in traditional construction.

The foundation must be well waterproofed. When this is done, the assembly of the house begins. The first step will be the laying of supporting boards around the perimeter of the base of the building, which must exactly repeat its configuration, as it is presented by the project.



Scheme for calculating the distance between the lags for OSB sheathing

It is necessary to choose boards so that their thickness corresponds to the width of the grooves of the OSB plate. You need to connect them using sealant inside, and for grooves and corners - also self-tapping screws.

Further, strong bars are used as vertical guides. When their thickness is selected, the same principle is used as with the boards - it is equal to the width of the OSB grooves. This will allow the latter to enter flush. The bars are connected in pairs with self-tapping screws, with which you need to fasten both the inner and outer sides. The recommended pitch is 15 cm.

A feature of the frame house is that when assembled, the corners of the house form panels. One corner plate fits into the groove of the adjacent one. No more manipulation is needed. When the main volume is ready, it remains only to install OSB for the roof and floor.

Comparative table of types and features of OSB boards

The latter are already designed for heavy loads, their thickness is greater. Already put on top of them roofing material. And finishing is done, for example, sheathing.

Strong wooden beams must be used as vertical guides.

Features of construction using OSB boards

The general features of construction when such panels are used come down to a few simple points:


All of them very clearly characterize this technology, which is becoming more and more popular every year.

Video

You can watch a video where experts talk about how to build a frame house with their own hands.


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