Photo of the dollhouse in a dimly-lit real-life room.

October 20, 2012
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This photo shows the dollhouse with the night light bulbs on and most of the real-life room lights turned off. When I first made this dollhouse many years ago I wanted more light than the mini chandeliers and lamps so you could better see the detail in the dollhouse rooms. So, I came up with this idea of putting one 4-watt night light bulb in the front corner of each room. I cut pieces of wood to mount the night light bulb socket and glued the wood pieces in the front corners. I put another piece of wood (without a bulb and socket) in the opposite corner of the room for a symmetrical look. The sockets are wired together with stereo speaker wire with a plug attached to the end to plug into the wall.

I am renovating this dollhouse and had to rip out all the mini wiring as well as the night-light bulb wiring for the renovation. I have recently re-done the night-light bulb wiring and these are the photos of the recent re-do. My next step is to install all the mini light fixtures.