We're making progress on our fixer-upper home, a repurposed IKEA Billy Bookcase Dollhouse. Today I'm sharing how we added a pitched dollhouse roof, real miniature hardwood floors, and a stenciled black and white checkerboard dollhouse kitchen floor.

Dollhouse Bookcase Pitched Roof and Wood Flooring

Everything, including the dollhouse, is handmade from repurposed thrift store finds and DIY projects. It even has a DIY dollhouse fireplace with a realistic flickering flame!

The motivation for the dollhouse is that eventually, I'll be gifting it to my sweet granddaughter. She is only eight months old so I have some time to work on it. To follow the dollhouse series visit our dollhouse page.

We'll begin with a quick recap of where we started with this IKEA Billy Bookcase from our local Salvation Army store for $14.99.

This is what it looked like after the completion of phase one. So much prettier painted white but still looking rather plain.

This is what it looks like now, after adding a new pitched roof and realistic flooring. We still have a long way to go but it definitely is looking like a dollhouse now.

Let's take a closer look at the new whitewashed hardwood floors.

Here is a close-up of the new stenciled black and white checkerboard kitchen floors.

The second bedroom floors are made with decoupage scrapbook paper. I haven't decided yet if this will be a child's room or a dressing room for Barbie.

Here's how we did it, starting with how we made the interior walls. The tutorial contains affiliate links so you can see what products I used or recommend for this project. As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.

Dollhouse Bookcase Repurposed Shelving Walls

We removed two of the shelves from the bookcase and cut them to size for the interior dollhouse walls.

The walls were attached to the bookcase with particleboard screws. Once the screw holes were filled, the bookcase was lightly sanded with 150 grit sandpaper to give the paint some bite.

Next, the dollhouse was painted with two coats of primer to give the paint some bite. Once dry, it was painted with two coats of pure white Behr Premium Plus paint.

Dollhouse Bookcase DIY Pitched Roof

I didn't want to leave the top of the bookcase flat so we added a pitched roof. To build the 4/12 pitched roof we used a sheet of 3/4-inch pine plywood and attached it much the same way we did the interior walls. To dress it up we added 1-inch decorative trim.

You may be wondering why we didn't use the two extra shelves to form the peaked roof so we'd have a ceiling and attic space as a fourth floor on the dollhouse. I did consider that option but the height of the attic would have been too tall for a small child to reach.

Dollhouse Bookcase Real Miniature Hardwood Floors

To make real wood miniature hardwood floors in the living room, dining room, and master bedroom, I used jumbo craft sticks.

The rounded ends were marked with a small square and pencil then cut with sharp multi-purpose scissors and glued to the dollhouse with Gorilla Wood Glue.

I'm not going to lie, this was a lot of work but so worth it. An alternative to real wood floors would be to decoupage with plank wood scrapbook paper.

Much like you would with the real thing, I sanded the floors with a mouse sander and a 150 grit sanding pad to smooth the ridges and uneven boards. With a lint-free rag, I stained the floors with Espresso Gel Stain.

I swore I took a photo of the stained hardwood floors but apparently, I either deleted it by accident or my memory ain't what it used to be. It's probably the latter.

While I liked the dark espresso finish it just felt a little too dark so once the stain dried I gave the floors a whitewash with chalk paint. To do that I mixed a 1:1 ratio of water and pure white chalk paint.

I brushed the whitewash over the stained floors with a chip brush. Before I dried I removed the excess paint with a lint-free rag. It took two coats of whitewash to get a finish I was happy with.

Stenciled Black and White Checkerboard Dollhouse Kitchen Floor

The plan was to decoupage black and white checkerboard scrapbook paper onto the kitchen floor but unfortunately, I couldn't find any. But I did have a checkerboard stencil in my stash and used black acrylic craft paint to stencil it on instead.

Decoupage Scrapbook Paper Dollhouse Bedroom Floor

I did manage to find a pretty scrapbook paper that I liked for the second bedroom floor.

To install it, instead of measuring, I set the paper upside down and made a crease with my hand where the paper needed trimming. Then I used a paper cutter to get nice straight cuts.

Next, I brushed Mod Podge onto both the floor and the back of the paper and removed any wrinkles with a decoupage brayer.

Now that the walls, roof, and flooring are complete, next time I'll be installing real wood baseboards, a front door, windows, and window boxes. I hope you'll join the fun.

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You can find my inspiration piece on page 119 of Jen Crider's Amazing Furniture Makeovers book. Her book made the bestseller list on Amazon.

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