How to make a dollhouse out of cardboard caulk and other recycled materials/ How to make a factory loft for a doll

So I've seen some great ways to make dollhouses one of which was paper mache and let me tell you. Bad idea. I call it a bad idea because the liquid that comes from the paper mache mix distorts your structure and I wanted to avoid this at all costs. SO...how? Caulk! Yes beautiful silicon acrylic caulk very cheap material and super fun to work with!!! :) Now it was hard to document all the pictures anddd currently outside my house there is an ice storm and I cannot go out and buy more material ((because i ran out...i only have one tub of caulk laying around my home)) Mojo jojo: CURRRSESSS!! I know mojo jojo its terrible i'm out of materials for now.  BUTT here are the beginnings of the tutorial/demonstration.

 So here's all the ice!!! Anyways lets get started!

 You will need:

• Caulk, about 40oz ((4 bottles)) to 100oz ((10 bottles)). Here's the one I am using. I am recomending 40oz to 100oz because I used only this small 10oz and as you know..I ran out before I could complete the project -_-"

• A cardboard Box of course. One that thats pretty high up with your dolls. A real factory loft has SUPER high ceilings and I want to reflect that in a dollhouse. I cannot stand when someone calls something a loft and it's NOT a real loft.

• Scissors. Sharp, Metal slicing, strong, scissors

• Dremer5000 This is like a mini detail sander I plan on using but I haven't gotten to it yet so I will say more on it later on but for optional purposes if you don't have this equipment you can use sand paper.
• Duct tape....There's not more to say on this except it came in handy when I couldn't hold the structor down

• Caulk Gun for the caulk

• Plastic packaging such as hotdog bun containers from the gas station and cookie containers from Public

• And Lastly A high temp Glue gun with cooling technology. I got this for 10 bucks at Walmart what it's just a glue gun with a high temp setting and a cold temp setting

Let's start finally!

I started off with my box from the last post I meaured it in half and begain to cut it in half

Then I places the bozes side by side like this to get a guess at what I want my structure to look like.

 Oops my foot got into the picture...my badddd anyways. I takes my structure together and added some of the left over cardboard I got when I cut it in the first place. I decided that for my factory loft dollhouse I would need a lot of room to get the look of an open floor plan so I decided to add those tabs to the end you see here. I even made a window pattern and cut out the kind of large windows I wanted to see.

As you can see I added flooring leaving  walls undone so you can actually put your dolls in. I tried to show more detail but it was hard stopping and taking pictures this time. Now for the plastic packaging I make it into a ceiling roof window.  I also added a door that slides open instead of opening the traditional way because it's a factory loft with real old school factory metal doors.

Now if your structure is finished basic building like mine is I recommend to start caulking now.

I haven't finished my ceiling window because I figured I should cause the details first before adding the rest of the plastic packaging. Now If you read this before starting I still recommend 40oz to 100 oz, one bottle got me as far as almost finishing the front.

This is where the project stops for now because As you saw...the roads are all closed and most likely all the stores are too. Sooo let's move on to the results of using caulk. Perfect. PERRFECTT it's messy here but I can just sand this out later also the cardboard siding you usually get when you cut cardboard meaning ((the edges)) were easily filled up

You can kind of see the cracks filled around this window

But for my verdict a factory loft dollhouse is perfect. I hate the traditional southern shutters and flat square window dollhouse you see all the time in fact I made with my Partner. The one I'm speaking of is the one I made that will be featured in my room tour video that I'm almost finished editing just need to add voices.

I'll update the finished tutorial later and I promise to actually film. I couldn't get anyone to just hold the camera...I'm going to go build a tripod asap.