Super quick and easy, realistic dollhouse hardwood flooring technique.

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

Комментарии • 51

  • @GenNairick1
    @GenNairick1 Год назад +10

    This is just perfect... I did a tongue depressor floor... and in the middle of winter it swelled up and some of the boards were overlapping. I cut them so they would lay flat but now in the summer there is gaps. So this technique would be just perfect. I can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing!!

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  Год назад

      That can absolutely be a problem with real wood. All that work 🫣 youll not have that problem doing it this way for sure! They'll be uniform and perfect forever 😃

  • @hoshiko22
    @hoshiko22 24 дня назад

    I suscribed so fast to this channle. I look forward to more.

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  24 дня назад

      Hey Hoshiko. Thank you so much and welcome 🥰 I'm Xander. 👋

  • @pennyssmallspaces
    @pennyssmallspaces Год назад +3

    This is BRILLIANT! I always make my floors on a template but never thought of using the actual template (greybeard) for the floor!

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  Год назад +1

      You have to try it! It's the perfect medium to use. I rarely use wood anymore because it's just so easy and best of all, no mess or tiny offcuts flying around 😄

  • @airamsipuola5045
    @airamsipuola5045 Год назад +2

    This is genius, and looks very realistic!

  • @rivercityminis
    @rivercityminis Год назад +2

    Genius technique. I'm definitely going to try this in a future project.

  • @purplelady5867
    @purplelady5867 Год назад +1

    That is gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing.

  • @snowgirl1939
    @snowgirl1939 Год назад +2

    Wow! Flooring is AMAZING! So rich and realistic! Will deffo have to try this! Thank you for sharing. 🤗

  • @eunoia_sz
    @eunoia_sz 8 месяцев назад +1

    THANK U THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS IDEA!! in the dollhouse i was making, printing out so many pages of planks (my dollhouse is for a 12 inch regular barbie ) wouldve been so expensive and i was in a strict budget. this is actually genius!

  • @DollsandEverythingElse
    @DollsandEverythingElse Год назад

    You’ve convinced me to finally do this after seeing it done previously. I can do it even quicker with my Cricut Maker 3. I’m glad I saw the comment about using popsicle sticks with the swelling and gaps and glad I dodged that bullet. Thanks for sharing.

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  Год назад

      Hi Siasgal 👋 you should definitely try! It is my favourite technique now

  • @lachrymarum_
    @lachrymarum_ Год назад +2

    working on my first roombox and started on a popsicle stick floor before very quickly realizing it was going to take a lifetime with only a saw and mitre box instead of the shears. not to mention all the sanding. i think i will be doing this instead, looks just as good imo with a lot less effort.

    • @Mary-Anne0
      @Mary-Anne0 Год назад +1

      I'm doing the popsicle sticks too 😭😭 I already cut 47 with a kitchen knife

    • @lachrymarum_
      @lachrymarum_ Год назад +1

      @@Mary-Anne0 i admire your dedication haha. my saw was taking sooo many pulls to get thru one but everyone online made it look simple to cut them 😅 i also tried a utility knife but it's too flimsy. scissors caused it to splinter. maybe i'll try your way and use a kitchen knife.

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  10 месяцев назад

      I do most my floors this way nowadays. Says so much time and hand ache. All for have stood the test of time too. Deffo recommend it next time yiu lay a floor 😊

  • @nm9412
    @nm9412 8 месяцев назад

    Love your method! Very easily explained I’m so inspired to do my flooring now. Thank you!

  • @queenbee7565
    @queenbee7565 4 месяца назад

    Very talented thank you

  • @minisbykev
    @minisbykev 4 месяца назад

    I never would have thought to do floors this way, but it looks really good! I'll have to try this out next time!

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  4 месяца назад

      Thank you Kev. I'd live to hear how it turns out

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  4 месяца назад

      Ah, I'm really glad you left a message.. I was watching your channel a few months back n was really enjoying what you made. I just recognised the name of your channel but I couldn't remember it before. You're also creative! Love it. 😊

  • @agm97ga
    @agm97ga Год назад

    This is really helpful. I will try this on my next build. Thanks for sharing!

  • @jenpink4298
    @jenpink4298 Год назад

    This floor looks amazing!

  • @nattamused9074
    @nattamused9074 8 месяцев назад +2

    I just want to share a little tip I learned while installing a hardwood floor in our home. Instead of staggering the boards as shown in this video, at the halfway point in every other row, you can make a more aesthetic look, by staggering the third row at another point as well.
    So for instance, the first row done exactly as shown, at a 4 inch point, the second row starting exactly as shown, at the two inch point, and then the third row would start at just the one inch point.
    I hope this helps someone.

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for the idea. I will try that out next time I make a floor 🥰

  • @marjoriegoodwin2993
    @marjoriegoodwin2993 Год назад

    0how very inventive. Looks good.

  • @tulsatinystuff1616
    @tulsatinystuff1616 10 месяцев назад

    The floor looks great! Nice work.

  • @claytonmedic
    @claytonmedic 2 месяца назад +1

    So cool!!! What is that cutting tool you used called?

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  2 месяца назад

      @claytonmedic hi mate. I think you're referring to the mitre shears I'm using in the beginning? They are probably my most used tool. So handy to have. Not sure where abouts your based but here's a link for eBay to the same product
      www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133536731518?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=GbvhSERASdy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Ne72lS7USGu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

  • @caraevers4252
    @caraevers4252 Год назад +3

    What type of board did you use to lay wood down on?

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  Год назад +2

      Hi Cara. I used greyboard for this flooring. I think it was 1.5mm thick but you can use any thickness of board material as long as you can score it

    • @caraevers4252
      @caraevers4252 Год назад +1

      @@craftsbyxander Thank you so much for the information

  • @marygatdula2744
    @marygatdula2744 Год назад

    This is probably how I'm going to have to do most of my floors. I haven't completely decided because my house is actually a tree, so the inside is also round but not a perfect circle, if that makes sense. It's going to be a bit awkward no matter what I do.

  • @katiewood8979
    @katiewood8979 11 месяцев назад

    How does this wear overtime? Whats the reason for using greyboard? Not something ive come across before 😊

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  11 месяцев назад

      Hi Katie. It is super sturdy. I think having the walnut varnish on top really toughens it up. The cabinets in the thumbnail have been taken in and out of the room over and over again whilst designing them, decorating them etc. They are floor to ceiling so drag along the floor as I shuffel them in and out and the floor looks perfect still. No specific reason for the grayboard. I used it one day as it was on hand. Anything that can be scored should work though 😊

  • @shannonroberts245
    @shannonroberts245 14 дней назад

    What sort of cutting implement are you using?

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  13 дней назад

      Hi Shannon. I used 2 small ball stylus. 1 to score the line and then a slightly larger one to seperate the planks. I hope this helps

  • @hreinert18
    @hreinert18 Год назад

    What size is the stylus?

  • @kimgeorgiana6599
    @kimgeorgiana6599 Год назад +2

    Love this idea however there is something strangely therapeutic about painstakingly placing coffee stir sticks one by one 😂

  • @OpalSea
    @OpalSea Год назад

    Im making my dollhouse with sone spare oak plywood. Seemed a shame to cover the oak. This debossing is perfect.

  • @dianathompson8794
    @dianathompson8794 Год назад +1

    Wonderful method , but maybe more realistic to have less joins....ie use a longer measurement for some floorboards, although keeping joins in line with your imaginary" support beams."

  • @hoshiko22
    @hoshiko22 24 дня назад

    Tease and please? I feel I have to pay to see inside the house.

    • @craftsbyxander
      @craftsbyxander  24 дня назад

      😄
      I haven't worked on this project for quite a while now. It is way overdue and I'm excited to get back to it. It's not going to be for everybody 🫣 but it'll be fun 😅