After
I showed you how to actually find the tapewire in your dollhouse I
got a lot of requests to show the process of installing the table
lamps/floor lamps in the dollhouse. Since I don't want to add any
lamps to my corner roombox I wasn't sure where I was going to demo
this. Then I remembered that I had this old dollhouse shell in the
back of my storage closet. I knew I had wired it when I built it so I
dug it out yesterday and since the wiring works I am using one of the
rooms in it to show you the process. I also found my box of
miscellaneous electrical stuff and there was a functional (although
broken) table lamp in it. Yeah for holding on stuff that I think I
will never use!! So with those things in hand we are installing a
lamp today.
The
process is fairly simple.
First
you need to find your tapewire under the wallpaper. I won't go into
that today since we covered that last time.
Next
you need to make two holes that correspond with your tapewire runs. I
did this off camera since I think we can all drill holes where we
have marked. Since this shell is made of MDF I did need an actual
drill bit to make the holes.
The
next step is to cut off the plug from the fixture. If I was planning
to use this lamp in this location I would have cut the cord closer to
the lamp (shorter cord) but since I might want to move it later I
left a lot of cord in case I need it later.
After
you cut off the cord separate the two bundles of wires like I showed
in an earlier video and strip off the plastic coating from the
bundles. I also recommend making the bare bundles fairly short, that
makes them easier to work with and you are less apt to short out your
wiring.
Now
you need to poke one of those bundles of wires into one of the holes
you made in the wall. Quickly (before the wires slip out) push a
grommet into the hole with the wires. This will do 2 things it will
create contact between the wires and your tapewire and it will hold
the wires into the hole.
Now
just repeat with the second wire bundle and hole.
It
is now time to turn the electricity back on to the dollhouse and see
that your lamp works. If not turn everything off and try pushing the
grommets in tighter. That is usually the problem when they don't work
in this type of installation.
So
now the story of the dollhouse shell that I was using. This is one of
those purchases that I think we all make, we think we are going to
love the item and then we start to work with it and find we really
don't.
This
dollhouse was a kit that was offered in a local store, not even a
craft store just my local store I buy my groceries and such at (Fred
Meyer, for those in the Pacific Northwest, if you are curious) The
kit was made by a dollhouse company that used to be here in Oregon
(Dura-Craft) The kits were brought in one year around Christmas and
they had some on the shelves for several months. I picked up this
house as well as some kits that I later sold when they clearanced
them out.
I
thought I would like the house but found what when working with it
because of the shape there really just wasn't enough wall space to
decorate and make it the way I wanted it to be. It sat for years half
finished until I moved it to my storage room closet a couple of years
ago.
Now
that it is out I am thinking about using it for some tutorials. Not
sure what kind of tutorials but something maybe.
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