Ceiling fan: Some 20 years ago, I used scrap flooring to make my ceiling fan...glued 2 pieces back to back over a piece of wire, let glue dry, trim the paddles to shape with scissors, sandwich the wires between 2 circles of wood..ceiling fan!! You can see mine on my website in the Odds and Ends section... http://www.geocities.com/josdollhouse/

jo-in-GA

Sealing Paper Flooring: I used all paper flooring in my Mary   Englebreit house.  I used something called Super Sealer that is a liquid.   I applied it with a foam brush.  It worked great, it gave the paper a nice sheen and didn't bubble.  If you'd like to go take a look at it, once you get to the ME page --   http://fayzerplace.homestead.com/MEhouse.html   -- then go to Living Room and Bedroom to see the wood look.  The bathroom and kitchen have "tile" not "wood."

Fay in St. Louis

Unusual printies site has "How To's":  a nice woman named Barbara Del Duco sent me her site. It's different than some I've seen, because it has a lot of "How To's" for assembling the printies into different things (dresses, top hats, curtains, box kites)  They have a really neat looking 1940's kitchen set. I imagined printing it out to fabric, and giving it a coat of mod podge, duplicating it to look like an old fashioned oilcloth! She's got mini directions, printies for a picnic hamper, too, but my favorite   was her printie diner menus. I've never seen them before. Check it out  http://www.printies.homestead.com

Sherise

Dollhouse Decor by Nick and Esther Forder. It has dozens of patterns for rugs, samplers, screens, in needlepoint and half cross stitch. Plus many other needle craft items like crochet bedspread, woven rugs, patterns for drapery swags and valances and on and on.

MAP in Puyallup

Gutters and Rainwater pipes:  I came across this site by chance.  I hope it is of use.   They have a great range of items. JSM Miniatures Specialists in 1/12 scale Rainwater Fittings for Doll's Houses. http://www.jsm-miniatures.com

Evelyn

Source 3/8" Cabinet grade plywood: Try this URL for a mail order wood supply; http://shop.woodcraft.com/woodcraft/assets/html/homepage.asp?URLCheck=1  Also a selection of several suppliers  in the country;    http://dmoz.org/Arts/Crafts/Woodcraft/Woodworking/Lumber/  More ?, just go to www.google.com and search for "cabinet grade plywood suppliers" or some other words describing your needs

George Hoffman

18th century kitchens: You can find kitchen goods for 18th century kitchens at these two sites. http://209.158.24.7/~villageblksmith/  http://www.smallscale.co.uk

Lynn in Cahokia

English doll kits: Someone asked the other day for an English doll kit maker. My favorite is Sue Harrington, unfortunately I can't find a web site or address for her perhaps someone out there knows if she can be contacted on the internet?

Her snail mail is: Sue Harrington, 51 Old Fort Road, Shoreham Beach, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex BN43 5RL Tel 01273 464670. She has a catalogue and her dolls are lovely.

Col

Reflective Surface: In this month's 'Walls, Windows & Floors' (Women's Day special publication) they had a Krylon product which can be painted onto glass (maybe onto other things?) to make a reflective surface (they used it to make a glass vase into a mirror finish - tres cool).  The info phone# is 1-800-457-9566.  Sounds interesting and may be your answer.

Catherine from Toronto

Website update: I was recently notified that my old website no longer existed. This didn't bother me until I realized that I had links on my new site to the old one. Primarily, they linked to pages that showcased some of my completed projects. I had many views of those projects and lots of information/ideas for the do it yourselfer since almost all of them were scratch built for the most part. I spent the majority of the night trying to re-create those pages. I managed to do a synopsis of the text I used before but all of the pictures are there and they came out pretty clear. If you're interested in seeing some of my old projects click on the link below and Click on the ARTIST page. There is a listing of the titles of the projects with separate windows for the description and picture. I thought these would be good inspiration for our newbies on the list and I'd be more that happy to share any techniques I used if these projects spur others to attempt any aspects of them. http://minipearls.homestead.com/Weewilliewinkies.html

Pearl & Jordan

Printable furniture: http://vmprint. mousepadkids.com/house/index.htm

Gisèle Nadeau, BC. Canada

Wine labels: French wine labels like the ones Vi in Hamilton mentioned can be found at http://users.skynet.be/sudene/imprimables.html

Erin at OBU

Lycopodium: is available from: http://www.minikitz.com   

Gisèle Nadeau, BC. Canada

Miniatures and More: I finally found Miniatures and More in Madison N.J. It's a treasure chest! Check out their very unique Christmas trees- "A partridge in a Pear Tree", "A Candy Cane Tree", "A Musical Instrument Tree"   also all on their web site at http://www.miniaturesandmore.c om

Janet in N.J.

Lovely Tiny animals: Please check out this website.... http://www.underthehedgerow.co m/

I just got my mail and in it was a package from Louisa Rael...I recently won 4 bids on e-bay of little animals by Louisa. These animals are beautiful...Words can't explain how exquisite the animals are...One is a hedgehog sleeping in the hat part of an acorn shell...One is a mouse sleeping in a pistachio shell...I have a Christmas mouse sitting and I also got a bunny that is carrying a blanket and yawning....The bunny is the biggest at under an inch tall...The sitting mouse is about 1/2 inch tall and the sleeping mouse and hedgehog are even smaller...I wish I had bid on the rest of her animals but I wasn't sure of her work...

Pam

Fimo/Sculpey/craft supplies: Sunshine Discount Crafts Largo, FL. Order by Phone 1/800-729-2878 order by website: http://www.sunshinecrafts.com      They have the best craft catalog in the country!!!!!  They carry the regular Fimo and the new Soft Fimo at better prices than retail stores.   Delivery is great - I usually get my order (I order by phone)  within 6 to 8 days.   Sometimes faster.... No matter what it costs, GET THEIR CATALOG. You will receive updates and sales brochures periodically.   Trust me - I've been buying from them for 15 years and they can't be beat.  

Joanne Briggs

Plant Kits: Floral & Plant Kits: You will find many inexpensive, quick and easy kits on my site under Florist-Seasonal-Summer and Greenhouse-Plants. Instructions are downloaded from an email to make a permanent How-To file on your own computer. No postage charges on orders until the first of the year.  Becky's Miniature Greenhouse http://www.beckyholliday.com

Becky Holliday

Dragons: Shirley Peterson of Presitige Leather makes the greatest dragons! Prestige Leather 6324 Orchard Hill Dr, TX 76016 Her number (817) 561-7751 I don't know if she has a website.

Pearl Jordan

Clear plastic box with black bottom: Try these people. https:// www2.mailordercentral.com/brasspack/secure.asp

Kaye in Altoona

Scrapbook superstore: Found the neatest store the other day while out looking at the shopping  center. It had just opened. It's called scrapbook superstore and boy do they have tons of stuff that would be useful to us. Check out the website. http://www.scrapbooksuperstore.com/

Kathy in E. TN