Everything You Wanted to Know About Dollhouses…..Houseworks Everything You Wanted to Know About Dollhouses… Item #1008 By Nancy Van Horn. An instructional guide to finishing a dollhouse or miniature project. Includes a sequence of steps for finishing a dollhouse as well as instructions for shingling, applying clapboard and wallpaper, painting and much more. Written for the novice as well as the more accomplished miniaturist. 56 pages. Sorry, no returns or exchanges on books.