Chelsea Anderson’s 1:12 kitchen stove

I made this cool stove from Chelsea Anderson’s amazing book, 50 Makes for Modern Miniatures (link).

Instead of painting on the burners, I 3D-printed grates using a free file I found online. My (kids’) 3D printer is the Toybox (link), which is not as good as the many inexpensive models available for adults but is very easy to use. In the kitchen photograph, you can see other 3D-printed objects, like the stools, sink, and teapot.

Another slight modification that I did to Chelsea Anderson’s design was to use miniature magnets (link) on the working door. I learned this tip from DillyDallyDollhouse (link), whose retro fridge (link) you can also see in the kitchen photograph. (The fridge door is slightly open in the photograph because I had not installed the magnets yet.)

For the knobs, I used these inexpensive buttons from Hobby Lobby (link). I had planned to glue them right side out but the shanks actually made them look even more like knobs.

If you like Chelsea Anderson’s pieces, check out her course on Domestika.org (link). I haven’t taken it yet but it’s on my to-do list.

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