How to Make a Flagstone Floor for a Dolls House

1:12 scale Tudor kitchen with flagstone floor

A flagstone floor can look good in a Tudor dolls house, a rustic 1:12 scale cottage, or in the kitchen and scullery of a Georgian dolls house. There are several ways of making a flagstone floor.  The method I chose for the hall and kitchen of my Tudor dolls house was very easy.
   Firstly, I made a template of the floor out thin cardboard. From a building supply store, I got a lot of Formica samples (used for kitchen bench tops) that looked like stone. Some of the ones on display looked like terracotta tiles and I could have used those as an alternative.
  On the back of the Formica samples I marked 2 inch squares with a pencil.  These I cut out with a pair of heavy duty scissors.  Another way of doing it is to deeply score the lines with a craft knife and then snap them off. Sometimes the edges of the Formica  chipped off, but it didn't matter.  Those squares  could still be used, giving an aged, well-worn effect.
 Once I had a pile of the squares I  mixed them all up. Then, one by one, I stuck them onto the cardboard template with UHU glue. While the glue was drying, I put heavy weights on top to prevent the template from buckling so it would to dry flat.
 Finally, I wiped a layer of Polyfilla all over the floor. This acted as grouting between the flagstones. I was careful to wipe it off the surface with a damp cloth before it dried .
 The resulting flagstone floor looks quite authentic and, I think, is well worth the time involved  in making it.