Great Doll Furniture: Strategies

Lighting your way to a great look

Lighting and dollhouses is a little like magic at Christmas time, it adds a tremendous awe factor, but you have to be at the right point to get started. This is the point when you have moved from setting up a miniature house for your kids to expanding this hobby into something more. Lighting your kit can be a fun yet challenging time. In all reality, would we enjoy it if it wasn’t a challenge?First of all the basics are simply hooking up lighting from a plug to a light. In addition to that you are given instructions and help in setting it up. As will all aspects of this game, things will get easier with time. The best way to start is small, so get a small kit and begin. Remember it is only hard or challenging if you make it out to be.

Look Down: The Floor in your Kit

Flooring is a very interesting topic because no one really thinks to change it, and yet those that do always turn out more amazing than before. Undoubtedly Flooring is the foundation of your dollhouse, and as such is the foundation for all of your design choices. Just as with new flooring in any house, new flooring in a dollhouse will increase the value and appeal. Carpet, linoleum, tile, stone, and hard wood are the most popular choices in flooring options. Carpet for dollhouses is very compact and comes in sheets similar to dollhouse wallpaper. A quick fix to bathroom or kitchen rooms is linoleum and tile. Adding Stone for your deck, hardwood for your living room will add a fun touch - look around and find the best option!

Exterior Modeling: Getting the outside to look as good as the inside

Once you have completed your inside design, it is time to look again at the exterior design and some ways to make it look better. The Paint of the dollhouse along with the look of the shingles is the first thing that you notice with your exterior. Three coats of high quality paint, recommended for dollhouses, is the minimum for dollhouse display. Make sure that you draw lines prior to applying shingles to preserve a straight look, most instruction booklets will provide the required measurements. There are many other ways to enjoy an attractive exterior; most of them are through accessories like dog houses, or gazebos. The exterior can even house subtle designs like a rock walkway, fountains, or flowers. And let us not forget the biggest advantage to designing the outside: the lights. Put some porch lights on, and if you have lit the inside it will make the glow through the windows appealing on the outside as well.

Modern, Victorian, Classical - The Standards of Design

Creating style can be more intense than what you have previously thought, what era will your dollhouse resemble?Most of us want the furniture, paint, wallpaper, etc, to match and flow together from one room to another. This will be your style choice or theme for your house. When you get right down to it, you might have your choice set out for you as there are really only three major era styles in dollhouse furniture. Victorian is the first major theme, it is recognized by the embellishments in furniture through long curved lines, elaborate fabric, and old fashioned pieces. The second is Modern, which brings in all of the technology from our day from TV’s, stainless steel refrigerators, and off the wall furniture designs. The last is the traditional or classical style which will give you a standard look – Nothing to fancy or distinct of any era, but useful in filling your dollhouse.

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